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Crime & Public Safety

2014

Calais trailer site of suspected meth lab

The Calais police department, working with the city's code enforcement officer, Ted Krug, stumbled on a suspected meth lab at one of a few vacant trailers located at Summer and Boardman streets. The department reported the news on its social media page the week of December 15.

2014

Eastport man charged with felony assault

A 30-year-old Eastport man was charged with three felonies after a standoff with law enforcement officers on December 2 in Pembroke.

2014

Communities can help curb drug gangs

The eyes of Washington County communities may end up being the saving grace in the face of recent news that the nature of drug addiction and trafficking is changing for the worse in Washington County.

2014

Snowmobile thief skates on thin ice

A 34-year-old Robbinston man skated on thin ice in more ways than one in the wee hours of January 4. At 2:20 a.m., the Charlotte Fire and Rescue Department was called to an emergency at Round Pond.

2013

Calais shooting places focus on domestic abuse

The tragedy of domestic violence hit home in Washington County on July 3 when a 26-year-old Calais man shot 21-year-old Megan Sherrard, the mother of his child, and the infant boy.

2013

Accident causes Eastport blackout

A truck being driven by a Perry man who had too much to drink struck a pole in the early morning hours of Saturday, February 23, and caused the lights to go off in most of Eastport until lunchtime.

2013

Jail clerk fired, administrator quits after fund-misuse hearing

Sergeant Karina Richardson was fired from her position that she had held for over nine years as Washington County jail clerk for alleged misuse of the county jail inmate benefit account after a public hearing was held by the county commissioners at the county courthouse.