3+ hour, 4+ min ago  (331+ words) The FBI is now involved with an investigation into out-of-state recruiters who have been luring Bangor residents to luxury addiction treatment centers, according to Bangor police. "I can confirm that BPD is looking into the information reported to us along…...

8+ hour, 2+ min ago  (99+ words) A fugitive wanted in the Bay State for a homicide was arrested over the weekend when Maine police found him asleep behind the wheel. Jean Michael Warner Delgado, 20, was wanted on a homicide charge out of Lawrence, Massachusetts, according to…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago  (123+ words) A Dixmont man long wanted on drug and gun charges was arrested Thursday. Jesse Weeman, 29, was wanted on warrants issued in 2023 and 2024, according to the Penobscot County Sheriff's Office. Deputies found Weeman and 42-year-old Ashley Wilber of Orrington inside a…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago  (188+ words) Bangor police on Thursday arrested a man who allegedly returned to a house and tried to break in after being sent away by police. The incident started at about 3:15 a.m. when a person at a Center Street apartment reported someone was…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago  (829+ words) CAMDEN, Maine " Robert's Rules of Order seemed inadequate to the task of containing passions at Tuesday night's Select Board meeting as townspeople and board members argued openly over the issue of the Camden Police Department's future. "There are real savings…...

1+ week, 11+ min ago  (480+ words) By a 2-vote margin, Stonington residents voted Monday to immediately end their long-running contract for a dedicated police presence from the Hancock County Sheriff's Department. The department had requested $89,000 from the town to cover three eight-hour shifts each week. Residents…...

11+ mon, 1+ week ago  (647+ words) HOULTON, Maine " The Monticello man convicted in the 2023 murder of his live-in fiancee was sentenced to 55 years in prison, following a hearing in Aroostook County Superior Court on Monday." Jayme Schnackenberg, 41, killed Kimberly Hardy execution-style, with two bullets to the…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago  (172+ words) There is a citywide parking ban in Bangor beginning Tuesday night. Between 11 p.m. Tuesday and 6 a.m. Wednesday, there will be no parking on any street, according to an alert sent out by the city. This will allow crews to remove snow and…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (109+ words) A Deer Isle man allegedly vandalized a Stonington market Sunday morning. Mark Vallejos, 41, has been charged with aggravated criminal mischief and possession of a firearm by a prohibited person, according to the Hancock County Sheriff's Office. Vallejos allegedly vandalized the…...

1+ week, 15+ hour ago  (164+ words) A Charleston woman who was on bail for a drug trafficking charge was arrested again on Monday after she was allegedly caught with drugs. Penobscot County sheriff's deputies went to a house on Puddle Dock Road at 1:45 p.m. to conduct a…...