Friday, May 25, 2012
KENNEBUNK
Man held on bail, charged with running over ex-wife
A Kennebunk man is being held on $2,000 cash bail at York County Jail in Alfred on charges that he ran over his ex-wife with a pickup truck at the Kennebunk Middle School parking lot Friday night.
Philip Bundy, 42, was held on charges of reckless conduct and aggravated driving to endanger in connection with the incident involving his ex-wife Chanin Hale, 40, of Old Orchard Beach. Police said Bundy has faced prior criminal charges but are not able to provide details until Monday.
Kennebunk Police Lt. Anthony Bean Burpee said Hale fell to the ground during an argument with Bundy at about 6 p.m. and was run over by Bundy's pickup truck. Bundy remained on the scene until rescue personnel and police officers arrived, police said.
Hale's brother, Loren Hale, said his sister was at the school to watch her daughter, a basketball cheerleader, perform at the last game of the season. He said his sister had filed for custody of the ex-couple's two daughters earlier that day.
Police said they could not confirm the cause of the argument but said it involved several topics.
Bean Burpee said there were conflicting stories by witnesses about what happened and police are continuing to investigate the incident.
Hale was treated at Southern Maine Medical Center in Biddeford and released.
Bundy is scheduled to appear in court March 7.
AUGUSTA
LePage pledges to introduce anti-domestic violence bills
Gov. Paul LePage says he's committed to taking on domestic violence in Maine.
In his weekly radio address Saturday, LePage said his administration will join forces with Maine Supreme Judicial Court Chief Justice Leigh Saufley, Attorney General William Schneider, the Maine Coalition to End Domestic Violence and others to introduce a variety bills in mid-February that take aim at domestic violence.
LePage said he left home when he was a child because of abuse taking place within his family. He said the focus of domestic violence must be shifted from being a women's issue to being a men's issue since men are such a large part of the problem.
LePage's office last week unveiled a public service announcement highlighting domestic violence awareness.
SEABROOK, N.H.
Makeshift meth lab found near power lines, dismantled
Police in New Hampshire say they've dismantled a makeshift methamphetamine lab that was uncovered near some high-tension power lines in Seabrook.
Seabrook police say an employee for a company that was maintaining land around the power lines discovered propane tanks, an air tank, a gas burner, a container of hydrochloric acid and other items on Thursday.
Police said the items were apparently used to manufacture methamphetamine. Cleanup crews in hazmat suits removed and disposed of the items. No arrests have been made.
DURHAM, N.H.
'Jack the Snipper' suspect to be freed on parole in April
A New Hampshire man who was the sole suspect in a string of break-ins in which someone snipped off the nightclothes of women as they slept has been granted parole.
Officials say 36-year-old Jeffery Gelinas was granted parole Thursday and will be released in April.
Gelinas made national news when Durham police named him as the only suspect in the so-called "Jack the Snipper" cases in 2003 and 2004. On at least eight occasions, someone walked into off-campus apartments of University of New Hampshire students and snipped off their clothes as they slept.
Gelinas was arrested in 2004 and subsequently sentenced after pleading guilty to a single charge of attempted burglary. He was not charged in the eight burglaries, but police said he was the sole suspect.
AMHERST, N.H.
Laxative-laced brownies send several students home
Officials say several students at a New Hampshire high school had to be sent home after eating brownies laced with laxatives that two other students had brought to school.
Police in Amherst told WMUR-TV that two Souhegan High School students brought the brownies to school on Thursday, intending to give them to two boys. But several students ended up eating the brownies and had to go home after first being seen by the school nurse.
School officials and police are investigating.
BOSTON
Police website still down after Anonymous hacking
The Boston Police Department's website remained offline for the second day in a row Saturday after members of the hacking collective Anonymous defaced it.
People trying to access the website were redirected to the department's Facebook page Saturday, a day after the hackers posted rapper KRS-One's "Sound of Da Police" music video that criticizes police brutality.
A message posted on the website Friday said, "Anonymous hacks Boston Police website in retaliation for police brutality at OWS." That's apparently a reference to Occupy Wall Street.
A police spokeswoman on Saturday declined to say why the website has not been restored and refused to discuss measures authorities were taking to bolster the site.
Anonymous is a collection of Internet pranksters and activists whose targets have included Visa and MasterCard.
-- From staff and news services
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