Police Use of Deadly Force in Maine 1990-2012
This database, drawn from records at the Attorney General’s Office, includes all incidents in which a person was shot at, injured or killed by Maine police agencies, or in which a person committed suicide in the course of an armed confrontation with Maine police, dating back to 1990. All such incidents must by investigated by the Attorney General, under Maine law. However, reports on many of the older investigations listed here are stored in the state archives, and are not readily available.
SOURCE: Maine Attorney General
| Incident Date | Location | Person shot | Injury/Death | Officers | Department | Reports |
| 6/9/90 | Portland | Friend, Butch | Killed | Morin | Portland PD | Report not available |
| 12/3/90 | Vassalboro | Passini, Frank | Killed | Staples | State Police | Report not available |
| 8/13/91 | Lewiston | Roy, Michael | Injured | Whalen | Lewiston PD | Report not available |
| 4/5/92 | E. Millinocket | Roy, Daniel | Injured, Killed: Suicide | Brannen | E. Millinocket PD | Report not available |
| 5/15/92 | Jackman | Hagerty, Katherine | Killed | Wright; Guay; Hines | State Police (Wright), Somerset SO | Report not available |
| 5/20/92 | Poland | Kerrigan, Terry | Injured | Morrissette | Auburn PD | Report not available |
| 6/8/92 | Mt. Vernon | Dulac, Ross | Injured | Poirier | State Police TT | Report not available |
| 9/23/92 | Topsham | Rogers, Richard | Killed | Cram; Reed | State Police; Sagadahoc SO | Report not available |
| 12/27/92 | Temple | Chrystie, Thomas | Killed | Daigle | Franklin SO | Report not available |
| 1/1/93 | Augusta | Orsini, Michael | Killed | Coitnor | Augusta PD | Report not available |
| 4/5/93 | Sanford | Himes, Carl | Injured | Shea | MDEA State Police | Report not available |
| 12/21/93 | Berwick | Wood, Patrick | Killed | Frank; Madden | State Police TT (both officers) | Report not available |
| 1/2/94 | Bangor | Bartlett; Allan | Killed | Millard | Bangor PD | Report not available |
| 4/24/94 | South Portland | Jordan, George | Injured | Barlow; Sargent | South Portland PD (both officers) | Report not available |
| 11/27/94 | Wellington | Jonas, Michael | Killed | Poirier | State Police TT | Report not available |
| 3/11/96 | Bath | Curtis, Edwin | Injured | Bruce | Bath PD | Report not available |
| 9/24/96 | Gorham | Seiders, Al | Uninjured | Henckel | Gorham PD | Report not available |
| 1/11/97 | Mexico | Gonzales, Steven | Killed | Daley; Wainwright | Rumford PD; Oxford SO | Report not available |
| 7/2/97 | Bridgewater | Kinzel, Aaron | Uninjured | McPherson; Harris | State Police (both officers) | Report not available |
| 8/3/97 | Bangor | Baker, Gregory | Killed | Bishop | Bangor PD | Report not available |
| 11/6/97 | Brunswick | Weymouth, Richard | Killed | O’Leary | Brunswick PD | Report not available |
| 7/11/98 | Windham | Sands, Thomas | Uninjured | Boudreau | Windham PD | Report not available |
| 7/25/98 | Porter | Searles, Kevin | Killed | Reaser | State Police | Report not available |
| 12/28/98 | Monmouth | Sidor, Jerzy | Killed | Armstrong | State Police | Report not available |
| 3/28/99 | Portland | Al-Shewaily, T. | Injured | Davis | Portland PD | Report not available |
| 6/13/99 | Orland | Burdick, Richard | Injured | Willis; Mitchell | Hancock SO (both officers) | Report not available |
| 7/14/99 | Naples | Grover, Lindley | Uninjured | Cummings | State Police | Report not available |
| 9/16/99 | Brownville | Price, Clinton | Killed | Madden; Pomelow; Lang | State Police TT (all officers) | Report not available |
| 9/17/99 | Portland | Caulfield, Kevin | Killed | McGary | Portland PD | Report not available |
| 12/7/99 | Brunswick | Santana, Orlando | Killed | Stoothoff | DEA – Federal | Report not available |
| 1/21/00 | Sumner | Bennett; Daniel | Killed | Wainwright; Baker | Oxford SO (both officers) | Report not available |
| 1/24/00 | Bangor | Dunton, Sidney | Injured | Flagg | Penobscot SO | Report not available |
| 2/16/00 | Glenburn | Leonard, Thomas | Uninjured | Lang | State Police TT | Report not available |
| 5/6/00 | Augusta | Ware, Stephen | Killed | Massey; Taylor | Augusta PD (both officers) | Report not available |
| 8/2/00 | Bingham | Stewart, Linwood | Uninjured, Uninjured, Killed | Deputy Sheriffs; Thrasher; Golding | Piscataquis County; Warden Service; State Police TT | Report not available |
| 9/8/00 | Ellsworth | Noble, Scott | Injured | Peterson | State Police | Report not available |
| 3/16/01 | Scarborough | Levier, James | Killed | Sperrey; Moore; Chard; Ramsdell | State Police TT; Scarborough PD (Moore, Chard, Ramsdell) | Report not available |
| 4/9/01 | Lincoln | Unidentified | Uninjured | Unidentified | DEA – Federal | Report not available |
| 4/28/01 | Bangor | Lever, Timothy | Injured | Buckley | Bangor PD | Report not available |
| 7/31/01 | York | Cote, Richard | Uninjured | Thistlewood | York County SO | Report not available |
| 2/12/02 | Portland | Dawson, John | Killed | Hutcheson; Letarte | Portland PD (both officers) | Report not available |
| 2/25/02 | Somerville | Buchanan. Michael | Killed | Hatch | Lincoln SO | Report not available |
| 12/23/02 | Ellsworth | Williams, Rodney | Injured | Peterson | State Police | Read the Attorney General’s report. |
| 12/25/02 | Jefferson | Montagna, Michael | Uninjured | Pease | Lincoln SO | Read the Attorney General’s report. |
| 3/7/03 | Acton | Pelletier, Dale | Killed | Dumond; Thistlewood | York SO (both officers) | Read the Attorney General’s report. |
| 5/6/03 | Poland | Pullen, Christopher | Killed | Urquhart | State Police TT | Read the Attorney General’s report. |
| 9/11/03 | Gray | Hanson, Steven | Injured | Ambrose | Cumberland SO | Read the Attorney General’s report. |
| 12/17/03 | Lewiston | Berube, Vincent | Injured | Conley; Syphers; Vierling | Lewiston PD (all officers) | Report not available |
| 1/21/04 | Limerick | Harrington, Thomas | Uninjured, Injured | Hicks; Dow | York SO; State Police | Report not available |
| 4/22/04 | Westbrook | Moulton, Thomas | Injured | McCaffrey; Roche, Hanlon | Westbrook PD (all officers) | Report not available |
| 5/21/04 | New Gloucester | Bean, Robert | Injured | Edes | State Police | Read the Attorney General’s report. |
| 6/9/04 | Fryeburg | Michaud, Taylor | Uninjured | Hainey | State Police | Report not available |
| 11/17/05 | Brunswick | Niederman, Kim | Killed | Hansen; Carlton | Brunswick PD; Sagadahoc SO | Read the Attorney General’s report. |
| 12/13/05 | Portland | Brown, Jessica | Uninjured | Sauschuck, Michael | Portland PD | Report not available |
| 12/27/05 | Portland | Giroux, Donald | Uninjured | Sauschuck, Mary | Portland PD | Report not available |
| 1/17/06 | Jefferson | Kelly, Michael | Uninjured | Hatch | Lincoln SO | Report not available |
| 5/26/06 | Sanford | Daniels, Jillian | Injured | Foisy; Bucklin | Sanford PD (both officers) | Read the Attorney General’s report. |
| 6/6/06 | Jay | Burhoe, Richard | Injured | Keaten | State Police | Report not available |
| 8/26/06 | Portland | Duncan, Richard | Killed | Martin | Portland PD | Read the Attorney General’s report. |
| 10/11/06 | South Portland | Dubois, Terrell | Injured | Connors; Doherty | South Portland PD; Portland PD | Read the Attorney General’s report. |
| 11/3/06 | Westbrook | Fenwick, Todd | Uninjured | Robinson | Westbrook PD | Report not available |
| 11/29/06 | South Portland | Gray, Donald | Killed | Cogswell; Sargent | South Portland PD (both officers) | Read the Attorney General’s report. |
| 3/30/07 | Auburn | Peters, John | Killed | Hare; Cropper | State Police TT (both officers) | Read the Attorney General’s report. |
| 9/22/07 | Rumford | White, Scott | Killed | Black | State Police TT | Read the Attorney General’s report. |
| 9/23/07 | Waldoboro | Jackson, Gregori | Killed | Curtis | Waldoboro PD | Read the Attorney General’s report. |
| 10/27/07 | Gorham | Luong, Andrew | Uninjured, Killed: Suicide | Hannon | Gorham PD | Read the Attorney General’s report. |
| 11/3/07 | Limington | Ronfeldt, Peter | Injured | Feeney | Cumberland SO | Read the Attorney General’s report. |
| 12/21/07 | Gardiner | Wentzell, Jason | Killed | Gioia; Rogers | Gardiner PD; State Police | Read the Attorney General’s report. |
| 2/16/08 | Harmony | McDowell, Daniel | Killed | Brunette; Putnam; Ross | State Police (Brunette); Somerset SO (Ross; Putnam) | Report not available |
| 5/3/08 | Portland | Kittrell, Albert | Killed | Goodman | Portland PD | Read the Attorney General’s report. |
| 5/12/08 | Indian Township | Kelley, Douglas | Killed | Nicholas; Francis | Indian Township PD; Passamaquoddy Warden Service | Read the Attorney General’s report. |
| 6/28/08 | Mexico | LaPointe, Lawrence | Uninjured | Wing | State Police | Report not available |
| 8/4/08 | Albion | Sullivan, Johnathan | Killed | Record | State Police | Read the Attorney General’s report. |
| 8/25/08 | South Portland | Norton, Michael | Killed | Sutton; Macisso | South Portland PD; TT | Read the Attorney General’s report. |
| 9/15/08 | Auburn | Ford, Bartolo | Injured | Bouchard | Auburn PD | Read the Attorney General’s report. |
| 10/22/08 | Sebago | Tenczar, Douglas | Injured | Hall; Welch | Cumberland County SO (both officers) | Read the Attorney General’s report. |
| 11/24/08 | Parsonsfield | Sanborn, Jesse | Uninjured | Worcester | State Police | Read the Attorney General’s report. |
| 3/24/09 | Biddeford | Stewart, Barbara | Killed | Green | Biddeford PD | Read the Attorney General’s report. |
| 4/25/09 | Portland | Okot, David | Killed | Roper; Wiseman | Portland PD (both officers) | Read the Attorney General’s report. |
| 12/1/09 | Lewiston | Cookson, Kristy | Injured | Vega; Caouette | Lewiston PD (both officers) | Read the Attorney General’s report. |
| 12/17/09 | Searsport | Sylvester, Matthew | Injured | Smith, Corey | State Police | Read the Attorney General’s report. |
| 4/23/10 | Cyr Plantation | Begin, Neil | Killed | Flynn, Robert; Kipler, | State Police; Border Patrol | Read the Attorney General’s report and Incident Review Team report, Maine State Police |
| 6/15/10 | Old Orchard Beach | Mayne, Thomas | Killed | 3 ATF agents | ATF | Read the Attorney General’s report. |
| 7/8/10 | Augusta | Popkowski, James | Killed | Park, Thomas; Dunham, Ronald | Togus Police; Warden Service | Read the Attorney General’s report and Incident Review Team report, Maine Warden Service |
| 10/4/10 | Skowhegan | Lybrook, Kemp | Injured | Sperrey, Mark | State Police TT | Read the Attorney General’s report. |
| 10/18/10 | Clinton | Rood, Jessica | Uninjured | Belanger, Jeffrey | Clinton PD | Read the Attorney General’s report. |
| 1/15/11 | Lyman | Landry, Andrew | Killed | Kassa, Kyle | York County SO | Read the Attorney General’s report and Administrative Review |
| 3/27/11 | Kennebunk | Paulson, Katherine | Killed | Morneau, Joshua | Kennebunk PD | Read the Attorney General’s report and Administrative Review, Kennebunk PD |
| 4/10/11 | Portland | Mitchell, Jonathan | Injured | Miller, Robert | Portland PD | Read the Attorney General’s report. |
| 6/8/11 | Belfast | Thompson, Ben | Injured | Fitzpatrick, Dan | Belfast PD | Read the Attorney General’s report. |
| 9/24/11 | Farmingdale | Fritze, Paul | Killed | Black, Timothy | State Police TT | Read the Attorney General’s report and Critical Incident Review, ME State Police |
| 11/8/11 | Lewiston | Corey, Kyle | Injured | Meserve, Nicholas; Lovering, Travis | Lewiston PD; Androscoggin SO | Read the Attorney General’s report. |
| 11/10/11 | Rumford | Richard, Eric | Killed | Judd, Jeremy | Warden Service | Read the Attorney General’s report. |
| 11/19/11 | Farmington | Crowley-Smilek, Justin | Killed | Rosie, Ryan | Farmington PD | Read the Attorney General’s report and Incident Review Team report |
| 11/29/11 | Dover-Foxcroft | Curtis, Michael | Killed | Brown, Jon | State Police | Read the Attorney General’s report. |
| 1/17/12 | Portland | L’Italien, Arien | Injured | Gill, John; Tenuta, Michael | Scarborough PD; Marshal’s Service | Read the Attorney General’s report. |
| 6/23/12 | Jackman | Robinson, Charles | Killed | Tierney, J.; Demanski, C. | U.S. Border Patrol | Read the Attorney General’s report. |
| 7/1/12 | Hermon | McKay, Michael | Injured, Killed: Suicide | Roy, Gregory | State Police TT | Report completed |
| 8/14/12 | Edinburg | Dome, Warren | Injured | Hashey, Chris | State Police | Report not completed |
| 9/15/12 | Scarborough | Cole, Matthew | Uninjured | Wells, Kyle | State Police | Report not completed |
| 10/23/12 | Lamoine | Tilden, Leon | Killed | Keaten, Randall | State Police TT | Report not completed |
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