WATERBORO — A 20-year-old Sanford man has been charged with felony reckless conduct after lab results showed an expended bullet from a gun he own matched bullet fragments found inside a Townhouse Road home a year ago. Zachary Jordan faces a Class B charge. York County Sheriff Bill King said the young man confessed to […]
2017
Cops nab New Hampshire suspect in Maine
LEBANON — Police caught up with a New Hampshire suspect on Wednesday wanted by authorities in the Granite State on a number of charges ranging from contempt of court in connection with a drug dealing charge to providing false identification. Maine State Police from Troop A in Alfred and members of the New Hampshire Joint Fugitive […]
Holidays to delay Biddeford trash pickup
BIDDEFORD — Residents expecting trash collection on Monday in Biddeford are going to have to make alternative plans. In announcing its 2017 holiday trash collection schedule, the city is informing Biddeford residents of a delay in refuse pickup. In order to give trash collectors Christmas Day and New Year’s Day off to spend with their […]
SMPDC introduces new staff members
YORK COUNTY — The Southern Maine Planning and Development Commission has announced two new hires for the organization. Abbie Sherwin has been introduced as SMPDC’s Land Use/Transportation Planner, succeeding Transportation Planner Jamel Torres. Sherwin attended Wheaton College and earned a master’s degree in natural resources from the University of New Hampshire. She worked as a NOAA […]
Biddeford Police Log
BIDDEFORD — The following individuals were arrested or issued a summons by Biddeford Police from Dec. 16 to Dec. 17: • Joshua D. Israel-Copeland, 29, of Biddeford, was arrested on two counts of refusing to submit to arrest/detention refusing to stop, two counts of violating conditions of release, an oustanding warrant, fugitive from justice and […]
Saco standoff leads to arrest
SABATTUS — A Biddeford man was arrested after a standoff at a Saco hotel on Tuesday morning following an alleged domestic violence incident in Sabattus. Jeremy Norris, 45, was charged with elevated aggravated assault, domestic violence criminal threatening and domestic violence assault, according to a statement from Sabattus Police Chief Gary Baillargeon. Saco Police also […]
Robert H. Labonte
ST. AUGUSTIN, P.Q. CANADA — The Labonté, Girard, Fortin and Clément families regret to announce the death of Mr. Robert H. Labonté, husband of the late Marie Luce Girard. He died at the Jardins du Haut-Saint-Laurent on Dec. 14, 2017, at the age of 103, after a long life devoted to the happiness of others. He […]
Former state cop charged with dealing drugs
GORHAM — Retired Maine State Trooper Jeffrey Linscott, charged with felony counts of selling cocaine and fentanyl following his arrest in a Gorham supermarket parking lot on Wednesday night remained at Cumberland County Jail Thursday afternoon, held in lieu of $50,000 bail. Maine Public Safety spokesman Steve McCausland said Linscott, 51, of Buxton, was arrested […]