Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office
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PublishedMay 1, 2023
Officer tried to de-escalate pursuit before fatal high speed crash, chief says
Nicholas Leibowitz, 30, died Friday night after crashing into a telephone pole in Gray. Police had been following him from Oxford after multiple reports of erratic driving.
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PublishedMarch 28, 2023
Lake Region High School goes on ‘soft lockdown’ after unknown juvenile seen on campus
The Cumberland County Sheriff's Office said there was no threat and issued a trespass order to a juvenile who was seen walking through the school Tuesday morning.
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PublishedJanuary 29, 2023
Retired Cumberland County Sheriff ‘Wes’ Ridlon dies
Wesley Wallace Ridlon was named Parade Magazine's Policeman of the Year in 1972 and became Cumberland County's 48th sheriff in 1990.
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PublishedDecember 3, 2022
Four injured in head-on crash in Standish on Friday night
The crash, which occurred on Route 35, also known as Bonny Eagle Road, is still under investigation.
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PublishedNovember 28, 2022
Sebago man injured in head-on crash with dump truck in Naples
Deputies say Preston Kennie's pickup truck crossed the centerline and collided with a dump truck Monday morning on Sebago Road.
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PublishedOctober 21, 2022
Portland police chief, sheriff at odds over jail intake limits
After a man allegedly threatened his officers, interim Police Chief F. Heath Gorham criticized Cumberland County Sheriff Kevin Joyce for continuing to limit jail intake.
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PublishedSeptember 24, 2022
Pandemic shortages limit OUI arrests, but numbers still climb
The number of OUI arrests has jumped dramatically in some southern Maine communities, a trend public safety officials say traces back to the pandemic.
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PublishedApril 16, 2022
New Gloucester man accused of impersonating police officer
He allegedly caused a disturbance Saturday morning at an athletic field before fleeing on a motorcycle.
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PublishedMarch 7, 2022
Federal pandemic aid targets health concerns at county jail and in the community
Cumberland County officials plan to use nearly $17 million in ARPA funding on projects and programs at the jail, courthouse and civic arena, and in the wider community.
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PublishedFebruary 20, 2022
Windham man rescued after driving ATV into Sebago Lake
Allen Hooper, 71, was operating an ATV on the frozen lake when he hit a patch of open water and fell in.