The 13-year-old Gray-New Gloucester Middle School student has severe injuries and had surgery on his left foot Wednesday. His mother says he is expected to be in the hospital for at least 2 more days.
Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office
Posted inMaine
Proposal would leave 48 staff vacancies unfilled at Cumberland County jail
The jail workers’ union calls the budget plan to leave out funding for the positions ‘obtuse and counterintuitive.’
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Cumberland County jail lifts intake restrictions
Nearly 8 months after the Cumberland County jail closed its doors to most arrests, Sheriff Kevin Joyce announced Thursday that he had lifted intake restrictions.
Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly, Southern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Sheriff, author on trail of 215-year-old Maine murder mystery
The two have paired up to find and honor the grave of a Cumberland County deputy who was murdered in Westbrook in 1808.
Posted inMaine
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.
Posted inMaine
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.
Posted inTimes Record
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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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.
Posted inMaine
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.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
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.