somerset county maine

Published
September 6, 2024

Somerset County Sheriff’s Office considers AI-powered cameras to generate police reports

New artificial intelligence technology may help deputies write reports quicker, leaving them with more time for other police work and helping to keep them from leaving for other agencies, the sheriff and other proponents of the cameras say.
Published
August 12, 2024

Workers at Maine’s illegal cannabis grow sites report signs of human trafficking

Federal prosecutors say they have found no evidence of exploitation at the clandestine marijuana grow houses. But some local law enforcement, anti-trafficking advocates and several grow house workers say otherwise.
Published
July 30, 2024

New Balance to close Norridgewock factory, move operations into expanded Skowhegan facility

The transition to the consolidated manufacturing facility, to be called 'Central Maine,' will begin this fall. All jobs at the Norridgewock site will be transferred to Skowhegan, the company said Tuesday.
Published
July 10, 2024

Kennebec County Courthouse damaged in powerful storm

Tuesday's storm downed trees and power lines and severely damaged the roof on the historic Kennebec County Courthouse as remnants of Hurricane Beryl move through New England.
Published
June 7, 2024

Illegal marijuana grows tied to China are funding fentanyl that’s ‘killing our citizens,’ Somerset County sheriff says

Sheriff Dale Lancaster told the county’s Board of Commissioners that his office has made investigating illegal marijuana growing operations a priority because 'those profits are used to buy the chemicals to send to the cartel to make fentanyl.'

Published
June 4, 2024

Federal lawsuit alleges wrongful death of Somerset County Jail inmate who died from drug exposure

The lawsuit, filed four days before a similar complaint regarding a jail inmate who died by suicide, alleges that Mitchell Watson of Dexter was exposed to lethal drugs inside the Madison jail and was not given proper medical attention.
Published
May 30, 2024

Bust at illegal marijuana grow site near St. Albans day care turns up hundreds of plants, police say

The property marks the 18th illegal marijuana grow busted in Somerset County this year, police said.
Published
May 19, 2024

Court documents provide deeper look inside Maine’s clandestine cannabis grows

Laborers living out of suitcases, $10,000 electricity bills and elaborate automatic growing systems are among what officials found inside several of the residences, according to recently filed federal documents.
Published
May 8, 2024

Somerset County Superior Courthouse in Skowhegan to get $45 million replacement

The Superior Courthouse is to be replaced with a three-story, 30,000-square-foot addition to the District Courthouse across the street, which the Maine Judicial Branch says is necessary to upgrade the facility built in 1873 and increase efficiency.
Published
May 3, 2024

Maine illegal marijuana grows might be tied to Chinese crime organizations

The U.S. Attorney’s office said Friday that federal authorities are investigating an estimated 100 illegal growing sites in Maine, as well as similar activities in 19 other states.

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