Somerset County Sheriff’s Office

Published
February 8, 2025

Man charged with murder after Norridgewock incident

The Somerset County Sheriff's Office responded to 40 Walnut Drive just before midnight Friday for a reported assault.
Published
November 25, 2024

Former Somerset County Jail official charged with domestic violence

Cameron Arcidi, who has pleaded not guilty to two misdemeanor-level charges, was fired in September.
Published
November 22, 2024

Sheriff: Madison man arrested after stabbing landlord

Daniel Nordin, 59, was arrested and charged with aggravated assault, according to the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office.
Published
September 24, 2024

Back in court after escape attempt, Fairfield man gets 10-year prison sentence for assault of child

Nicholas Carter, 31, was sentenced to 20 years in prison, with all but 10 years suspended in lieu of probation, after he was convicted earlier this month of aggravated assault.
Published
September 12, 2024

Jurors foil escape attempt of convicted man fleeing Skowhegan courthouse

Nicholas Carter, 31, ran out of the Somerset County Courthouse in handcuffs Wednesday after a jury convicted him of aggravated assault against a 14-month-old child, officials said.

Published
September 11, 2024

Brother of Skowhegan murder victim won’t be prosecuted for courtroom attack on convicted killer, DA says

During the April incident, Clifford Warren jumped the bar and ran toward Jason Servil, who was being sentenced for the murder of Warren’s sister, Alice Abbott.
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
June 14, 2024

Jay man arrested after late-night car chase through central Maine towns

Zacheriah Adams, 33, of Jay, was arrested after police laid down spike mats, causing the pickup truck he was driving to stop.
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.

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