Snowmobile Death
Authorities found a North Carolina snowmobiler dead early Wednesday morning near Rockwood. The Maine Warden Service tells Star 97.7 that 55 Year-Old Willard Hartsock, from Old Fort, NC, died in a snowmobile related incident near Rockwood. The scene indicated that Hartsock approached a wet area on the snowmobile trail, stopped, and placed the snowmobile in reverse. While in reverse, the machine rolled onto Hartsock. According to game wardens, there has been very little snow in the Rockwood region and trails have seen very little use to this point. This incident remains under investigation.
Child Death
(Wiscasset) – A 4 year old Wiscasset girl’s death remains under investigation by State Police. Spokesman Steve McCausland tells Star 97.7 an ambulance responded to a 9-1-1 call last Friday reporting the little girl was unresponsive. She died shortly after the ambulance crew got her to the hospital. The youngster lived with her grandfather and his fiancée. Authorities have not released the results of an autopsy.
Sentencing
(Belfast) – It’s 13-years in prison for a Waldo County woman convicted of killing her 7-week old son earlier this year. Miranda Hopkins testified that she smoked pot and drank liquor and passed out that night and had no idea how the baby boy died. She initially told investigators that her two others sons who are severely autistic may have killed him. The state removed the two other boys from her care. Hopkins will report to prison the day after Christmas.
Indictments
(Ellsworth) – Grand jurors have indicted a Sorrento man whose animals were seized last week by state officials. The Hancock County grand jury found there was enough evidence to proceed to trial against 51-year old Mark Calcia on reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon and other charges. Hancock County deputies arrested Calcia in November. Last week state animal welfare officials removed 44-animals, including rats, from Calcia’s Sorrento home.
(Ellsworth) – A 36-year old Penobscot woman faces numerous charges after the Hancock County Grand Jury indicted her this month. Tina Sieber is charged with burglary and theft for incidents in Lamoine, Bar Harbor, and Orland. She’s also charged with drug trafficking and stealing drugs during an alleged crime spree last August.
Young Trial
(Bar Harbor) – It won’t be until at least next March before a judge rules on a lawsuit against the Town of Bar Harbor by former police chief Nathan Young. Weeks of testimony wrapped up in the case, including testimony from all 7 town councilors involved in upholding Young’s firing by former town manager Dana Reed. Young insists he should have kept his job after officers found him slumped over the wheel of his pickup truck. The town said Young defied orders by the town manager not to have contact with officers involved in the case while he was on leave.
Marine Patrol Shooting
(Machiasport) – The Department of Marine Resources has finally released the name of the Marine Patrol Officer who shot and wounded two people last weekend in Machiasport. The Bangor Daily News reports Officer Matthew Carter of Marshfield is on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of an investigation by the Attorney General’s Office. Carter became a Marine Patrol officer in October and is a former Washington County Deputy and also serves in the National Guard. He wounded armed robbery suspect Jason Jackson and his girlfriend Tiffany Smith inside an apartment on Corn Hill Road. Jackson allegedly held up an East Machias woman earlier in the day last Saturday.
Sports
- Boston Celtics 124 Denver Nuggets 118 (Kyrie Irving 33 points)
- Boston Bruins 3 Detroit Redwings 2 (Overtime)
High School
Boys
George Stevens 83, Deer Isle-Stonington 21
Hampden Academy 99, Camden Hills 61
Washington Academy 60, Calais 45
Girls
Mount Desert Island 50, Foxcroft Academy 28
Hampden Academy 73, Camden Hills 32
Woodland 42, Hodgdon 28
Tonight:
Boys
Bucksport @ Stearns
Searsport @ Penquis
Machias @ Woodland
Girls
Bucksport @ Stearns
Searsport @ Penquis
Sumner @ DI/Stonington
GSA @ Narraguagus
