Drug Bust (Bangor) – Four men face drug trafficking charges after an early morning raid in Bangor yesterday. Maine Drug Enforcement Agency commander Darrell Crandall reports to Star 97.7 that agents and Bangor police raided a Grant Street apartment. They found crack cocaine, heroin and cash. Agents arrested apartment dweller Bert Overlock and three others inside the … [Read more...] about Local News – January 15, 2019
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Local News – January 14, 2019
No PETA Prosecution (Ellsworth) – The District Attorney in Hancock County won’t prosecute a Gouldsboro lobster processing company for animal cruelty. D-A Matthew Foster reports to Star 97.7 that he declined to bring the charge requested by the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals against Fair Trade Lobster. Foster cited precedent set in a similar request in Knox … [Read more...] about Local News – January 14, 2019
Local News – January 11, 2019
Bangor Perv (Bangor) – Bangor police say two students have told them a man driving an SUV exposed himself to them before he drove off. Sergeant Wade Betters reports to Star 97.7 the police department is working with the school department but they have yet to identify a suspect. School principal Michael Missbrenner sent a letter to parents with several safety suggestions to … [Read more...] about Local News – January 11, 2019
Local News – January 10, 2019
Hancock Fatal (Hancock) – A Lamoine man died last evening when a pickup truck hit him as he walked on Mud Creek Road in Hancock wearing dark clothing. State Police were trying to find relatives to notify before publicly releasing the man’s name. Local motorists have complained for years about the victim walking in the middle of the road, often carrying items that others had … [Read more...] about Local News – January 10, 2019
Local News – January 9, 2019
Inmate Death (Warren) – A convicted bank robber has died at the Maine State Prison in Warren. The State Corrections Department reports to Star 97.7 that 56-year old Raymond Leavitt of Portland died under supervision this week. Leavitt was serving a 10-year sentence for holding up a bank in Brunswick in 2013. Police caught him outside the bank where he’d given a teller a … [Read more...] about Local News – January 9, 2019
