Around 7:30 a.m. on Monday, police received a report of ‘no vaccine’ signs being placed on school property. According to the report, Pemetic Elementary School was aware of the signs but also reported possible damage to some photos posted on utility poles in town. Police are investigating the incident.
At 11:04 a.m. on Sunday, a report came into the department of a bald eagle that appeared to be in distress in Northeast Harbor. After observing the animal through binoculars, it looked like the eagle was attached to a buoy in the harbor and was unable to free itself. While dispatch was contacting the marine patrol, the eagle managed to get free and fly away.
A Trenton woman has been charged along with two Massachusetts men in a drug trafficking conspiracy involving cocaine, crack cocaine, fentanyl and methamphetamine, according to a press release issued by the U.S. Department of Justice District of Massachusetts.
Mount Desert Police Department asked for help in locating a dump truck that had lost some of its load in that town and was believed to be traveling to Southwest Harbor on March 24 around 11 a.m. Officers were able to find the truck and talk to the driver about contacting the MDPD and retrieving its lost load.
A Hancock man has pled guilty in Maine District Court to theft of mail by a postal employee, Acting U.S. Attorney Donald E. Clark announced this week.
On March 18 at 3:16 p.m., a report was received by the police department regarding a possible hacking attempt by a third party into online banking accounts held by the town of Mount Desert. This matter is under investigation.
Swan’s Island Board of Selectmen Chairman Myron “Sonny” Sprague asked the Hancock County Commissioners to increase an offshore island tax assessment credit for law enforcement services on the island and the board agreed.
Police received a report of a vehicle hitting the Southwest Harbor Food Mart building around 2:30 p.m. on Friday. After investigating the situation, police issued Linda Hamor, 57, of Mount Desert, a summons for operating under the influence.
At 10:43 a.m. on Friday, an officer took a report of a dog tied up to a camper that was being repossessed. The owners came home to take care of the dog as they had not realized the camper would be repossessed that day.
Emergency calls to the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office in 2020 were up 1,300 over those in 2019. “This year was an unusual year,” said Chief Deputy Patrick Kane in a conversation with the Islander this week regarding the numbers from last year. “It’s really kind of across the board, in every area, calls for service are up.”
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