Bar Harbor Following a traffic stop for a vehicle defect on July 20 at 2 a.m. on Route 3 in Hulls Cove, police arrested James Wade of Lake Worth, Fla., on a charge of operating under the influence. On the afternoon of July 20, a 2013 Honda operated by Samantha Rustand-Richey, 28, of Deerfield Beach, Fla., reportedly pulled out of a parking spot on …
ELLSWORTH — The Bar Harbor man convicted last year of murder and gross sexual assault of a friend and classmate is appealing his conviction to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court. Jalique Keene, 23, was found guilty in May 2019 of the 2018 murder of 19-year-old Mikaela Conley and sentenced in September to 58 years in prison. In a brief hearing July 15 …
Bar Harbor An off-duty officer saw people driving two golf carts in town, with no lights on, going the wrong way on a one-way street in the early morning hours of July 13, according to reports. The cart drivers left the carts and ran away; the officer determined from a key card left behind that …
BAR HARBOR — Activists inspired by the national movement for racial justice and changes to police practices are seeking some specific changes in local law enforcement; police say they look forward to “interactive dialogue…as we learn by working together.” On Monday, at a rally, organized by a group now called the MDI Racial Justice Collective, postponed from Sunday due to weather, leaders began gathering signatures …
Bar Harbor An officer removed a deer from the roadway on Route 3 near Hulls Cove June 29. The animal appeared to have been struck by a vehicle. Loud music reported coming from near the intersection of Main Street and Mount Desert Street around 10 p.m. was coming from a device carried by a group …
Tremont Three vehicles doing donuts in a parking lot on Granville Road were reported on June 22 around 2:30 p.m. When an officer arrived, one of the vehicles was still in the parking lot but there was no tire-track evidence in the dirt of the lot, according to the report. Miranda L. St. John, a passenger in the vehicle, …
Mount Desert A vehicle that was reported for blocking an Otter Creek street the evening of June 16 was stuck there because it was disabled, police said. It was later towed. Whitney Larkin, 39, of New York, N.Y., was arrested at a Mount Desert residence around 11:30 p.m. June 16 following a report of a …
MOUNT DESERT—Police here are investigating an incident that took place on Sunday afternoon in Northeast Harbor that is similar to others that have happened in the Bangor area. While walking along the street in the Mount Desert village, a woman in her 60s was approached by a dark-colored vehicle. A man inside asked if she wanted a …
Updated June 26 BAR HARBOR — A public forum about community policing, held via webinar, is planned for Tuesday, July 7, and residents are urged to weigh in on an online survey by June 30 to help guide presenters as to which topics are most of interest to residents. Black Lives Matter rallies and marches have …
Trenton A minor vehicle collision at the Trenton Marketplace IGA, reported Friday around 5:30 p.m., is under investigation. There was minor damage to the vehicles involved, but one vehicle owner said the other driver became confrontational and left when he was asked to exchange insurance information. On Saturday around 9 a.m., a man reported some …
