2 years ago
Police still looking for clues in 5 Aroostook unsolved homicides
These cases, including three in the small Route 11 town of Masardis, are among Maine’s 71 unsolved homicides, according to Maine State Police.
Police/Crime/Courts
2 years ago
Presque Isle man seriously injured in Limestone vehicle crash
Bub Dow, 47, was driving north in his 2003 Honda Accord on Route 1A when he crossed the centerline near the intersection with Bog Road, hitting a 2014 Chevrolet Silverado head on, according to Aroostook County Sheriff Peter Johnson.
2 years ago
Search for missing boat leads to Caribou man’s arrest on drug and theft charges
Joshua Akerson, 38, was arrested and charged with receiving stolen property, a Class C charge; possession of firearms by a prohibited person, Class A; and two Class D counts of furnishing Schedule Z drugs.
2 years ago
Fort Kent police arrest 1, searching for 2 in connection with warehouse burglary
Police last week arrested Peter Beaulieu, 42, of Fort Kent in connection with the incident.
2 years ago
Couple sue bank, real estate company over Caribou home foreclosure
David and Sandy Marrett, who live in East Longmeadow, Massachusetts, are seeking undisclosed compensatory damages for financial losses and emotional distress as well as punitive damages.
2 years ago
Heat pump company’s buildings damaged by vandalism
A suspect was arrested Sunday in connection with multiple acts of vandalism, the Presque Isle Police Department said on social media.
2 years ago
Presque Isle police arrest suspect in vandalism spree
Several businesses reported broken windows and numerous flower pots were damaged, according to a statement issued by Presque Isle police via social media.
2 years ago
Linneus man pleads guilty to role in drug ring
James Valiante, 42, described by the U.S. Department of Justice as a drug dealer based in Aroostook County, allegedly regularly got drugs from a source in Bangor as part of a trafficking operation in Penobscot and Aroostook counties and elsewhere.
2 years ago
Aroostook man convicted of murder seeks chance to appeal, blames attorneys
James Paul Peaslee, 44, testified for nearly two hours in Aroostook County Superior Court, detailing how his former attorneys, Stephen Smith of Bangor and John Tebbetts of Presque Isle, did not represent his best interests.
2 years ago
Parents of Erik Foote want review of his autopsy
Brenda and Allan Foote want answers to the questions they still have about their son’s disappearance and death.
