Police/Crime/Courts

9 years ago

Man convicted of manslaughter 25 years ago accused of criminal OUI

Man convicted of manslaughter 25 years ago
accused of criminal OUI

HOULTON, Maine A Mount Desert man convicted 25 years ago of manslaughter after driving drunk and causing the death of a 53-year-old Houlton woman has been indicted on a charge of aggravated criminal operating under the influence.

9 years ago

After 8 years, wife remains hopeful husband’s murder will be solved

     WOODLAND, Maine — Each year on Feb. 6, 2016, Barbara Smith gathers her closest family members and friends around her at her home in Woodland to share stories, both happy and heartbreaking, about her husband, Darrel Smith. There is love and laughter, food and photographs but always a sense of emptiness for who is missing: Darrel Smith himself.

9 years ago

Troop F Report

Troop F Report     Editor’s Note: An arrest or summons does not constitute a finding of guilt. An individual charged with a crime is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty at criminal proceedings.

9 years ago

Despite recent cases, animal abuse cases not on rise

By Jen Lynds Staff Writer   Contributed photo/Cariibou Police Dept/Dana Kasian A CAT AND A WILD TURKEY were both victims of animal cruelty in Aroostook County recently. The cat was one of two allegedly abandoned by a Van Buren couple on a rural road and left to freeze to death and the wild turkey was allegedly […]

9 years ago

Houlton man sentenced

Gets five years for assaulting woman   By Jen Lynds Staff Writer HOULTON — A 57-year-old Houlton man with a prior history of domestic violence assault who kicked, beat and attempted to strangle a woman and then lied about the incident on the witness stand during his trial will spend the next five years in […]

9 years ago

Troop F Report

     Editor’s Note: An arrest or summons does not constitute a finding of guilt. An individual charged with a crime is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty at criminal proceedings.      HOULTON — The Maine State Police Troop F barracks responded to the following incidents from Sunday, Jan. 24- Saturday, Jan. 30.

9 years ago

Houlton Police Log

Editor’s Note: An arrest or summons does not constitute a finding of guilt. An individual charged with a crime is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty at criminal proceedings.  HOULTON — The Houlton Police Department responded to the following incidents from Jan. 24-30.

9 years ago

Troop F Report

Editor’s Note: An arrest or summons does not constitute a finding of guilt. An individual charged with a crime is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty at criminal proceedings. HOULTON — The Maine State Police Troop F barracks responded to the following incidents from Sunday, Jan. 24- Saturday, Jan. 30.  

9 years ago

Houlton Criminal Docket

HOULTON — The following cases were heard under the Aroostook Criminal Docket at the Houlton Courthouse during the month of December, 2015. Allen B. Acott, Jr., 24, Linneus: operating under the influence (alcohol), $500 fine, 48 hours in jail, and 150-day license suspension. Arnold Adams, 73, McAdam, New Brunswick: rule violation/operating with false duty status, […]