A man upset because his girlfriend was leaving him and taking his children was talked down from a bridge by a Bangor Police Officer.
In a press release Bangor Police say Officer Derek Laflin was called to the report of a despondent man on the outside railing of the Valley Avenue Bridge last night around 9:30.
The Bangor Police Department says starting next week things will get a bit complicated for motorists who use the Joshua Chamberlain Bridge between the cities of Bangor and Brewer and the project's expected to last into November
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration along with local law enforcement agencies have coordinated a national "take back your meds" day this Saturday. From 10 to 2, many police and sheriff's departments are collecting your unwanted and expired medications.
UPDATED: SUSPECT IN CUSTODY!
UPDATED: Schools in Dexter are on lockdown as police focus their attention on the Silvers Mills Road area of Dexter.
Law enforcement agencies are coordinating a tactial team response in Dexter this morning
Bangor Police want to thank the public for their help in locating a man who's been accused of hurting a child. He's been captured and is currently in custody.
Bangor's City Manager Catherine M. Conlow announced today the appointment of Mark J. Hathaway of Bangor, ME., as Chief of the Bangor Police Department, subject to the confirmation of the Bangor City Council at its regular meeting on May 13th. Chief Hathaway was selected from a field of thirty eight applicants, four of whom recently interviewed for the position.
In 1990, a Washington County Sheriff’s Deputy went into an ambush described as a death trap. Deputy Bunker was with an unarmed forest ranger on the call.
At the time Maine Forest Rangers were not permitted to use firearms as part of their enforcement responsibilities.They came out of the ambush with six bullet holes in Bunker's cruiser and a bullet in the Ranger’s hip.
As we all sit glued to our televisions and radios, waiting for news on the manhunt in Boston, a new term is being discussed. People are being asked to "shelter in place," or stay in their homes until police sound the "all clear." Obviously, our world is changing as terrorism has come to our home soil, and we need to make sure we're prepared for what comes next.
It's hard to believe.
Even after we unite as a nation once again to mourn the loss of innocent lives as a result of the Boston terror attacks, we still have a hard time comprehending some of the threats we face as a nation.
Maine State Police say a missing elderly man from Maryland may be headed to Maine where he used to live.
Police say 69-year-old Timothy John Fowler, who has Alzheimer’s disease, walked away from an adult day care center in Largo, Md., on April 8.
