A former candidate for the position of Washington County Sheriff is facing more charges after already being arrested for furnishing drugs to a teenager.
A child is dead and a couple is charged with manufacturing methamphetamine in a bizarre case out of Washington County.
Maine Public Safety Spokesman Steve McCausland says 39-year-old Alan Richardson and 30-year-old Tabitha Osnoe of Danforth were arrested Saturday after fire investigators found evidence of a "one-pot" methamphetamine lab in their home.
A few weeks without rain during the late summer months in Maine creates tinder-dry conditions that give forest fires just what they need to take hold.
Yesterday the Maine Forest Service was called out to battle several fire in Downeast Maine and they need your help finding whoever may be responsible for setting them.
One person is reported dead this morning following a fatal crash in Down East Maine.
Few details are yet available as state police continue to work the scene.
"An 85 year old man, who had worked all of his life, somehow slipped through the cracks, and when I checked on him he was heating up a small baked potato. Probably his only meal of the day."