IN AUGUSTA, Friday at 7:42 a.m., needles were recovered on Northern Avenue.

8:58 a.m., a dog was reported to be at large on Spring Road.

10:25 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Route 3.

10:38 a.m., a disturbance was reported on Bridge Street.

10:56 a.m., a disturbance was reported at Crossing Way and Western Avenue.

12:02 p.m., property was reported lost on Water Street.

1:18 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Civic Center Drive.

1:22 p.m., property was recovered on Burns Road.

2:19 p.m., a dog bite was reported on Middle Road.

2:58 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on New England Road.

3:01 p.m., a stray cat was reported on Northern Avenue and Oxford Street.

4:15 p.m., a well-being and mental health check was done on Boothby Street.

4:46 p.m., a complaint about harassment was reported on Viles Street.

5:18 p.m., a well-being and mental health check was done and a person was taken to the hospital from Riverside Drive.

8:16 p.m., disorderly conduct was reported on Commercial Street.

8:19 p.m., gross sexual assault was reported on Swan Street.

8:43 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Raven Road.

9:04 p.m., a strong-arm robbery was reported on Senator Way.

10:39 p.m., disorderly conduct was reported on Stone Street.

Saturday at 12:22 a.m., a pedestrian check was done on Front Street.

12:42 a.m., a well-being check was done on Northern Avenue.

2:17 p.m., a well-being check was done at Cony Circle and Cony Street.

IN CLINTON, Friday at 5:40 p.m., criminal mischief was reported on Long Avenue.

IN OAKLAND, Friday at 8:53 a.m., a domestic dispute was reported on Belgrade Road.

9:37 a.m., a domestic dispute was reported on Main Street.

12:18 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Oak Street.

Saturday at 1:21 a.m., a well-being check was done on Church Street.

IN WATERVILLE, Friday at 8:10 a.m., found property was reported on Pleasant Street.

8:20 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Kennedy Memorial Drive.

8:42 a.m., theft was reported on Main Street.

9:26 a.m., a complaint about threatening was made on Elm Street.

10:08 a.m., found property was reported on Gold Street.

10:14 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on College Avenue.

10:38 a.m., theft was reported on Summer Street.

11:53 a.m., a complaint about harassment was made on Hathaway Street.

12:36 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on First Rangeway.

1:17 p.m., a crash occurred at Spring and Front streets.

1:20 p.m., a well-being check was done on Water Street.

1:55 p.m., theft was reported on Kennedy Memorial Drive.

2:15 p.m., a report of an assault was investigated on Sherwin Street.

2:44 p.m., a theft was reported on Kennedy Memorial Drive.

3:14 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Drummond Avenue.

3:52 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Main Street.

4:12 p.m., an intoxicated person was reported on Kennedy Memorial Drive.

4:47 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Elm Plaza.

5:16 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Gold Street.

5:37 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Green Street.

6:33 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Cool Street.

7:14 p.m., a noise complaint was made on King Court.

7:52 p.m., a disturbance was reported on North Street.

9:57 p.m., a noise complaint was made on Central Avenue.

Saturday 12:21 a.m., a disturbance was reported on Park Street.

1:09 a.m., threatening was reported on Front Street.

3:01 a.m., criminal mischief was reported on Main Street.

IN WINSLOW, Friday at 8:17 a.m., a well-being check was done on South Reynolds Road.

11:31 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Danielson Street.

12:51 p.m., a pedestrian check was done at Western Avenue and Cool Street.

12:59 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Bay Street.

10:58 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on North Pond Road.

ARRESTS

IN AUGUSTA, Friday at 3:16 p.m., Gregory A. Doughty, 38, of Chelsea, was arrested on an outstanding warrant,

6:51 p.m., Matthew Dodge, 41 of Lyman, was arrested on a charge of violating condition of release, refusing to sign a summons.

6:51 p.m., Shelby L. Johnson, 45, of Chelsea, was arrested on charges of operating under the influence of alcohol and attaching false license plates.

IN HALLOWELL, Friday at 10:39 p.m., Casie Marie Brooks, 25, of Augusta, was arrested on a charge of operating under the influence (alcohol).

IN OAKLAND, Friday at 10:05 a.m., Trevor A. Lewis, 20, of Oakland, was arrested on a charge of disorderly conduct, loud noise, private place and violating condition of release.

IN WATERVILLE, Friday at 3:47 a.m., John Cunningham, of Winslow, was arrested on a charge of trafficking in cocaine, and four charges of possession of a schedule W drug.

3:47 a.m., Katie Goodale, of Waterville, was arrested on charges of violating conditions of release and unlawful possession of a schedule W drug.

3:47 a.m., Daniel Hood, of Waterville, was arrested on two charges of unlawful possession of schedule W drug, two counts of furnishing a schedule W drug and sale and use of drug paraphernalia.

3:47 a.m., Richard Coderre, of Benton, was arrested on a charge of violating condition of release and a charge of unlawful possession of a schedule W drug.

Friday at 10:34 a.m., David L. Bellefleur, 30, of Fairfield, was arrested on a charge of domestic violence assault.

10:24 p.m., Zowie Galvin, 27, of Waterville, was arrested on a charge of domestic violence assault.

11:21 p.m., Melissa V. Roye, 31, of Waterville, was arrested on a charge of violating condition of release and operating while license suspended or revoked.

11:21 p.m., Amanda L. Marcoux, 38, of Waterville, was arrested on an outstanding warrant and unlawful possession of a scheduled substance.

11:35 p.m., Christopher L. Brown, 43, of Augusta, was arrested on three outstanding warrants and on a charge of violating condition of release.

Saturday at 1:26 a.m., Silang Zeren, 44, of Waterville, was arrested on a charge of operating under the influence (alcohol).

The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a man it considers armed, dangerous and willing to shoot himself or others if confronted.

The sheriff’s office said Randall Lee Marsh, 33, is wanted on active arrest warrants in connection with a domestic violence assault and refusal to submit to arrest that occurred in Sebago on Tuesday. Marsh fled from law enforcement and eluded capture throughout the week, it said.

Marsh is white, 5 feet 3 inches tall and 160 pounds with blond hair and blue eyes, the sheriff’s office said. He was last seen wearing bluejeans and a black hooded sweatshirt around 6:30 a.m. Friday in Bridgton.

Marsh is in possession of a handgun and has made statements that he is willing to take his own life or shoot at law enforcement if confronted, the sheriff’s office said. In addition to the charges of domestic violence and evading arrest, he is also wanted in connection with at least two home invasion burglaries, it said.

Marsh is considered armed and dangerous and should not be confronted if found, the sheriff’s office said. Instead, witnesses should call 911 immediately to alert law enforcement to his location.

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — A Maine man has been charged in connection to a Westport highway crash that killed a child last year.

Jesse Zorski, 30, of Freeport, Maine, turned himself in Friday to the Connecticut State Police in Bridgeport on an active arrest warrant.

Zorski was driving a car that rear-ended another vehicle in April 2017, according to police. A 9-year-old boy in the front car suffered a serious head injury and later died.

Zorski is charged with misconduct with a motor vehicle, following too closely, distracted driving and speeding.

He was released after posting a $100,000 cash bond and is scheduled to appear in Norwalk Superior Court in May. An attorney for Zorski was not immediately identified.

A Standish man was charged with operating while under the influence after the utility van he was driving crashed into and seriously injured a Standish boy who was riding his bike Saturday.

The Cumberland County Sheriff’s office said the boy, 12, was taken to Maine Medical Center for serious but non life-threatening injuries from the accident on the Ossipee Trail at 7:50 p.m.

Police said a 2005 Ford utility van operated by Blaine M. Gaudet, 27, of 355 Northeast Road, crossed over the white fog line and struck the boy.

Gaudet was charged with operating while under the influence causing serious injury to another and violation of bail conditions. Gaudet was out on bail for an earlier operating while under the influence charge.

He is being held at Cumberland County Jail. His arraignment will take place in the coming week, police said.

The case remains under investigation by the sheriff’s office.

Beth Quimby can be contacted at 791-6363 or at:

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AUGUSTA — This is a roundup of cases closed April 12-25, 2018, in courts in Augusta and Waterville.

Cary Jon Allen, 34, of Waterville, operating while license suspended or revoked Feb. 9, 2018, in Waterville; $250 fine.

Brendan P. Arsenault, 21, of Windham, unlawful possession of scheduled drug and minor transporting liquor Oct. 16, 2017, in Sidney, dismissed.

Cade Ayotte, 23, of Readfield, operating under the influence June 25, 2018, in Augusta; $500 fine, five-day jail sentence, one year and 60-day license suspension.

Tammy L. Bass, 46, of Winslow, theft by unauthorized use of property April 8, 2017, in Waterville; 120-day jail sentence, $1,255.10 restitution. Theft by unauthorized taking or transfer March 18, 2017, in Waterville; 120-day jail sentence.

Jonathan D. Bassford, 21, of Edgecomb, failure to register vehicle Feb. 6, 2018, in Augusta; $100 fine.

Jason E. Batista, 35, of South China, operating after habitual offender revocation Nov. 18, 2017, in Waterville; $500 fine, 30-day jail sentence.

Betsy J. Benner, 47, of Albion, motor vehicle speeding more than 30 mph over speed limit May 6, 2017, in China, dismissed.

Chrmaine Berry, 56, of Oakland, keeping unlicensed dog Feb. 1, 2018, in Oakland; $50 fine.

Patrick L. Biggam, 34, of Anson, operating vehicle without license March 11, 2018, in Oakland, dismissed.

Stephen E. Biggs, 46, of West Warwick, Rhode Island, commercial vehicle rule violation: duty status not current Feb. 14, 2018, in Sidney; $250 fine.

Bill’s Auto Transport, of Greene, operating after registration suspended Dec. 14, 2017, in Sidney; $150 fine.

Keith Bolduc, 59, of Augusta, operating while license suspended or revoked Dec. 10, 2017, in Augusta; $250 fine.

Jonathan Blumberg, 66, of Vassalboro, protective order from harassment violation July 29, 2017, in Vassalboro, dismissed.

Wendy J. Braley, 43, of Albion, motor vehicle speeding more than 30 mph over speed limit Oct. 14, 2017, in China, dismissed.

Israel D. Breton, 39, of Gardiner, refusing to submit to arrest or detention, refusing to stop July 16, 2017, in Gardiner; six-month jail sentence; violating condition of release July 16, 2017, in Gardiner; six-month jail sentence.

Selena A. Brewer, 45, of Boothbay, operating under the influence Jan. 4, 2018, in Windsor; $1,100 fine, two-year Department of Corrections sentence all but 30 days suspended, two-year probation, six-year license suspension.

Michael J. Brewer, 33, of Gardiner, operating while license suspended or revoked July 3, 2016, in Gardiner, dismissed.

Douglas W. Burl, 56, of Chelsea, reckless conduct Sept. 2, 2016, in Augusta; 30-day jail sentence. Theft by unauthorized taking or transfer Feb. 17, 2018, in Gardiner; five-day jail sentence; violating condition of release, same date and town, dismissed.

David B. Caldwell, 63, of Mount Vernon, operating after registration suspended Feb. 13, 2018, in West Gardiner; $150 fine.

Garrett J. Camren, 38, of Augusta, permitting unlawful use Oct. 16, 2017, in Waterville; $200 fine.

David P. Carlow, 27, of Unity, operating while license suspended or revoked Oct. 7, 2017, in Waterville; $500 fine.

Daniel R. Chesley, 28, of Oxford, theft by unauthorized taking or transfer Oct. 16, 2015, in Augusta; six-month jail sentence, $2,400 restitution.

Richard J. Clarke III, 19, of Gardiner, marijuana: under 21 years of age March 3, 2018, in Augusta; $400 fine.

Carly M. Cleaves, 25, of Fairfield, domestic violence assault Feb. 27, 2018, in Augusta, dismissed.

Jordan W. Coe, 21, of River Forest, Illinois, unlawful possession of scheduled drug and marijuana: under 21 years of age May 26, 2017, in Mount Vernon, dismissed.

Bradley T. Cooper, 42, of Augusta, depositing matter in streets March 13, 2018, in Augusta; $50 fine.

Adam Cummings, 29, of Malden, Massachusetts, operating under the influence March 19, 2017, in Waterville; $500 fine, 150-day license suspension.

Randall Todd Cunningham, 48, of Winslow, assault March 30, 2017, in Winslow, dismissed.

Tanisha M. Cushing, 22, of Readfield, operating while license suspended or revoked Jan. 6, 2018, in Litchfield; $250 fine.

Terri Jean Cushman, 36, of Waterville, use of drug paraphernalia Sept. 2, 2017, in Winslow; $300 fine.

Leonard Cyrus, 38, of Brewer, operating under the influence July 15, 2017, in Clinton; $600 fine, 48-hour jail sentence, 150-day license suspension.

Timothy S. Danforth, 26, of Jay, manslaughter June 1, 2016, in Wilton; 15-year Department of Corrections sentence, all but six years suspended, four years probation; murder, same date and town, dismissed.

Nathan W. Dayken, 42, of Randolph, failing to notify of motor vehicle accident March 11, 2018, in Randolph; $200 fine.

Daniel A. Dodge, 26, of Canaan, unlawful use of bait in artificial lure only water June 17, 2017, in Winslow; $100 fine.

Justin Dozier, 29, of Augusta, operating while license suspended or revoked Nov. 4, 2017, in Augusta; $250 fine.

Ashlee J. Drake, 30, of Augusta, theft by unauthorized taking or transfer Oct. 13, 2016, in Augusta, dismissed. Operating while license suspended or revoked Jan. 27, 2018, in Oakland; $250 fine; violating condition of release Jan. 27, 2018, in Oakland; $100 fine.

David L. Dulac, 31, of Augusta, operating while license suspended or revoked March 11, 2018, in Augusta; $500 fine, 48-hour jail sentence; failure to register vehicle March 11, 2018, in Augusta; 48-hour jail sentence.

Russell E. Dumont, 62, of Augusta, operating vehicle without license Aug. 1, 2017, in Vassalboro; $100 fine.

Steven Duke, 38, of Lewiston and Manhattan, New York, unlawful trafficking in scheduled drugs Aug. 18, 2016, in Augusta; $400 fine, $400 suspended, five-year Department of Corrections sentence all but three years suspended, three-year probation; unlawful trafficking in scheduled drugs Aug. 18, 2016, in Augusta; $400 fine, $400 suspended, three-year Department of Corrections sentence. Unlawful possession of scheduled drug and refusing to sign criminal summons Sept. 16, 2017, in Litchfield, dismissed.

Tyler D. Ellis, 23, of Augusta, harassment by telephone May 21, 2016, in Benton, dismissed.

Stephen J. Evers, 21, of Albion, eluding an officer May 7, 2016, in Albion; 18-month jail sentence all but 30 days suspended, two year probation.

Leeanna R. Fish, 50, of Waterville, criminal mischief April 11, 2018, in Waterville, dismissed.

Matthew J. Fitton, 32, of Anson, operating under the influence Sept. 12, 2017, in Belgrade; $500 fine, 150-day license suspension.

Eric J. Fitzpatrick, 32, of Augusta, domestic violence assault March 2, 2018, in Augusta; 364-day jail sentence all but 45 days suspended, two-year probation.

Samuel R. Friedman, 21, of Abington, Massachusetts, refusing to submit to arrest or detention refuse to stop and possessing revoked, mutilated, fictitious or fraudulent license/identification card Nov. 18, 2016, in Hallowell, dismissed.

Cheryl Ann Gagnon, 49, of Sidney, operating while license suspended or revoked Dec. 28, 2017, in Sidney; $250 fine.

Richard P. Garland Jr., 32, of West Gardiner, motor vehicle speeding more than 30 mph over speed limit Nov. 26, 2017, in Litchfield; $750 fine, 96-hour jail sentence.

Donrrell A. Garner, 27, of Waterville, operating vehicle without license Jan. 28, 2018, in Waterville, dismissed.

Edward J. Giguere, 34, of Waterville, motor vehicle speeding more than 30 mph over speed limit Oct. 13, 2017, in Waterville; driving to endanger, same date and town, dismissed.

Bonny Sue Gilmore, 33, of Augusta, operating while license suspended or revoked Oct. 16, 2017, in Waterville; $600 fine, seven-day jail sentence, one-year license suspension; failing to provide correct name, address, date of birth Oct. 16, 2017, in Waterville; 48-hour jail sentence.

Brooke Gilson, 20, of Hollis, falsifying physical evidence Nov. 26, 2017, in Oakland; $200 fine; use of drug paraphernalia, same date and town, dismissed.

Bobby A. Goodwin, 42, of Lewiston, motor vehicle speeding more than 30 mph over speed limit Nov. 14, 2017, in Monmouth, dismissed.

George S. Goodwin Jr., 48, of New Gloucester, theft by unauthorized taking or transfer Jan. 21, 2016, in Waterville; unconditional discharge.

Joshua Edward Gray, 30, of Waterville, failing to give correct name, address, date of birth Sept. 12, 2017, in Clinton; $200 fine.

Randy S. Gregor, 59, of Randolph, operating while license suspended or revoked Feb. 25, 2018, in Chelsea; $500 fine.

Madelyn Grover, 66, of Poland, operating while license suspended or revoked Oct. 27, 2016, in Chelsea, dismissed.

Diane Hanson, 46, of Readfield, furnishing liquor to a minor March 2, 2018, in Belgrade; $500 fine.

Maralee J. Harlin, 64, of Sidney, criminal trespass Feb. 15, 2018, in Sidney, dismissed.

Kenneth L. Hill, 29, of Waterville, operating while license suspended or revoked Sept. 20, 2017, in Waterville, dismissed.

Sally L. Jenkins, 35, of Augusta, assault, criminal trespass and refusing to submit to arrest or detention, physical force Feb. 18, 2018, in Augusta, dismissed.

Mark Anthony Kennedy, 48, of Winslow, robbery July 27, 2017, in Winslow; 10-year Department of Corrections sentence all but four years suspended, three-year probation, $500 restitution; criminal threatening with dangerous weapon July 27, 2017, in Winslow; four-year Department of Corrections sentence; illegal possession of firearm July 27, 2017, in Winslow; two-year Department of Corrections sentence; unlawful possession of heroin July 27, 2017, in Winslow; $400 fine, $400 suspended, two-year Department of Corrections sentence.

David A. Keyser, 50, of Augusta, failure to stop, remain, provide information Feb. 15, 2018, in Augusta; $250 fine, $250 suspended; operating while license suspended or revoked Feb. 15, 2018, in Augusta; $750 fine.

Allison M. Lagross, 29, of Hartland, misuse of identification May 4, 2015, in Winslow; 10-day jail sentence; theft by unauthorized taking or transfer, same date and town, dismissed.

Suzanne Marie Leathers, 53, of Rome, negotiating a worthless instrument Oct. 16, 2017, in Rome; $300 fine, $366.59 restitution.

David G. Leighton, 52, of Vassalboro, operating while license suspended or revoked Feb. 12, 2018, in China; $500 fine; failure to register vehicle, same date and town, dismissed.

Dominick Antoine Lewis, 37, of Augusta, failure to register vehicle March 8, 2018, in Augusta; $100 fine.

Brandon Scott Little, 28, of Clinton, failure to register vehicle Feb. 8, 2018, in Winslow; $100 fine.

Caitlin A. Logan, 18, of Wayne, failure to stop, remain provide information Feb. 24, 2018, in Augusta, dismissed.

Daniel B. Logan, 54, of Sidney, criminal mischief Oct. 4, 2016, in Waterville, dismissed.

Sophia Macfarlane, 34, of Augusta, unlawful possession of scheduled drug Nov. 9, 2015, in Vassalboro; $400 fine, 364-day all suspended jail sentence, one-year probation.

Zachary R. Magee, 26, of Chelsea, assault March 17, 2018, in Chelsea; three-year Department of Corrections sentence all but nine months one day suspended, two-year probation. Violating condition of release March 22, 2018, in Augusta, and criminal mischief March 8, 2018, in Augusta, dismissed.

Finn B. Mahoney, 20, of Tamworth, New Hampshire, failure to register vehicle Feb. 20, 2018, in Winslow; $100 fine.

Clara Malmstrom, 42, of Rockland, operating under the influence April 12, 2018, in Augusta; $500 fine, 24-hour jail sentence, 150-day license suspension; unlawful possession of scheduled drug, same date and town, dismissed.

Mary J. Mason, 50, of Litchfield, displaying fictitious vehicle certificate Jan. 22, 2018, in Augusta; $50 fine.

Leann K. McCann, 39, of Waterville, domestic violence assault Jan. 13, 2018, in Windsor, dismissed.

Kevin James McCuen, 56, of Hawley, Pennsylvania, commercial vehicle rule violation: operation after disqualified Feb. 6, 2018, in Augusta; $250 fine.

Kyle A. McCullough, 21, of Presque Isle, transportation of drugs by minor Dec. 17, 2017, in Winslow, dismissed.

Peter F. McLaughlin, 54, of Edmond, Oklahoma, failure to register vehicle March 25, 2018, in Hallowell, dismissed.

Justin E. Meserve, 35, of Fairfield, violating condition of release April 14, 2018, in Clinton; five-day jail sentence.

Ronald R. Mills II, 27, of Bangor, operating while license suspended or revoked Feb. 7, 2018, in Winslow, dismissed.

Danielle L. Mitchell, 35, of Augusta, operating vehicle without license Feb. 13, 2018, in Augusta; $150 fine; use of drug paraphernalia, same date and town, dismissed.

Maty Moore, 19, of Newcastle, attaching false plates Feb. 24, 2018, in West Gardiner; $150 fine; failure to register vehicle, same date and town, dismissed.

Joseph G.A. Munster III, 37, of Vassalboro, theft by unauthorized taking or transfer Sept. 3, 2017, in Augusta; 48-hour jail sentence.

Jahan A. Mustafa, 33, of Gardiner, attaching false plates March 9, 2017, in Augusta; $100 fine.

Adam Robert Paradis, 48, of Lewiston, use of drug paraphernalia March 6, 2018, in Augusta; $350 fine.

Luke Brandon Park, 37, of Augusta, improper victim contact pre-bail July 4, 2017, in Augusta; 14-day jail sentence; improper victim contact pre-bail July 4, 2017, in Augusta; 14-day jail sentence.

Sharon L. Park, 72, of Waterville, keeping dangerous dog Feb. 24, 2018, in Waterville, dismissed.

Anthony J. Parlin, 20, of North Berwick, use of drug paraphernalia Nov. 12, 2017, in Gardiner, dismissed.

Reta A. Patterson, 47, of Fayette, operating vehicle without license Jan. 26, 2018, in Augusta, dismissed.

Lisa M. Peaslee, 40, of Whitefield, attaching false plates Feb. 4, 2018, in Augusta; $100 fine.

Samantha L. Peaslee, 26, of Vassalboro, violating condition of release April 10, 2018, in Vassalboro; 14-day jail sentence.

Brian D. Pelletier, 38, of Waterville, operating while license suspended or revoked March 1, 2018, in Waterville; $250 fine; failure to register vehicle March 1, 2018, in Waterville; $100 fine.

Frank A. Perkins, 44, of Winthrop, operating under the influence Sept. 28, 2017, in Winthrop; $500 fine, 150-day license suspension.

Shannon Perkins, 38, of Gardiner, theft by unauthorized taking or transfer Sept. 13, 2017, in Waterville; 45-day jail sentence.

Sakil S. Piyaraly, 31, of Dieppe, New Brunswick, operating vehicle without license Dec. 23, 2017, in Sidney, dismissed.

Steven A. Poirier, 50, of Norridgewock, assault March 12, 2018, in Oakland; $300 fine; criminal mischief March 12, 2018, in Oakland; $150 fine, $500 restitution.

Parker R. Poulin, 18, of Oakland, failure to register vehicle Feb. 17, 2018, in Oakland; $100 fine.

Craig S. Preo, 54, of Windsor, failure to register vehicle Feb. 7, 2018, in Farmingdale; $200 fine; attaching false plates, same date and town, dismissed.

Troy Kenneth Prescott, 54, of Somerville, operating under the influence Feb. 24, 2018, in Augusta; $500 fine, 10-day jail sentence, 150-day license suspension.

Tyler O. Redlevske, 30, of Belgrade/Norridgewock, forgery July 6, 2015, in Augusta; five-year jail sentence all but six months suspended, two year probation, $15,000 restitution; theft by unauthorized taking or transfer July 6, 2015, in Augusta; six-month jail sentence. Operating under the influence Nov. 12, 2017, in Oakland; $500 fine, seven-day jail sentence, one-year license suspension; violating condition of release Nov. 12, 2017, in Oakland; seven-day jail sentence. Operating while license suspended or revoked Dec. 30, 2017, in Belgrade; $600 fine, $600 suspended, seven-day jail sentence, one-year license suspension; violating condition of release Dec. 30, 2017, in Belgrade; seven-day jail sentence; failing to notify of motor vehicle accident, same date and town, dismissed.

Paul A. Reny, 51, of Winslow, failing to notify of motor vehicle accident Feb. 14, 2018, in Winslow; $200 fine.

Chrystal A. Rose, 37, of Wilton, violating condition of release Aug. 4, 2017, in Fayette, dismissed.

Christian Rowden, 28, of Fairfield, theft by unauthorized taking or transfer Nov. 16, 2017, in Waterville; four-day jail sentence; theft by unauthorized taking or transfer, same date and town, dismissed.

Kendra L. Ruland, 28, of Waterville, domestic violence assault March 18, 2018, in Waterville, dismissed. Violating condition of release April 5, 2018, in Waterville; 14-day jail sentence.

Amelia Rumney, 23, of Winslow, operating under the influence Nov. 12, 2017, in Waterville; $500 fine, 150-day license suspension.

Nathan M. St. Amand, 25, of Oakland, operating under the influence March 4, 2018, in Waterville; $500 fine, 150-day license suspension.

Scott W. Schibli, 21, of Charlotte, Vermont, possessing revoked, mutilated, fictitious or fraudulent license/identification card Nov. 11, 2017, in Waterville, dismissed.

Fotini E. Shanos, 19, of Waterville, marijuana, under 21 years of age May 13, 2017, in Waterville, dismissed.

Steven F. Shaw Jr., 31, of Waterville, aggravated criminal trespass, domestic violence assault, violating condition of release, violating protection from abuse order, criminal trespass, assault on an officer, refusing to submit to arrest or detention physical force and violating condition of release, Jan. 14, 2018, in Waterville, dismissed.

Fotini E. Shanos, 19, of Waterville, permitting unlawful use Aug. 31, 2017, in Clinton, dismissed.

Chad N. Simoneau, 28, of Chesterville, attaching false plates Feb. 14, 2018, in Augusta; $100 fine.

Darren Q. Smith, 38, of Winthrop, operating while license suspended or revoked Dec. 13, 2017, in Winthrop; $250 fine.

Andrew M. Somes, 20, of West Gardiner, marijuana: under 21 years of age Feb. 16, 2018, in Pittston; $350 fine.

David J. Sparrow, 27, of North Anson, operating while license suspended or revoked Feb. 11, 2018, in Winslow; $250 fine.

Alisha R. Spaulding, 32, of Winthrop, violating condition of release April 20, 2018, in Winthrop; four-day jail sentence.

Peter R. Speropolous Jr., 25, of Winslow, operating vehicle without license March 10, 2018, in Winslow, dismissed.

Peter Roy Speropolous Sr., 49, of Waterville, violating protective order Feb. 16, 2018, in Waterville; 48-hour jail sentence; violating condition of release, same date and town, dismissed. Operating under the influence Jan. 18, 2018, in Winslow; $500 fine, 48-hour jail sentence, 150-day license suspension.

Bradley Stamper, 52, of Cornville, failure to register vehicle March 10, 2018, in Oakland; $100 fine.

Victoria E. Stebbins, 28, of Waterville, operating under the influence Sept. 11, 2017, in Sidney; $500 fine, 96-hour jail sentence, 150-day license suspension; driving to endanger and endangering the welfare of a child, same date and town, dismissed.

Jakob Stokinger, 18, of Winslow, minor possessing liquor Dec. 29, 2017, in South Gardiner, dismissed.

Robert P. Sullivan, 62, of Augusta, disorderly conduct, loud noise, private place April 13, 2018, in Augusta; seven-day jail sentence.

Kellie Jean Sutter-Arbour, 42, of Augusta, use of drug paraphernalia Feb. 13, 2018, in Augusta; $350 fine.

Charles E. Terrio, 67, of Oakland, operating under the influence Nov. 4, 2017, in Waterville; $500 fine, 150-day license suspension; failing to make oral or written accident report same date and town, dismissed.

Daniel J. Tiemissen, 24, of Vassalboro, motor vehicle speeding more than 30 mph over speed limit and operating vehicle without license March 5, 2018, in Vassalboro, dismissed.

Kristin Torres, 37, of New York, New York, aggravated trafficking of scheduled drugs and unlawful trafficking in scheduled drugs Nov. 26, 2017, in Winslow, dismissed. Criminal forfeiture of property Nov. 26, 2017, in Winslow; forfeited.

Otis Tosen, 47, of Augusta, aggravated trafficking of scheduled drugs Dec. 10, 2014, in Augusta; $400 fine, $400 suspended, 16-year Department of Corrections sentence all but six years suspended, four-year probation; aggravated trafficking of scheduled drugs Dec. 10, 2014, in Augusta; ; $400 fine, $400 suspended, six-year Department of Corrections sentence; aggravated trafficking of scheduled drugs Dec. 10, 2014, in Augusta; $400 fine, $400 suspended, six-year Department of Corrections sentence.

Jeremy E. Towers, 29, of Skowhegan, operating while license suspended or revoked March 10, 2017, in Clinton, dismissed.

Clayton A. Turner, 23, of Winslow, operating ATV on public way March 27, 2018, in China; $100 fine.

Tamara L. Vasile, 31, of Winthrop, violating condition of release April 24, 2018, in Winthrop; 48-hour jail sentence.

Bethany L. Walters, 29, of Skowhegan, theft by unauthorized taking or transfer Jan. 23, 2017, in Waterville, dismissed.

Gage Tucker Wells, 24, of Windsor, theft by unauthorized taking or transfer Jan. 1, 2018, in Waterville; six-month jail sentence, $100.95 restitution; misuse of identification Jan. 1, 2018, in Waterville; six-month jail sentence; forgery Jan. 1, 2018, in Waterville; six-month jail sentence.

Schantel Wells, 35, of Augusta, theft by deception Jan. 16, 2017, in Gardiner; $200 fine, two-day jail sentence.

Victor Wilkinson, 32, of Hallowell, operating while license suspended or revoked Nov. 17, 2016, in Gardiner; $500 fine; violating condition of release Nov. 17, 2016, in Gardiner; $100 fine, $100 suspended.

Michael G. Williams, 32, of Augusta, operating under the influence Feb. 24, 2018, in Augusta; $500 fine, 48-hour jail sentence, 150-day license suspension; operating while license suspended or revoked, same date and town, dismissed.

Nicholas J. Worthing, 30, of Pittston, stalking-serious inconvenience/emotional distress March 28, 2017, in Pittston; 364-day jail sentence all but 90-day suspended, one-year probation; stalking-fear injury to self or relation, same date and town, dismissed.

Raymond P. Wright, 53, of Mount Vernon, operating under the influence Sept. 1, 2016, in Winthrop; $2,100 fine, 10-year Department of Corrections sentence all but six years suspended, three-year probation, three-year license and registration suspension; aggravated operating after habitual offender revocation Sept. 1, 2016, in Winthrop; $500 fine, 180-day jail sentence.

Police were confident they had been able to contain suspected cop killer John Williams in the marshy, wooded area near Bear Mountain and Lost Brook, west of Route 139, where the towns of Norridgewock and Fairfield meet.

“Each day we assembled teams from federal, state, local and county agencies to slowly and methodically search the difficult terrain — each day moving, searching for evidence and any signs of movement by the suspect,” Lt. John Cote, currently the second in command at state police and soon to be sworn in as colonel and chief of the Maine State Police, told reporters Saturday afternoon.

The suspect was Williams, a 29-year-old man from Madison whom police say shot and killed Somerset County Sheriff’s Office Cpl. Eugene Cole in the early morning hours of Wednesday, April 25, then stole his cruiser and tried to rob a convenience store.

Cole’s cruiser was found abandoned on Martin Stream Road.

Williams was on the run. Cole, a 13-year police veteran, was the first Maine police officer to die in a shooting in nearly 30 years.

What followed over the next four days was a sprawling, frantic manhunt involving an estimated 200 armed police officers, sheriff’s deputies and game wardens from all over Maine and from New Hampshire and Massachusetts as well as federal authorities from the FBI, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Border Patrol and the U.S. Marshals Service.

It ended with Williams’ arrest Saturday on Norridgewock Road in Fairfield, not far from the search grid, marking a wide area around Martin Stream Road.

Police cuffed Williams using Cole’s own handcuffs.

“We did use Cpl. Cole’s handcuffs,” Somerset County Sheriff Dale Lancaster said during a final briefing on the manhunt Saturday afternoon. “I thought that it was fitting, where he killed my deputy — Cpl. Gene Cole — and he was brought to justice using Cole’s handcuffs.”

Cote said police search teams all the while had to be on guard for the possibility of a continuing threat from Williams, whom police said was armed and dangerous. He said critical evidence was found — foot tracks, signs of human activity — during the searches. Each day they covered more ground, heavily armed, some with search dogs and set target ground to be covered the next day, Cote said.

There were helicopters deployed when the weather was right.

“Throughout the week we found tracks that appeared to be fresh,” Cote said.

On Saturday morning, one of the search teams found Williams outside a small, remote camp in the area of Lost Brook.

“In a testament to the team work that has been evidenced throughout this case, the seven-man capture team was comprised of members of the Maine Warden Service, the Maine State Police, the Fairfield, Maine, Police Department and the FBI,” he said.

He said Williams exerted “limited resistance.”

Williams was taken to the Maine State Prison in Warren where he awaits his initial court appearance sometime this week. The Office of Maine Attorney General is prosecuting the case. The State Police Major Crimes Unit is investigating the homicide.

Cote said police have learned from previous manhunts, including that of Robert Burton in 2015, to establish a plan early on in the investigation.

“In this case, from day one, we approached this manhunt as if it would go for a long time,” Cote said. “We knew to establish the command structure, the team work, from the very beginning. Learning for those earlier cases, from the first few hours we had the right people plugged in, clear roles and objectives for everybody that were part of that team and basically plugging people in to their strengths, using the idea that no one of us is as smart as all of us.”

The long ordeal began at 1:42 a.m. Wednesday with a report of a robbery at the Cumberland Farms store on Waterville Road in Norridgewock.

A man, later identified as Williams, is seen entering the store on video footage from the dashboard camera of Cole’s marked cruiser.

Hours later, Cole’s body was discovered in a woman’s yard on Mercer Road, also known as U.S. Route 2, near downtown Norridgewock. Investigators learned that Williams had once lived in that house as a teenager after he had a falling out with his parents.

Police said Williams, who was scheduled to appear in court that day in Massachusetts on gun charges, had shot Cole and stolen his cruiser. The fully marked cruiser was found abandoned on Martin Stream Road in Norridgewock.

Precious few details on the shooting and the ensuing manhunt have been released by police, saying only that Williams was not injured and that he was checked by medical personnel before being taken for questioning at the Waterville Police Department.

“There will be times when that information comes out throughout the process, but this is not the time for those details yet to be released,” Cote told reporters on Saturday.

Cole, 61, had been involved days earlier in the arrest of Williams’ girlfriend, Kristina Pomerleau, on charges related to cocaine possession, but police were tight-lipped as to the details of that relationship and whether it had anything to do with Cole’s death.

Pressed by reporters Saturday, Cote would not say if Williams was armed when he was apprehended. He said Williams was the only suspect in the shooting, but would not offer details about how they knew that.

The arresting officers were not wearing body cameras, he said.

Police have not said if Cole was on duty when he encountered Williams, although the radio log from the communications center lists Cole — his call number Somerset 1312 — as being one of several units dispatched to the robbery report at Cumberland Farms at 1:42 a.m.

Police also have not said if it was Cole’s weapon that was used to kill him or if the weapon was found. Cole’s body was not discovered until 7:15 a.m. Wednesday. Authorities said Cole was shot between 1 and 2 a.m. The cruiser was found abandoned shortly after 5 a.m. off Martin Stream Road in Norridgewock, police said.

Police have offered no motive in the killing.

“We believe the suspect then fled the vehicle on foot and is presently at large,” Maine State Police said in a news release Wednesday morning.

It also is not clear if Cole’s cruiser had a GPS device that would have made it easier to track. Police would not say if Williams had food or supplies to help him survive the cold, wet weather in woods or if he had been in contact with anyone while on the lam.

Around 11:15 a.m., Cole’s body was taken out in a Maine State Police evidence response truck with a state police cruiser ahead of it, lights flashing, en route to the medical examiner’s office in Augusta. A shoulder-to-shoulder line of police officers stood at attention near the scene, some saluting as Cole’s body was delivered to the waiting state police vehicle.

As the procession left, there was a flurry of police sirens echoing across the downtown. Officers stood at attention and saluted as the body was delivered to the medical examiner’s office in Augusta.

Cole’s body was returned to Skowhegan amid a procession of police cars, light flashing and sirens blaring later in the day.

Visiting hours will be held from 4-7 p.m., Sunday, May 6, at the Skowhegan Armory, 11 North School St., Skowhegan. A celebration of Cole’s life will be held at noon, Monday, May 7, at the Cross Insurance Center, 515 Main St., Bangor, with Chaplain Kevin Brooks officiating.

In honor of his dedication to his community, memorial contributions may be sent to:

The Corporal Eugene Cole

Memorial Fund

c/o Bangor Savings Bank

113 Madison Ave.

Skowhegan, ME 04976.

Doug Harlow — 612-2367

dharlow@centralmaine.com

Twitter:@Doug_Harlow

IN AUGUSTA, Saturday at 7:29 a.m., property was recovered on Third Avenue.

11:15 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Western Avenue.

12:06 p.m., shoplifting was reported on Stephen King Drive.

12:26 p.m., a hit-and-run crash was reported on Bridge Street.

12:46 p.m., a well-being/mental health check was performed on Cedar Street.

1:18 p.m., disorderly conduct was reported on Eastern Avenue.

1:27 p.m., criminal threatening was reported on Marketplace Drive.

2:21 p.m., property was recovered on Senator Way.

3:16 p.m., a well-being check was requested on Middle Street.

3:24 p.m., a well-being/mental health check was performed on Cedar Street.

3:26 p.m., criminal mischief was reported on Northern Avenue.

4 p.m., complaints about animals were reported on Waldo Street.

5:04 p.m., shoplifting was reported on Cony Street.

5:12 p.m., shoplifting was reported on Stephen King Drive.

5:25 p.m., theft was reported on Bangor Street.

6:17 p.m., fraud was reported on Federal Street.

6:38 p.m., shoplifting was reported on Cony Street.

6:44 p.m., disorderly conduct was reported on Washington Street.

6:58 p.m., a complaint about harassment was reported on Highland Avenue.

9:09 p.m., a complaint about trespassing was reported on Community Drive.

9:39 p.m., a complaint about harassment was reported on Northern Avenue.

9:55 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Old Belgrade Road.

10:14 p.m., a pedestrian check was performed on Front Street.

10:34 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Gage Street.

11:11 p.m., a summons was issued to a 17-year-old juvenile on a charge of possession of alcohol or liquor by a minor.

Sunday at 12:09 a.m., a well-being/mental health check was performed on Northern Avenue.

12:28 a.m., a complaint about trespassing was reported on York Street.

12:33 a.m., a disturbance was reported on Gage Street.

1:40 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on South Belfast Avenue.

2:52 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on State Street.

IN HALLOWELL, Saturday at 10:55 a.m., a complaint about a wild animal was reported on Lincoln Street.

11:36 a.m., a hit-and-run crash was reported at Second and Central streets.

ARREST

In Augusta, Sunday at 1:49 a.m., Nathaniel P. Smith, 32, of Augusta, was arrested on a charges of failure to provide correct name, address and date of birth and violation of a protection order and on an outstanding warrant.

IN FAIRFIELD, Saturday at 10:42 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Summit Street.

IN OAKLAND, Saturday at 10:49 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Mallard Lane.

IN WATERVILLE, Saturday at 6:14 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Main Street.

6:28 a.m., a complaint about trespassing was reported on Summer Street.

7:20 a.m., a complaint about threatening was reported on Summer Street.

7:34 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on College Avenue.

7:55 a.m., a well-being check was performed on First Rangeway.

8 a.m., a complaint about threatening was reported on Spring Place.

9:02 a.m., a noise complaint was reported on Elm Court.

9:44 a.m., a well-being check was performed on Oak Street.

11:28 a.m., criminal mischief was reported on Grove Street.

11:39 a.m., a noise complaint was reported on College Avenue.

11:44 a.m., a well-being check was performed at Elm Plaza.

12:49 p.m., a complaint about harassment was reported on Chaplin Street.

1:22 p.m., an unwanted subject was reported on Yeaton Street.

3:05 p.m., theft was reported on Main Street.

3:14 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Main Street.

4:50 p.m., a well-being check was performed on Village Green Road.

5:57 p.m., found/lost property was reported on Sunset Terrace.

6:02 p.m., an assault was reported on College Avenue.

6:14 p.m., a missing person was reported on Edwards Street.

6:16 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Main Street.

6:34 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Water Street.

7:08 p.m., a complaint about an animal was reported on Gilman Street.

7:43 p.m., a complaint about harassment was reported on Main Street.

7:55 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Pleasant Street.

8:36 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Wilson Street.

9:37 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Main Street.

10:32 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Front Street.

10:38 p.m., a fight was reported on Oakland Court.

11:33 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Oak Knoll Drive.

Sunday at 12:14 a.m., a complaint about an animal was reported on County Road.

5 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Water Street.

ARRESTS

IN WATERVILLE, Sunday at 12:13 a.m., Kevin P. Pelletier, 36, of Waterville, was arrested on a charge of assault.

2:18 a.m., Addie J. Fleurial, 39, of Waterville, was arrested on a charge of operating under the influence (alcohol).

AUGUSTA — Cpl. Eugene Cole of the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office was shot and killed during the early morning hours while on patrol, just minutes after apparently stopping to check on John D. Williams, who had duffel bags and a bullet proof vest after being dropped off at a driveway around 1 a.m.

A friend says Williams called him 15 minutes later, saying he had just shot the corporal and that either Williams had snuck up on Cole or vice versa — the friend couldn’t remember which.

Those details emerged Monday in a police affidavit filed in court as Williams, 29, of Madison, made an initial appearance at the Capital Judicial Center in Augusta on a charge of murder. Cole was killed by a single gunshot wound to the neck that perforated his spinal cord, according to the criminal complaint filed Monday against Williams.

While the affidavit does not explicitly spell out a possible motive for the killing, the newly released details suggest that it was a moment of happenstance: an officer on duty conducting a routine check on a person whom a friend said appeared “tweaked” and who was on edge about a court appearance in Massachusetts on drug charges.

Williams did not enter a plea Monday to the charge of intentional or knowing murder in death of Cole, a 13-year police veteran who was the first Maine police officer to die in a shooting in nearly 30 years. Justice Robert Mullen ordered a psychological examination on Williams and ordered him held without bail.

The case is to be moved to Cumberland County, where his court appointed attorney, Patrick Nickerson, said he would be more likely to get a fair trial with all the media coverage of Cole’s murder in central Maine. The hearing took less than five minutes once dozens of media personnel filed into the courtroom, followed by court and county personnel and uniformed deputies.

Mullen said Williams faces 25 years to life in prison if he is found guilty. Williams told the judge he understood the charge against him.

Three members of Cole’s family, accompanied by victim advocate Michelle Cram from the Maine Attorney General’s Office, were in the courtroom at the Capital Judicial Center on Monday to watch the hearing.

Williams appeared to be exhausted, dressed in an orange prison jumpsuit and a blue shirt and flanked by his court-appointed lawyers. He was arrested Saturday afternoon following a four-day manhunt that involved more than 200 law enforcement officials from local, state and federal agencies.

Meanwhile, Williams’ girlfriend, Kristina Pomerleau, 32, of Norridgewock, was still incarcerated Monday at the Somerset County Jail in East Madison. Pomerleau was arrested in Norridgewock on Saturday, April 21 — four days before the shooting of Cole — on charges of unlawful furnishing of scheduled drugs, possession of scheduled drugs, operating after suspension and possession of a suspended license. Her arrest followed a traffic stop Saturday at 5:13 p.m. on Skowhegan Road in Norridgewock, in which Cpl. Cole was listed as among three responding officers in a sheriff’s department police log.

A police affidavit detailing what happened with Pomerleau’s arrest has not been available because a judge had impounded it Thursday morning, at the request of the district attorney’s office.

In a separate incident, Williams was arrested in Massachusetts last month on firearm and driving-related charges following a traffic stop, and was scheduled to appear Wednesday last week — the same day as the Norridgewock shooting took place — in a Massachusetts courtroom. Pomerleau was a passenger in the vehicle during that traffic stop and was issued a summons for possession of Percocet.

EARLY MORNING ENCOUNTER

Cole’s last phone call to another Somerset County deputy ended abruptly at 1 a.m. on Wednesday, April 25, according to the Maine State Police complaint written by Detective Jason Andrews.

Police say Williams shot and killed Cole, then stole his cruiser and stolen from a convenience store.

The affidavit seeking an arrest warrant for Williams is unclear about how exactly the two men encountered one another early that morning.

According to the police document, John Williams told Christopher “Chris” Williams, 39 — who told police he was not related to the suspect — in a call at 1:15 a.m. April 25 that he had shot Cole in the head, according to the complaint filed by Maine State Police Detective Jason Anderson of the Major Crimes Unit.

Chris Williams said he gave John Williams a ride to Indian Ridge Apartments in Skowhegan.

John Williams then called friends Brittany Roseberry, 26, and Christopher Shulenski, 31, asking them to pick him up at Indian Ridge Apartments and bring him to a house in Norridgewock, according to the police affidavit. They drove to the apartments where they met Williams, who was with two other men, and later told police that Williams had several bags with him and placed items in the trunk of their car.

Roseberry and Shulenski noted that Williams had a bullet-proof vest with him.

On the drive to Norridgewock, they saw a Somerset County Sheriff’s Department pickup truck parked at the gas pumps at the Cumberland Farms store. Shulenski said in an interview with the Morning Sentinel that Williams was acting paranoid and nervous and “wasn’t talking about killing anybody or no problems with the cops. He was talking about maybe going and robbing a dealer to get his girlfriend out of jail. I really just thought it was talk.”

They drove him to a house in Norridgewock, at 16 Mercer Road, where Williams had lived while growing up. There, Williams placed some of the items in a silver SUV parked in the driveway, according to the document.

Shulenski told police that while they were in the driveway of the house in Norridgewock, they saw a Somerset County sheriff’s pickup truck drive by the home — no exact time is indicated in the affidavit, which suggests the sheriff’s truck was driven by Cole. They said the sheriff’s truck was driving slowly and they saw the truck’s brake lights go on.

“Shulenski stated that John (Williams) told him that he should not leave, but Shulenski said that he was legal and had no concerns,” the affidavit states. “Shulenski and Roseberry left Norridgewock and returned to Skowhegan.”

Cole was talking with a Somerset County sheriff’s deputy on his cellphone when, at 1 a.m., the “call was abruptly ended and appeared to have lost service or connection,” according to the affidavit.

Chris Williams told police that John Williams called him after 1 a.m. — the affidavit uses both times of 1:15 a.m. and 1:30 a.m. — and “John told Chris that he had shot (Cole) in the head. John requested to meet with Chris on the Martin Stream Road in Norridgewock.”

During that call, “John told him Cpl. Cole snuck up on him, or John snuck up on Cpl. Cole (he couldn’t remember which) and John shot Cpl. Cole.”

SHOOTING AFTERMATH

Cole’s marked Somerset County Sheriff’s pickup truck was reported at about 1:45 a.m. that day at the Cumberland Farms convenience store on Main Street in Norridgewock. A clerk there reported a man — later identified as John Williams — grabbed a pack of cigarettes and left without paying before departing in the cruiser. The clerk saw “the butt end of a handgun in the male subject’s waistband,” Andrews wrote, suggesting that’s why the incident was reported as a robbery.

Later, when Chris Williams met up with John Williams standing in the road on Martin Stream Road, John Williams took out a “crack pipe began smoking drugs.”

“Chris said John demanded Chris’ cellphone and car, so Chris gave John his cellphone, denied him his car, and told John to get out,” the affidavit states. Chris Williams told police “he continued to drive on the Martin Stream Road, where he encountered a Fairfield Police Officer and told him what happened.”

Cole’s marked police truck was found at 5:08 a.m. at 508 Martin Stream Road.

Cole’s body was located about 7:30 a.m. that day at the home of Kimberly Sirois at 16 Mercer Road, Norridgewock, where Williams reportedly had lived until Christmas 2017.

Sirois told police she looked out her back door and saw the officer’s body lying in her yard.

Sirois said in a brief phone interview Monday that she wasn’t aware Williams was planning to come to her house Tuesday night/ Wednesday morning and didn’t know what brought him or Cole there.

“I know nothing,” she said when reached by phone. “We were asleep all night.”

The affidavit states that Sirois went out to check on the body and call 911, but she noticed police officers across the street at the Fire Department and yelled at them.

“There was an obvious gunshot wound to Cpl. Cole’s head,” according to the police affidavit. The Office of Chief Medical Examiner confirmed the report.

What followed over the next four days was a sprawling, frantic manhunt involving armed police officers, sheriff’s deputies and game wardens from all over Maine and from New Hampshire and Massachusetts as well as federal authorities from the FBI, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Border Patrol and the U.S. Marshals Service. It ended with Williams’ arrest Saturday on Norridgewock Road in Fairfield, not far from the search grid, marking a wide area around Martin Stream Road.

FINAL HOURS

In a Facebook post Monday morning, Cole’s wife of 41 years, Sheryl, described in newly-disclosed detail her husband’s final hours. She wrote that Cole got up from his recliner around 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 24, saying he had to get ready for work and would be on duty at 4 p.m.

He started using an electric razor to shave his face, sitting back in his chair.

“He knows how much it annoyed me when he did this — and he did it every single day,” Sheryl Cole wrote. “Yet, he would look at me with an expression of fake shock on his face while I was glaring at him, and say ‘What?’, as if he didn’t know. Then he’d continue to shave, and place the razor on the end table beside his chair. (something else that really annoyed me.) In a few minutes, he’d headed back to the bathroom to shower.

“He then continued to get ready, putting on his vest, putting on his uniform, making sure all his brass was just so, and pulling on his ever-so-shiny boots. He’d check himself in the mirror several times before telling me, ‘Okay, Hon. I gotta go.’ He gave miss (sic) a hug and kiss goodbye, and said, ‘I love you.’ I said, ‘Really? You’re just gonna leave that razor sitting on the stand in the living room?! That’s gross!’ He would just tell me he’d put it away later. I told him I loved him and to be safe, as I did everyday, and his response, as it is everyday — ‘Absolutely.'”

Sheryl Cole wrote that she watched and waved as he drove away.

Between 6 and 6:30 p.m., her husband returned home for a few minutes.

“He talked about the full moon and how it brought all the ‘crazies’ out. We talked a little, and abruptly he’d give me a hurried kiss and say he had to go,” she wrote. “On his way out, he spotted the razor still sitting where he left it, and gave me a look like he just got caught with his hand in the cookie jar. Anyway, we said our ritual goodbye, ending with me saying (or yelling) ‘Be safe’ and him responding, ‘Absolutely.’

“The next time I saw my husband, he was laying in a casket.”

“The last five days have been the purest form of hell and torture,” she wrote. “The waiting when they couldn’t find his body, the finality when they did, and the uncertainty of the days that followed.”

‘MOST SERIOUS CASES’

Assistant Attorney General Leanne Zainea and Deputy Attorney General Lisa Marchese, the state prosecutors, have now requested a Harnish hearing to determine if Williams will be eligible for bail.

Marchese, meeting with reporters outside the courthouse Monday afternoon, said she would not discuss details of the case against Williams.

“I don’t expect any further charges — the most important charge is the murder charge,” Marchese said. “The change of venue is just to ensure that Mr. Williams gets a fair trial. He’s still being held in the state prison — I don’t expect that to change.”

Marchese said she has handled other murder cases, but this one is different.

“All murder cases are serious, but when you have the murder of a law enforcement officer, it is one of the most serious cases that we’ve handled,” she said. “Under Maine law, we are entitled to and will be asking for a life sentence if he is convicted.”

Dawn DiBlasi, the Somerset County administrator who was present for the hearing Monday, said Cole was a much loved and respected law enforcement officer.

“Even the criminals in the jail respect him,” she said, noting that Williams was finally located only a mile from her home in Fairfield. “It’s odd to hear that people he actually picked up are speaking highly of him.”

Meanwhile, Chief Deputy James F. Ross of the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office reported Monday morning that “unscrupulous people” may be soliciting money in the name of Cole’s family.

“I would like to get the word out to everyone that the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office will NEVER attempt to solicit funds by any means,” Ross said in an email to the Morning Sentinel.

The only legitimate fund is one set up privately by the family of Cpl. Cole. It is called the Cpl. Eugene Cole Memorial fund, administered by the Bangor Savings Bank.

Staff writers Rachel Ohm and Betty Adams contributed reporting.

Doug Harlow — 612-2367

dharlow@centralmaine.com

Twitter:@Doug_Harlow

IN ANSON, Monday at 6:11 a.m., threatening was reported on North Main Street.

IN ATHENS, Sunday at 7:28 p.m., theft was reported on South Main Street.

IN CANAAN, Sunday at 12:09 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Main Street.

11:42 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Clarke Street.

5:04 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Main Street.

IN CHINA, Sunday at 1:10 p.m., an intoxicated person was reported on Southern Oaks Drive.

IN CLINTON, Sunday at 11:35 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Spring Street.

12:57 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Main Street.

IN DALLAS PLANTATION, Sunday at 10:46 a.m., theft was reported on Nichols Road.

IN DETROIT, Sunday at 12:10 a.m., a disturbance was reported on Brann Place.

IN FAIRFIELD, Sunday at 8:08 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Oakland Road.

11:25 a.m., threatening was reported on Bray Avenue.

12:48 p.m., a harassment complaint was taken on Police Plaza.

4:08 p.m., a harassment complaint was taken on Montcalm Street.

6:52 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Serenity Circle.

7:26 p.m., an intoxicated person was reported on Main Street.

IN FARMINGTON, Sunday at 6:48 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Main Street.

12:07 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Farmington Falls Road.

4 p.m., theft was reported on Starling Street.

7:41 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Fairbanks Road.

8:03 p.m., threatening was reported on Industry Road.

8:43 p.m., burglary was reported on Lamkin Lane.

10:30 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Main Street.

Monday at 5:26 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Industry Road.

8:45 a.m., vandalism was reported on Front Street.

11:21 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Temple Road.

IN HARTLAND, Sunday at 12:20 p.m., a past burglary was reported on Blake Street.

6:40 p.m., a harassment complaint was taken on Canaan Road.

IN JAY, Sunday at 12:51 p.m., trespassing was reported on Barbridge Road.

Monday at 8:08 a.m., harassment was reported on Community Drive.

IN MADISON, Sunday at 1:27 a.m., loud noise or music was reported on East Madison Road.

7:02 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Abnaki Road.

Monday at 9:11 a.m., theft was reported on Park Street.

11:13 a.m., theft was reported on Main Street.

12:07 p.m., theft was reported on Old County Road.

IN MERCER, Monday at 11:51 a.m., theft was reported on Rome Road.

IN NORRIDGEWOCK, Sunday at 12:40 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Skowhegan Road.

12:35 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Mercer Road.

IN OAKLAND, Sunday at 10:16 a.m., theft was reported on Fairfield Street.

9:28 p.m., a domestic dispute was reported on Pleasant Street.

IN PITTSFIELD, Sunday at 9:47 a.m., threatening was reported on A Street.

3:06 p.m., a harassment complaint was taken on Somerset Avenue.

4:10 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Hartland Avenue.

IN SKOWHEGAN, Sunday at 7:45 a.m., trespassing was reported on Water Street.

10:39 a.m., burglary of a motor vehicle was reported on Prescelley Drive.

2:15 p.m., mischief was reported on Dr. Mann Road.

2:53 p.m., loud noise or music was reported on Alder Street.

3:09 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Winter Street.

5:56 p.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on Waterville Road.

8:43 p.m., an intoxicated person was reported on North Avenue.

10:26 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on French Street.

Monday at 1:27 a.m., a domestic dispute was reported on Waterville Road.

6 a.m., mischief was reported on Dr. Mann Road.

9:10 a.m., a past burglary was reported on Armory Drive.

9:29 a.m., theft was reported on Back Road.

11:25 a.m., theft was reported on Cedar Ridge Road.

IN STARKS, Sunday at 11:06 a.m., a shots fired complaint was taken on West Mills Road.

IN WATERVILLE, Sunday at 8:40 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Kennedy Memorial Drive.

9:59 a.m., theft was reported on Trafton Road.

1:17 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Summer Street.

1:18 p.m., a disturbance was reported on The Concourse.

4:48 p.m., juvenile offenses were reported on Kennedy Memorial Drive.

5:10 p.m., a domestic dispute was reported on Kennedy Memorial Drive.

5:31 p.m., an unwanted person was reported on North Street.

5:40 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Pleasant Street.

6:06 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Gold Street.

11:42 p.m., an unwanted person was reported on Main Street.

Monday at 12:28 a.m., a domestic dispute was reported on Elm Court.

IN WILTON, Sunday at 9:33 a.m., threatening was reported on U.S. Route 2 West.

2:44 p.m., theft was reported on Lake Road.

9:39 p.m., a noise complaint was taken on U.S. Route 2 East.

Monday at 12:02 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on U.S. Route 2 East.

IN WINSLOW, Sunday at 2:35 p.m., criminal mischief was reported on Pickerel Point Road.

9:57 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Nowell Road.

10:31 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on China Road.

ARRESTS

IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, Sunday at 12:48 a.m., Ricky Lacasse, 55, of Lewiston, was arrested on a charge of operating under the influence.

2:03 a.m., Jarred Boucher, 27, of Temple, was arrested on charges of operating under the influence and failure to stop for an officer.

10:58 p.m., Kara Lee Ann Mercer, 34, of Farmington, was arrested on warrants.

IN SOMERSET COUNTY, Sunday at 6:34 p.m., Isaac Clarenceverett Whitney, 36, of Fairfield, was arrested on a warrant.

Monday at 2:02 a.m., Isaac Clarenceverett Whitney, 36, of Fairfield, was arrested on charges of disorderly conduct and violating conditions of release.

9:25 a.m., Marc Henri Courtemanche, 41, of Athens, was arrested on a charge of burglary.

IN WATERVILLE, Sunday at 6:50 p.m., Nichole Christine Gormley, 25, of Waterville, was arrested on a warrant.

SUMMONSES

IN CLINTON, Sunday at 12:57 p.m., Andrew Proctor, 22, of Fairfield, was summonsed on a charge of assault.

IN AUGUSTA, Sunday at 7:07 a.m., a mental health and well-being check was performed on Sewall Street.

7:47 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on West River Road.

8:43 a.m., a mental health and well-being check was performed on Whitten Road.

9:46 a.m., a mental health and well-being check was performed on Gray Birch Drive.

10:35 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Calumet Bridge.

10:51 a.m., fraud was reported on Union Street.

3:28 p.m., a well-being check was performed on Townsend Street.

3:31 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Sewall Street.

3:38 p.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on Northern Avenue.

3:58 p.m., a mental health and well-being check was performed on Pine Tree Lane.

4:17 p.m., a well-being check was performed on Garden Way.

4:46 p.m., a mental health and well-being check was performed on Sewall Street.

7:29 p.m., theft was reported on Laurel Street.

9:53 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Northern Avenue.

10:30 p.m., burglary from a motor vehicle was reported on Bangor Street.

11:39 p.m., property was recovered on Western Avenue.

IN CHELSEA, Friday at 9:35 a.m., a suspicious vehicle was reported on Birmingham Road.

IN GARDINER, Friday at 1:05 p.m., a well-being check was performed on Brunswick Avenue.

Saturday at 12:30 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on the town waterfront.

12:50 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Northern Avenue.

9:49 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Barnett Way.

Sunday at 7:36 p.m., a hit-and-run traffic accident was reported on Water Street.

IN MONMOUTH, Saturday at 5:21 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Bog Road.

Sunday at 12:28 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Launch Drive.

IN RANDOLPH, Saturday at 3:38 p.m., a hit-and-run traffic accident was reported on Water Street.

IN WINDSOR, Saturday at 9:58 p.m., a break-in was reported at a home on Ridge Road.

IN WINTHROP, Friday at 9:09 p.m., a well-being check was performed on U.S. Route 202.

ARRESTS

IN AUGUSTA, Sunday at 10:01 a.m., Jennifer Marie Poirier, 32, of Winslow, was arrested on charges of theft by unauthorized taking or transfer and refusing to submit to arrest or detention, after shoplifting was reported on Civic Center Drive.

4:13 p.m., John M. Mitchell, 19, of Augusta, was arrested on a charge of domestic violence assault, after a domestic disturbance was reported on Cedar Street.

7:03 p.m., Curtis Snyder, 26, of Augusta, was arrested on two warrants and charges of violating conditions of release and unlawful possession of a scheduled drug, after a disturbance was reported on Laurel Street.

Monday at 1:52 a.m., Alicia Marie Lutz, 27, of Augusta, was arrested on a warrant and a charge of refusing to submit to arrest or detention, after theft was reported on Green Street.

SUMMONSES

IN HALLOWELL, Sunday at 12:52 p.m., a 25-year-old Gardiner woman was issued a summons on a charge of failure to register a vehicle after an expiration longer than 30 days, after a traffic stop was performed on Water Street.

IN GARDINER, Sunday at 4:23 p.m., Rebecca C. Woodard, 25, of Gardiner was issued a summons on a charge of driving to endanger, after a traffic accident was reported on Harrison Avenue.

A Scarborough woman pleaded guilty Monday to embezzling more than $500,000 from a dentist and a doctor.

Carrie Caporino, 46, entered the guilty pleas in U.S. District Court in Portland to two counts of embezzlement and one count of Social Security number fraud.

According to authorities, from 2014 to 2016, Caporino embezzled about $295,000 from a dental practice by putting personal charges on office credit cards, using money from the practice to pay a personal credit card bill and a PayPal account, and by writing office checks to cover personal bills, including her rent.

The dental practice, which is not named in court documents, has offices in Portland, Biddeford and Yarmouth.

In 2016 and 2017, federal officials said, Caporino embezzled about $253,000 from a Falmouth doctor by depositing checks intended for the doctor into her personal checking account. She also wrote unauthorized office checks to herself, authorities said.

The Falmouth physician is not identified by name in court documents and is only referred to as the “victim” by the FBI agent who investigated the case.

And, according to the charges, Caporino also used a Social Security number that was not assigned to her to apply for health insurance when she worked for the dentist.

She faces up to 10 years in prison on the embezzlement counts and up to five years on the Social Security count, along with fines up to $250,000 on each count.

She will be sentenced at a later date.

Staff Writer Dennis Hoey contributed to this report.

Police are looking for the person who set two portable toilets on fire in an Old Orchard Beach park.

Officers responding to a 911 call around 4:40 p.m. Friday found two port-a-potties in Memorial Park completely destroyed by fire. A surveillance video in the area showed the suspect starting the fires and running away, police said.

A surveillance photograph shows the suspect in a port-a-potty arson incident in Old Orchard Beach. Courtesy of Old Orchard Beach Police Department

The suspect is described as a white man about 5 feet, 9 inches tall and 180 pounds. He had a shaved head and was wearing a desert camouflage jacket with a gray shirt underneath, black pants and black and white running shoes.

The port-a-potties were owned by Blow Brothers Inc.

Anyone with information is asked to call police at 934-4911.

Seth Carey holds a news conference April 9 in Auburn. The Maine Republican Party has called on Carey to withdraw from the race for district attorney. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

A judge has suspended the law license of an Auburn lawyer who is running for district attorney, finding credible evidence that he subjected a former client to unlawful sexual contact and assault.

Seth Carey, 42, a Republican who is running for DA for Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford counties, likely violated the law while also breaking the rules of professional conduct, according to the interim suspension order issued Monday by Cumberland County Superior Court Justice Thomas D. Warren. The suspension was sought by the Board of Overseers of the Bar, which monitors conduct by lawyers.

Arguments presented by Maine Bar lawyers and evidence in a protection order hearing in Rumford on March 30 supported a finding that Carey subjected a former client to unlawful sexual contact, Warren’s order said. The assault allegation arose out of charges that Carey grabbed the woman’s head and pulled it toward his crotch while demanding oral sex, the order said, and also was supported by credible evidence.

Legal filings and the order say that one of Carey’s former clients, who had been living at his house in Rumford, was granted a protection from abuse order against Carey. After the order was issued, Republican Party leaders called on Carey to drop out of the primary race for DA, but he has vowed to stay in.

A candidate running for district attorney in Maine must be an attorney who is admitted to the general practice of law in Maine, according to the Secretary of State’s Office.

Warren said he based the interim suspension on evidence presented at a hearing April 19, along with the audio recording of the March 30 hearing in Rumford on the woman’s request for a protection order.

Warren’s order said Carey’s response to the request for the protection order included “only a very general denial of the complainant’s testimony” and noted that Carey contended the filing for the protection order followed his threats to evict the woman from his house. Carey recently moved his law practice from Rumford to Auburn and stays in Auburn during the week and in Rumford on weekends.

“Various emails and texts in the record substantiate that Attorney Carey was seeking to have the complainant engage in sexual activity with him and that she had refused,” Warren found. “By Attorney Carey’s own admission in an email, his eviction threat was based in part on the complainant’s refusal of his sexual advances.

“Carey’s misconduct is sufficiently serious to constitute a threat to clients, to the public, and to the administration of justice,” Warren said.

A prosecutor in the Maine Attorney General’s Office said only that the allegations against Carey are being investigated.

In her filing for the protection order, the woman said she had to put a padlock on her door after Carey repeatedly went into her room at night.

“I’ve been woke (sic) up by him rubbing between my legs,” she wrote.

The woman also said that Carey once tried to drag her into his room, “telling me I gave you a place to live, you owe me” and reminding her that he had been her lawyer and “using that to do whatever he wants to me.”

In his response, Carey called the woman’s allegations “a contrived and false complaint.” He said the woman was only allowed to “visit” his Rumford house and that he had offered her “temporary shelter” after she told him she was in an abusive relationship and had nowhere else to go.

“None of the plaintiff’s tawdry accusations are remotely true, defendant (Carey) was not plaintiff’s lawyer. There is zero abuse. It is simply a case of ‘no good deed goes unpunished,’” Carey wrote.

But the judge in Rumford found that the woman was a victim of sexual contact and abuse by Carey and that he represented a threat to her, and granted the protection order.

Carey filed a motion for reconsideration, relief from judgment, a new trial and to alter or amend the finding on the protection order on April 10, but it has not been acted on.

He did not respond to a callback request left Monday at his Auburn law office.

Carey has been brought before the Maine Bar repeatedly and was first suspended in 2009. One of the orders refers to his “repeated incompetence in court matters.”

In addition to suspensions, he also has been reprimanded for failing to meet a lawyer’s “standards of care and judgment.”

After the protection order was issued, Carey posted about the woman, using her full name, on his law firm’s Facebook page and the Lewiston Sun Journal’s Facebook page, according to an affidavit filed by lawyers for the Maine Bar. He also responded to readers commenting on a Sun Journal article about the protection order.

“Good thing trashy people like you are too ignorant to vote,” he said to one critic. “Say hi to the folks in the trailer park on your way to the voting booth at Walmart.”

He then followed that up with a lengthy post, rejecting the woman’s accusations and complaining about Maine’s laws on protection from abuse.

In his response to the Maine Bar’s effort to get a suspension order, Carey said that even if the court found the woman’s accusations credible, it “is not the ‘eureka’ unearthing that it would have this court believe is the key to immediately ending defendant’s decade (-long) legal career.

“In this, the year of the #METOO movement, where titans of the entertainment industry have been accused of mistreatment of women, it is no big surprise that some will take advantage of the hysteria and ‘ride that wave,’ ” he continued.

Warren’s order called for a hearing to consider making the suspension permanent, and a spokeswoman for the Maine Bar said it would likely be held by the end of the month, but hadn’t been formally scheduled late Monday. Warren’s order also called for the hearing to consider reinstating a suspension of Carey, issued in 2016. The court held off on imposing that ban as long as Carey followed the rules in the future and met certain conditions, including obtaining psychological care.

Carey is probably best known statewide for filing a lawsuit in 2016 seeking to recover draft picks that the New England Patriots lost in the National Football League’s punishment for the “Deflategate” incident.

Edward D. Murphy can be contacted at 791-6465 or at:

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Police say a Minot man was arrested Sunday after he tried to strangle his wife at their home in Minot.

Benjamin Farwell, 33, was arrested and charged with Class B domestic assault, the Maine State Police said in a post on their Facebook page Monday.

State trooper Nathan Jamo and Sgt. James Jacques of the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office were called to the couple’s home in Minot around 5 a.m. Sunday to investigate a complaint of a domestic assault, the state police said.

The victim told Jamo that Farwell, a convicted felon, was intoxicated and had access to weapons. She also told police that her husband would not be happy that she had contacted authorities.

The officers located Farwell inside the home and after conducting an investigation arrested him without incident.

Farwell was transported to the Androscoggin County Jail, where he was being held Monday. State police said that Farwell has a prior conviction for domestic assault.

Dennis Hoey can be contacted at 791-6365 or at:

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Two Maine men have been indicted on federal charges of defrauding the MaineCare health care program and with soliciting and receiving health care kickbacks over a roughly two-year period, federal prosecutors said. Both pleaded not guilty on Tuesday.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Maine said a federal grand jury indicted Abdirashid Ahmed, 38, of Lewiston and Garat Osman, 32, of Auburn for allegedly getting kickbacks of up to $200 per referral of people to a specific health care provider.

Ahmed solicited kickbacks from a MaineCare provider in exchange for referring beneficiaries to the provider, according to the indictment. Ahmed and Osman also allegedly brought beneficiaries to the provider and served as Somali interpreters during the visits.

The indictment also alleges that the health care provider, identified in documents as “Individual A,” submitted fraudulent bills for interpreting services for patients’ appointments with the provider.

According to court documents, Ahmed is accused of receiving at least $23,700 in kickbacks for referring patients to the health care provider between November 2015 and last December. According to court filings, Osman received nearly $7,000.

The indictment said that the health care provider’s bills indicated that interpreting services were provided for about two hours when the appointments were actually much shorter, usually about half an hour. MaineCare reimburses for interpreting services at a rate of $20 for each 15-minute interval.

Ahmed operated three companies offering interpreting services and Osman worked for one of them, the indictment said.

The indictment said the government will seek to have Ahmed and Osman forfeit the allegedly illegal kickbacks. The name of the health care provider is not included in the indictment.

Ahmed and Osman were arrested Tuesday morning and both entered not guilty pleas at separate hearings in U.S. District Court in Portland. A trial was initially set for June. They were being held in custody until Monday, when they will reappear in court for detention hearings.

If convicted, Ahmed and Osman each face up to 10 years in prison, three years of supervised release and a $250,000 fine. If convicted, each may also be ordered to pay restitution to MaineCare.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Daniel J. Perry said Tuesday he couldn’t comment on whether additional charges may be coming and whether more arrests may occur in this case.

The investigation is being conducted by the FBI, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Inspector General, and the Medicaid Fraud Crime Unit of the Maine Attorney General’s Office.

Staff Writer Christopher Williams of the Sun Journal contributed to this report.

Ellis Hemenway

Old Orchard Beach police have charged an 18-year-old Saco man with arson for allegedly setting fire to two port-a-potties.

Ellis Hemenway turned himself in to the Auburn Police Department Monday afternoon, three days after he allegedly set fire to two port-a-potties in Memorial Park. Police say Hemenway was in town to visit someone and was intoxicated when he started the fires.

Police believe Hemenway turned himself in because of media coverage that included surveillance video from the area appeared to show him taking a photo of the flaming portable toilets.

Hemenway was charged with arson, a Class A felony.

The fires were reported to police via a 911 call around 4:40 p.m. Friday. The toilets, which were owned by Blow Brothers Inc., were completely destroyed.

A former Wells man has been sentenced to life in prison on federal child sex charges.

William Gaudet, 52, was sentenced Tuesday in Portland by U. S. District Judge George Z. Singal. Gaudet was convicted in November of interstate transporting of a minor to engage in criminal sexual activity and traveling interstate with the intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct.

According to court records, in 2010 Gaudet twice traveled between Maine and Pennsylvania with an 8-year-old child and sexually assaulted the child on both occasions. The child reported the abuse four years later.

“The degree of cruelty displayed here is virtually beyond belief,” Singal said when he imposed the life sentence. “I cannot imagine a more serious offense.”

Gaudet is already serving time in a New Hampshire prison. He was convicted in that state in 2012 for sexually assaulting another minor in 2001 and 2005 and sentenced to 15 to 30 years. Singal said the federal sentence will run consecutively with the New Hampshire sentence and, under federal law, Gaudet is not eligible for parole.