A nearly four-hour standoff with a suicidal man armed with knives ended peacefully Monday evening in Westbrook, police said.

Officers responded to the report of a suicidal male at a home on Bridgton Road around 2:45 p.m., Capt. Steven Goldberg of the Westbrook Police Department said in a statement.

The person who contacted police warned officers that the man inside the home was armed with several knives.

“The male would not leave the residence. Officers negotiated with the subject for quite some time,” Goldberg wrote.

Goldberg said the man finally surrendered peacefully around 6:40 p.m. No injuries were reported and the man was taken to Maine Medical Center in Portland for an evaluation.

Westbrook police did not say whether the man would be charged.

FARMINGTON — A former Phillips man pleaded guilty Monday to sexually molesting two girls under age 14.

Michael Harriman, 28, pleaded guilty to two felony charges of unlawful sexual contact in separate cases in Franklin County Superior Court.

A conviction is punishable by a up to 10 years in prison and $20,000 fine.

The state agreed to dismiss other felonies, including gross sexual assault and aggravated assault. Harriman was indicted in September 2017 and January 2018.

The abuse occurred Sept. 1, 2017, for one child and from Jan. 19, 2015, to January 2017 for the other child.

If the cases went to trial, testimony would have shown Harriman became friendly and exhibited other conduct that is commonly acknowledged as grooming behavior over time, Deputy District James Andrew said.

Harriman will be sentenced May 29, allowing the victims and others to submit statements.

The recommendation is for a 10-year sentence to the Department of Corrections with all but three years suspended, followed by four years of probation for each charge. The sentences will be served at the same time.

They will be served after Harriman completes an Androscoggin County sentence connected to burglary and a theft conviction when he lived in Lisbon. The state revoked his probation on that case earlier this year.

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IN AUGUSTA, Monday at 8:26 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Bolton Hill Road.

9:23 a.m., a disturbance was reported on Allen Street.

9:29 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Stephen King Drive.

9:52 a.m., a well-being check was done on Willow Street.

10:02 a.m., harassment was reported on Anthony Avenue.

10:25 a.m., disorderly conduct was reported on Western Avenue.

11:11 a.m., property was recovered on Winthrop Street.

1:34 p.m., a well-being check was done on Western Avenue.

2:36 p.m., criminal trespassing was reported on Western Avenue.

3:45 p.m., harassment was reported on Willow Street.

5:49 p.m., terrorizing was reported on Cedar Street.

7:03 p.m., harassment was reported on Ridge Road.

7:19 p.m., harassment was reported on Quimby Street.

7:49 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Western Avenue.

8:10 p.m., a mental health and well-being check was done on Boothby Street.

8:29 p.m., shoplifting was reported on Water Street.

8:44 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Western Avenue.

8:56 p.m., a well-being check was done on State Street.

9:15 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on State Street.

10:52 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Fairfield Street.

11:41 p.m., assault was reported on Medical Center Parkway.

11:44 p.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on Washington Street.

Tuesday at 12:04 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Green Street.

3:22 a.m., a general disturbance was reported on Murray Street.

6:05 a.m., theft was reported on Civic Center Drive.

IN FARMINGDALE, Monday at 4:46 p.m., theft was reported on Benjamin Drive.

IN HALLOWELL, Monday at 11:46 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Water Street.

IN JEFFERSON, Sunday, criminal mischief was reported at Highland Cemetery, after several gravestones reportedly were tipped over.

ARRESTS

IN AUGUSTA, Monday at 1:22 p.m., Lori Brann, 43, of Augusta, was arrested on a charge of operating under the influence (alcohol), after a traffic complaint was made on Western Avenue.

5:11 p.m., Lamar Parker, 18, of Augusta, was arrested on a charge of violating conditions of release near a business on Western Avenue, according to the Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office. Shortly before then, Augusta police summoned Parker on a charge of leaving the scene of a property damage accident, also on Western Avenue.

Tuesday at 5:19 a.m., Colbi H. Stevens-Davis, 25, of Augusta, was arrested on a charge of violating conditions of release, after a disturbance was reported on Murray Street.

IN DRESDEN, Sunday, Tracy Wright, 38, of Dresden, was arrested on a charge of domestic violence assault, on Middle Road.

SUMMONSES

IN AUGUSTA, Tuesday at 6:41 a.m., Sally L. Jenkins, 35, of Augusta, was summoned on a charge of criminal trespass, after criminal trespassing was reported on Western Avenue.

IN WHITEFIELD, April 25, Emma Solorzano, 18, of Jefferson, was summoned on a charge of false public report, in connection with an incident on April 14.

Maine State Police are looking for a Hollis man with a violent criminal history who they say may be armed with a firearm and traveling with a woman and toddler.

Police say law enforcement officers were unable to locate Vincent Cole and Natasha West at their Hollis home on Sunday for a family safety assessment by the Maine Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Child and Family Services.

Police believe Cole and West have their 2-year-old child with them.

Cole is a felon with a violent history and has two active arrest warrants for violating conditions of release, police said. He is currently on bail for aggravated assault. A warrant was issued Tuesday in York County Superior Court related to an elevated aggravated assault charge stemming from a 2017 incident.

Police believe Cole may be armed with a firearm and say he was recently accused for threatening a person with the gun.

Cole is 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighs 175 pounds. He has brown hair and brown eyes. West is 5 feet 8 inches tall, 140 pounds and has brown hair and brown eyes.

Police believe Cole and West are traveling in a gray 2007 Chevy Malibu with Maine agricultural plate 557ANW.

Anyone with information about their location is asked to call Cpl. Doug Cropper at 657-3030 or 911.

IN AVON, Monday at 2:45 p.m., vandalism was reported on Avon Valley Road.

IN BENTON, Monday at 6:26 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on River Road.

IN CANAAN, Monday at 7:56 a.m., an arrest was made after a report of suspicious activity on Browns Corner Road.

IN CLINTON, Monday at 12:52 p.m., criminal mischief was investigated on Long Avenue.

1:03 p.m., an arrest was made following a report of an assault on Hinckley Road.

IN FAIRFIELD, Monday at 7:16 p.m., an intoxicated subject was reported on Norridgewock Rock.

IN FARMINGTON, Monday at 3:31 p.m., burglary was reported on Fairbanks Road.

3:49 p.m., theft or fraud was reported on Hannaford Drive.

Tuesday at 12:07 a.m., a noise complaint was reported at High and Middle streets.

IN JAY, Monday at 2:38 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Main Street.

IN MADISON, Monday at 12:36 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Boardman Road.

IN NORRIDGEWOCK, Monday at 5:22 p.m., a harassment complaint was taken on Skowhegan Road.

IN OAKLAND, Monday at 11:13 a.m., a theft was reported at Mid-Maine Marine on Kennedy Memorial Drive.

2:07 p.m., a harassment complaint was taken on Smithfield Road.

4:30 p.m., a report of a missing person was taken on Oak Street.

IN PALMYRA, Monday at 9:59 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Oxbow Road.

IN PITTSFIELD, Monday at 3:38 p.m., an assault was investigated on North Main Street.

9:27 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Main Street.

7:29 a.m., trespassing was reported on Central Street.

IN SKOWHEGAN, Monday at 1:08 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Milburn Street.

1:47 p.m., an arrest was made following a report of a domestic disturbance on Stevens Road.

2:23 p.m., a report of larceny, forgery or fraud was taken on Pennell Street.

4:01 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Madison Avenue.

4:36 p.m., a civil complaint was taken on Middle Road.

6:55 p.m., an intoxicated person was reported on Winter Street.

Tuesday at 12:19 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Madison Avenue.

IN STARKS, Monday at 12:42 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Mountain Road.

IN STRONG, Monday at 2:14 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Sand Hill Loop.

IN WATERVILLE, Monday at 8:53 a.m., suspicious activity was investigated on Water Street.

9:05 a.m., a civil issue was reported on Colby Street.

9:11 a.m., suspicious activity was investigated at Winslow High School on Danielson Street.

11:56 a.m., shoplifting was investigated at Marden’s Surplus & Salvage on Kennedy Memorial Drive.

4 p.m., a disturbance was investigated on The Concourse.

7:21 p.m., suspicious activity was investigated at Walmart on Waterville Commons Drive.

10:18 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Ticonic Street.

ARRESTS

IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, Monday at 12:10 a.m., Joshua W. Enderle, 30, of Livermore Falls, was arrested on charges of operating after suspension, violating condition of release, expired registration greater than 150 days and endangering the welfare of a child.

7:10 p.m., Logan Stephen Welch, 22, of Wilton, was arrested on a charge of domestic violence assault.

IN WATERVILLE, Monday at 4:30 p.m., Skylar W. Gerry, 27, of Waterville, was arrested on a warrant and a charge of theft by unauthorized taking or transfer.

Tuesday at 12:56 a.m., Alisa M. Carey, 18, of Winslow, was arrested on a charge of domestic violence assault.

Another defendant has pleaded guilty to being part of a conspiracy to bring drugs from New York to central Maine.

Denton Worrell, whom authorities said is nicknamed “LiL D,” 21, of Rochester, New York, pleaded guilty Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Bangor to a charge of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute heroin and cocaine base.

A conviction on that charge carries up to 20 years in prison.

A warrant for Worrell’s arrest was issued in May 2017 following indictment by a federal grand jury, and he was arrested in late August 2017 after police got a tip he was staying in an Augusta apartment.

Worrell is one of 16 people facing federal conspiracy charges. He had initially pleaded not guilty.

All the federal defendants face charges of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances, which are heroin, fentanyl and cocaine base. Several are charged with possession with intent to distribute controlled substances and maintaining drug-involved premises from June 14, 2015, to March 9, 2017, in central Maine.

According to the prosecution’s version of events in Worrell’s case, “these Rochester individuals would stay with various Central Maine residents who would allow the drugs to be sold from their residences and assist the Rochester individuals in distributing, storing and transporting the narcotics throughout Central Maine.”

There were a dozen or more residence in the central Maine region where drugs were sold from during the height of the conspiracy’s activities, authorities said. The people who lived in these residences were paid in cocaine base or heroin for allowing the Rochester drug-sellers to stay in the homes and sell the drugs.

The document, filed by Assistant U.S. Attorney Joel Casey, says Worrell worked in central Maine for the leader of the conspiracy.

Other documents filed in federal court name Darrell Newton, 38, of Rochester, as the head of the conspiracy in Rochester. His case, along with a number of those indicted with him, remain on the July trial list.

Casey says the government has “audio and video of a controlled purchased made from (Worrell) at the residence of a co-conspirator in central Maine.”

Worrell remains in custody pending sentencing. He is represented by attorney Roger Brunelle Jr.

On April 9, 2018, Jason Folker, 42, also known as “Crazy,” of Gardiner, pleaded guilty to being part of the conspiracy, and the government said he allowed drug dealers to use his residence as a “trap house” where people could come and purchase drugs.

Betty Adams — 621-5631

badams@centralmaine.com

Twitter: @betadams

A Jamaica, New York, man has been sentenced to more than 19 years in federal prison for his part in a heroin and crack cocaine trafficking conspiracy.

U.S. District Judge George Z. Singal sentenced Carey Ackies, 36, on Tuesday in Portland to 230 months in prison and eight years of supervised release.

Ackies was convicted after a three-day jury trial in November of conspiracy to traffic and aiding and abetting the possession, with intent to distribute, of heroin and 28 grams or more of crack.

According to authorities, federal agents on Jan. 28, 2016, intercepted a drug courier who was getting off a bus in Portland while carrying heroin and crack. Their investigation determined that the drugs had been sent by Ackies, whose New York apartment was searched and heroin, crack, a gun, a money counter and other evidence of drug trafficking were seized.

In sentencing Ackies, Singal said the New York man was a professional drug dealer who was responsible for sending substantial amounts of drugs to Maine.

A Hollis man described by police as a violent felon was arrested Wednesday morning in Buxton.

Vincent M. Cole, 27, turned himself in to police at a home on No Such Road around 8:25 a.m., Buxton police said. Maine State Police were looking for Cole after troopers were not able to locate him, his companion Natasha West and their 2-year-old child for a family safety assessment by the Maine Department of Human Services’ Office of Child and Family Services.

Vincent Cole Photo courtesy of Maine State Police

Police had warned that Cole is a felon with a violent history and was possibly armed with a gun. Buxton police did not say if West or the child were with Cole when he was arrested.

Buxton police are investigating an incident at Plummer’s Citgo on May 2 where Cole allegedly assaulted another man.

In August 2017, Cole was arrested after he allegedly used his child as a human shield during a confrontation with police following a domestic dispute with his girlfriend. At the time he was on bail for allegedly stabbing a bystander at a party.

Cole was arrested without incident on a state police warrant for two counts of violating conditions of release and warrants from the York County Sheriff’s Office for elevated aggravated assault, aggravated assault, two counts of criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon, three counts of assault, criminal mischief, driving to endanger, violating conditions of release and failure to stop for a police officer.

Cole’s bail was set at $150 for the state police warrant and a total of $50,500 for the charges from the sheriff’s office. He was taken to York County Jail.

IN AUGUSTA, Tuesday at 10:30 a.m., theft was reported on Civic Center Drive.

1:43 p.m., a mental health and well-being check was performed on Court Street.

1:59 p.m., a hit-and-run traffic accident was reported on Water Street.

3:55 p.m., a well-being check was performed on Commercial Street.

4:11 p.m., a dog bite was reported on Sewall Street.

4:22 p.m., criminal trespass was reported on Medical Center Parkway.

4:34 p.m., needles were recovered on Fox Farm Road.

4:55 p.m., theft was reported on Eastern Avenue.

5:38 p.m., gross sexual assault was reported by a caller on Western Avenue.

8:20 p.m., a mental health and well-being check was performed on Green Street.

10:07 p.m., criminal trespass was reported on Medical Center Parkway.

IN GARDINER, Tuesday at 11:45 a.m., a well-being check was performed on Andrews Street.

6:02 p.m., a well-being check was performed on Brunswick Avenue.

Wednesday at 2:52 a.m., a suspicious vehicle was reported at an unidentified location.

IN HALLOWELL, Tuesday at 10:17 p.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on Front Street.

Wednesday at 4:57 a.m., disorderly conduct was reported on Water Street.

6:34 a.m., disorderly conduct was reported on Water Street.

7:04 a.m., disorderly conduct was reported on Water Street.

SUMMONSES

IN AUGUSTA, Tuesday at 9:54 p.m., Jennifer Marie Poirier, 32, of Augusta, was summoned on a charge of theft by unauthorized taking or transfer, after an investigation was performed on Union Street.

10:54 p.m., a 32-year-old Augusta woman was summoned on a charge of failing to have a certified rabies vaccination for a dog, after an investigation was performed on State Street. Police say they issued the charge after someone was bitten by a dog.

A Gardiner man pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiracy to distribute heroin, fentanyl and crack cocaine.

Russell Truman, 50, entered the plea in U.S. District Court in Bangor.

Authorities say that between June 2015 and March 2017, others bought the drugs in Rochester, New York, and took them to central Maine. In exchange for drugs, Truman allowed the drugs to be sold from his house and helped the dealers from Rochester to distribute the drugs in the area.

He will be sentenced at a later date. Truman faces up to 20 years in prison, a fine of up to $1 million and three years to life on supervised release.

ROCKLAND — A 39-year-old man was expected to be released from jail Wednesday after a plea agreement that includes a conviction for beating and trying to strangle a woman in a Rockport hotel room last year.

The judge who accepted the pleas and sentence agreement expressed concern about the deal, but acknowledged the challenge facing the prosecution.

Under the agreement, Kelcey Hart was convicted of aggravated assault against the woman, five counts of felony violating a condition of release for contacting her by phone after his arrest, and misdemeanor assault against another inmate at the jail. Hart, who has already served nearly nine months in jail after being arrested for the offenses last August, was sentenced to time served under the agreement and was scheduled to be released

Kelcey Hart, shown at a court hearing in August, is expected to be released from jail Thursday. He has been in jail for nine months and struck a plea agreement. The Courier-Gazette/Stephen Betts

Wednesday.

Hart entered an Alford plea to the most serious charge — aggravated assault — which means he does not admit to committing the crime, but agrees that a jury could find him guilty. He pleaded guilty to the other offenses.

Justice Bruce Mallonee accepted the sentencing agreement reached between the District Attorney’s Office and defense attorney Philip Cohen of Waldoboro. The full sentence for the aggravated assault was five years in jail with all but nine months suspended and three years’ probation. Hart must attend a batterer’s intervention program, undergo psychological counseling and have no contact with the victim.

Assistant District Attorney Christopher Fernald said there was considerable uncertainty as to whether the victim would come to court and testify. He said the District Attorney’s Office has been unable to find the woman, but had been told she was living in Yonkers, N.Y.

The judge said there are women who are victims of significant assaults who later do not want their attackers prosecuted. He said sometimes these women later end up dead at the hands of the same person.

Mallonee said this case made him very worried and that Cohen got Hart a good deal. He urged Hart to take the batterer’s program seriously.

The maximum potential sentence for the original charge of Class A elevated aggravated assault was 30 years in prison.

The assault occurred Aug. 21, 2017, in a hotel room at the Samoset Resort, where Hart had worked for a month as the fitness center director. He was fired upon his arrest.

According to an affidavit filed in court by Knox County Sheriff’s Office Detective Dwight Burtis, the assault occurred in a room at the hotel where Hart was staying that night. Hart and the victim had gone to the room after spending the evening at a Rockland tavern.

The detective interviewed the woman at Pen Bay Medical Center in Rockport Aug. 21 and reported that her face was so swollen that she could hardly open her eyes. He said there was blood throughout the whites of her eyes.

There were also bruises and swelling to her chin, her neck and her arms.

Hart used the strap of the woman’s pocketbook to try to strangle her.

The woman could not recall fully what had happened, according to the police report, but remembered having a difficult time breathing, and being in pain on the floor. Police recovered blood samples, clumps of hair and the purse strap as part of their investigation at the hotel room.

Hart had convictions in 1999 for criminal trespass, a disorderly conduct that had been pleaded down from an assault in 2002, and a violation of probation in 2003, the prosecution said last year upon his arrest.

IN ANSON, Tuesday at 5:29 p.m., a theft was reported on Fahi Pond Road.

IN AVON, Tuesday at 1:18 p.m., a theft was reported on River Road.

IN BENTON, Tuesday at 8:29 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Falls Road.

IN CAMBRIDGE, Tuesday at 12:21 p.m., a civil complaint was taken on Dexter Road.

IN CANAAN, Tuesday at 2:36 p.m., a complaint was investigated on Park Drive.

IN CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Tuesday at 3:34 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Carrabassett Drive.

IN CHINA, Tuesday at 8:22 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Smith Road.

IN CLINTON, Tuesday at 3:24 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Hillcrest Drive.

IN FAIRFIELD, Tuesday at 4:42 p.m., an accident involving an injury was investigated on Ten Lots Road.

5:57 p.m., an assault was reported on Main Street.

IN FARMINGTON, Tuesday at 12:07 a.m., a noise complaint was taken on High and Middle streets.

1:30 p.m., a theft was reported on Main Street.

4:21 p.m., vandalism and criminal mischief were reported on Lucy Knowles Road.

8:31 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Ski Slope Road.

IN HARTLAND, Tuesday at 11:11 a.m., a harassment complaint was taken on Academy Street.

Wednesday at 8 a.m., a harassment complaint was investigated on Academy Road.

IN JAY, Tuesday at 10:07 a.m., fraud was reported on Main Street.

2:46 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Commercial Way.

IN MADISON, Tuesday at 12:21 p.m., a harassment complaint was investigated on Fir Street.

3:38 p.m., an arrest was made after a report of an assault on East Madison Road.

6:01 p.m., a scam complaint was taken on Madison Avenue.

Wednesday at 6:58 a.m., a scam complaint was investigated on Thurston Hill Road.

IN NEW SHARON, Tuesday at 8:33 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Industry Road.

IN OAKLAND, Tuesday at 1:25 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Seldon Lane.

IN PALMYRA, Tuesday at 6:54 p.m., threatening was reported on Lang Hill Road.

8:48 p.m., a harassment complaint was investigated on Lang Hill Road.

IN RIPLEY, Tuesday at 3:51 p.m., a structure fire was extinguished on Main Street.

IN SKOWHEGAN, Tuesday 12:34 p.m., a scam complaint was taken on Fairgrounds Market Place.

1:47 p.m., a civil complaint was taken on Middle Road.

1:52 p.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on Beauford Street.

4:25 p.m., a harassment complaint was investigated on Madison Avenue.

7:13 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Canaan Road.

9 p.m., threatening was investigated on West Front Street.

Wednesday at 4:12 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Madison Avenue.

IN SOLON, Tuesday at 5:15 p.m., an assault was investigated on North Main Street.

IN WATERVILLE, Tuesday at 8:07 a.m., criminal trespassing was reported on Elm Street.

9:10 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Marston Road.

12:32 p.m., a harassment complaint was taken on West Court.

1:38 p.m., criminal trespassing was investigated on Main Street.

1:40 p.m., an unwanted person was reported at The Big Apple store on Elm Street.

2:35 p.m., suspicious activity was investigated on LaFleur Road.

2:59 p.m., an assault was investigated at Burger King on College Avenue.

3:34 p.m., shoplifting was reported at the Hannaford Supermarket on JFK Plaza.

3:37 p.m., a theft was reported on Main Street.

3:49 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Front Street.

4:18 p.m., a theft was investigated at Walmart on Waterville Commons Drive.

4:24 p.m., a theft was reported at Colby College on Mayflower Hill Drive.

6:32 p.m., a harassment complaint was taken on Louise Avenue.

6:59 p.m., an assault was reported on Main Street.

7:18 p.m., shoplifting was investigated at the Hannaford Supermarket on JFK Plaza.

7:33 p.m., a noise complaint was taken on College Avenue.

7:47 p.m., an unwanted person was reported at The Big Apple store on Elm Street.

11:10 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on College Avenue.

IN WELD, Tuesday at 10:25 a.m., a harassment complaint was taken on School Street.

IN WILTON, Tuesday at 9:05 p.m., an assault was reported on Village View Street.

IN WINSLOW, Tuesday at 8:10 a.m., a civil complaint was taken on St. John Street.

12:08 a.m., a noise complaint was taken on Augusta Road.

2:08 p.m., a report of fraud or forgery was taken on Bert Street.

7:45 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Garland Road.

10:04 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on China Road.

Wednesday at 2:23 a.m., suspicious activity was investigated at Rita’s House of Pizza on Bay Street.

ARRESTS

IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, Tuesday at 11:40 a.m., Ricky D. Rice, 34, of Freeman Township, was arrested on a charge of domestic violence stalking.

6:31 p.m., Danielle M. Adams, 31, of Farmington, was arrested on a charge of theft by unauthorized taking or transfer.

10 p.m., Barry A. Hall, 29, of Jay, was arrested on a charge of theft by unauthorized taking or transfer.

10:30 p.m., Michael R. Storer, 38, of Wilton, was arrested on a charge of domestic violence criminal threatening.

IN SOMERSET COUNTY, Tuesday at 9:15 a.m., Samantha R. Quimby, 20, of Canaan, was arrested on a charge of criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon.

7:30 p.m., Raymond B. Jones, 62, of Norridgewock, was arrested on a charge of operating while license suspended or revoked, with prior convictions.

9:45 p.m., Matthew D. Cyr, 31, of Skowhegan, was arrested on warrants for failure to appear and probation revocation for unlawful possession of scheduled drug.

Wednesday at 1:26 a.m., Zachary J. Erkson, 28, of North Anson, was arrested on warrants for failing to appear on charges of burglary and theft by unauthorized taking or transfer.

IN WATERVILLE, Tuesday at 5:17 p.m., William B. Harris, 54, of Waterville, was arrested on a warrant and charges of violating condition of release and operating under the influence, with one prior conviction.

SUMMONSES

IN WATERVILLE, Tuesday at 5:32 p.m., Molly M. Roy, 18, of Waterville, was summoned on charges of theft by receiving stolen property and violating condition of release.

5:32 p.m., Anthony S. Carpenter, 21, of Winslow, was summoned on charges of theft by receiving stolen property and violating condition of release.

SKOWHEGAN — Kristina A. Pomerleau, the woman thought to be the girlfriend of John D. Williams, the suspect in the killing of Cpl. Eugene Cole, pleaded not guilty to criminal charges Wednesday in Skowhegan District Court.

Pomerleau, 32, of Skowhegan, is charged with unlawful possession of cocaine base, or crack, and with unlawful furnishing of cocaine, both on April 21 in Norridgewock. Both charges are class C felonies, punishable by up to five years in prison if she is convicted.

Pomerleau has a previous conviction for possession of scheduled drugs in December 2008, according to court documents.

She also is charged with operating a motor vehicle after license suspension on the same day, a misdemeanor crime. Pomerleau has a previous conviction for operating after suspension in December 2009.

She was indicted on the charges by a Somerset County grand jury last month.

An indictment is not a finding of guilt, but it is an indication that enough evidence is present in a case to proceed to trial.

Pomerleau’s bail remains unchanged — $5,000 cash. She still is being held at the Somerset County Jail in East Madison.

She was represented in court Wednesday by Skowhegan attorney Philip Mohlar.

Pomerleau is scheduled to appear in court again June 27 in Skowhegan.

The indictment against Pomerleau was handed up April 26 in Skowhegan, one day after Williams, 29, of Madison, is alleged to have shot and killed Cole, of the Somerset County Sheriff’s office, and stolen his marked cruiser.

Williams made his initial court appearance last week at the Capital Judicial Center in Augusta. He was ordered held without bail, pending a Harnish hearing to determine whether he is eligible for bail. Authorities have confirmed that Pomerleau was in a relationship with Williams.

A psychological examination also has been ordered for Williams, who did not enter a plea before Justice Robert Mullen on a charge of knowing or intentional murder. Williams is being held at the Maine Correctional Center in Windham, and any further court appearances will be conducted in a Cumberland County court. Proceedings were moved because of massive pre-trial publicity about the shooting.

Williams was arrested in March in Massachusetts on firearm and driving-related charges during a traffic stop, and he had been scheduled to appear April 25 — the day Cole was shot and killed — in a Massachusetts courtroom for a probable cause hearing, according to the Essex District Attorney’s Office. Pomerleau was a passenger in the vehicle during that traffic stop and was issued a summons for possession of the narcotic Percocet.

Doug Harlow — 612-2367

dharlow@centralmaine.com

Twitter:@Doug_Harlow

SKOWHEGAN — Luc Tieman never said he was sorry.

Tieman, 34, convicted last month of murdering his wife in August 2016 and burying her body behind his parents’ home in Fairfield, never admitted to killing her.

He never took responsibility for her death.

A jury of seven men and five women deliberated for less than an hour April 9 before finding him guilty of intentional or knowing murder in the death of Valerie Tieman, who was 34.

He faces 25 years to life in prison.

Sentencing on the guilty verdict is set for 8:30 a.m. Friday before Justice Robert Mullen at Somerset County Superior Court in Skowhegan.

Assistant Attorneys General Leane Zainea and Leanne Robbin, the state prosecutors, are seeking a sentence of 55 years to the Department of Corrections. There is no parole in the state of Maine.

“The state is accusing me of murdering my beautiful wife, Valerie Tieman, which I didn’t do,” Tieman told the jury as he delivered his own closing arguments in the trial that lasted five days in April. “It would have helped if they could show a motive.”

The jury didn’t believe him, returning with a guilty verdict in about 50 minutes.

The killing is believed to have taken place Aug. 25, 2016 — 15 days before Valerie’s parents reported her missing and five days before Tieman claimed his wife had disappeared from the Skowhegan Walmart, although he did not report her missing.

Rose Gray, the jury forewoman in the Tieman trial, said she heard him change his story, contradicting himself about his wife’s disappearance and death. She said she saw through the lies: professing love for Valerie Tieman even as he got confused by his own stories that were undercut by a mountain of evidence against him.

“I listened to every word,” Gray said. “He was always changing his story. He was very unbelievable. Everybody on the jury felt like he knew what was in the burial site before it came out what was in the burial site. He knew what was there. Only the person that did that would know what was buried with her body. All of the jurors agreed on that.”

Tieman, speaking to the jury — he also had taken the stand against his lawyer’s advice — was disjointed in his remarks and at times made references that were not previously brought forward as evidence during testimony at trial. He appealed to the jury’s “common sense,” saying it could not have been him who killed Valerie Tieman and that there were “alternative explanations” to much of what the state produced as evidence against him.

Tieman said in court that he had made up the story of Valerie’s disappearance from the Skowhegan Walmart store on Aug. 30, 2016, but that he didn’t kill her.

“I changed my story a lot,” Luc Tieman admitted under oath.

In her closing argument, Zainea went back over all the evidence presented during five days of witness testimony. Valerie’s disappearance from the Skowhegan Walmart is among the police investigators’ “list of lies,” which also included stories of camping sites he and Valerie had visited, the drug overdose death and Valerie’s “other man,” police have said.

Tieman admitted to having an affair with another woman, and he was aware that a Waterville woman had sent Valerie messages saying that her husband was cheating on her. He said Valerie had died of a drug overdose.

Drugs were found in Valerie Tieman’s body during an autopsy performed Sept. 21, 2016, but the drugs did not kill her. Two gunshot wounds to the head and neck were the cause of death, according to a state medical examiner.

Inside Valerie Tieman’s shallow grave, police, in September 2016, found a Mason jar containing flower stems, a wedding band and a handwritten note on an index card.

The note opened with the words “To my one and only Joy-Joy. Flower. Forever.”

The words in the note read: “I love you Valerie Joy T. I’ll love you forever. Rest in peace. My heart in Jesus,” with an X and an O, “hugs,” exclamation points, and an apparent reference to Luc Tieman’s marriage nickname “Luc-e” the bear.

The grave note contained language similar to that in other notes found among Valerie Tieman’s possessions taken from the Tieman home at 628 Norridgewock Road in Fairfield that September.

Valerie Tieman’s body was found wrapped in an orange, black and white blanket with the Mason jar “near her head.”

Under the body, police found a potato chip bag, a box of SweeTarts candy, a plaid shirt, a blue-and-gold woven knit hat and a bottle of Gucci cologne or perfume called Guilty.

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ROCKLAND — A Jay man will spend 90 days in jail for stabbing a man with a broken bottle during an argument over white supremacist tattoos.

Mark McCrillis, 35, was sentenced Monday to five years in jail with all but 90 days suspended and placed on probation for two years for aggravated assault. McCrillis had pleaded to the reduced charge after initially being arrested for elevated aggravated assault.

He was also ordered to pay restitution of about $9,000 to help pay for medical care for the victim, who was nearly killed, according to court records. The district attorney’s office had requested $61,000 in restitution.

Deputy District Attorney Jeffrey Baroody said the sentence agreement was reached because McCrillis would have raised self-defense issues if the case had gone to trial.

Rockland police officers responded the night of Jan. 31 to a report of a fight near the intersection of Pacific and Lawrence streets, according to an affidavit filed by Rockland police in the Knox County court.

According to the police, the victim and his woman friend had met McCrillis at a local bar and they all planned on going to a Pacific Street residence. Neither the victim nor his friend were named.

The man who was stabbed is a member of the Aryan Brotherhood, a white supremacist group, according to court records. McCrillis told the victim that he also was a member of the Aryan Nation, but an argument broke out when McCrillis could not show he had the tattoos associated with the group, according to the affidavit. During the fight, the unidentified man was severely cut with a broken bottle.

When officers arrived, they found a large amount of blood in the the road. Two people told the arriving officers that the victim was in a Pacific Street residence and they were afraid he was going to die.

Emergency medical services was called but, before they arrived, Officer Addison Cox applied a tourniquet to the man’s arm. An artery in the man’s arm had been severed by the broken bottle. The bottle was broken when McCrillis smashed it over the victim’s head, according to the affidavit.

The victim was taken first to Pen Bay Medical Center in Rockport and then to Maine Medical Center in Portland suffering from minor bleeding in his brain as well as the serious injury to his arm.

Doctors said that the man would likely have died if the officer had not acted so quickly, according to Rockland Deputy Police Chief Chris Young.

Portland police have spoken with the 49-year-old woman who was shot last weekend on Parris Street, but they are not releasing her name because the person who shot her is still at large.

Portland Police Lt. Robert Martin said the department is not releasing any further information about the shooting, which was reported in the area of 19 Parris St. at 8:44 a.m. Sunday. According to investigators, the victim and attacker were arguing before she was shot.

Police said the woman was shot by a young white man armed with a silver-colored semi-automatic handgun who fled toward Portland Street in a small silver-colored SUV with Massachusetts plates. Investigators believe the first three digits of the vehicle’s license plate to be “771.”

Martin said investigators are using all of the tools at their disposal to locate the vehicle and the suspected shooter.

“There’s a lot of SUVs, silver in color, probably, with that prefix,” Martin said.

At the scene Wednesday, police spray paint was still visible near a small raised ledge next to the sidewalk where the shooting took place.

Police have not said what provoked the argument between the victim and assailant, citing the ongoing investigation.

But Laura Cannon, a Parris Street resident, said previously that the shooting may have been drug-related.

Cannon said she and her husband went outside to investigate and overheard the victim, whom she did not recognize, telling police that she had confronted her assailant about doing drugs on a public way. Cannon said the woman told officers that the man and his friend were smoking crack cocaine.

“The guy said (expletive) and shot her in the knee,” said Cannon, who has lived in the neighborhood since 2010 and is vice president of the Bayside Neighborhood Association.

“She had been shot in the knee and was sitting on the sidewalk and bleeding,” she said.

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Two men were arrested after crashing a stolen car into a Westbrook apartment building Thursday morning.

Westbrook Capt. Sean Lally said a citizen reported a suspicious vehicle to the police department at about 5:50 a.m. Dispatchers checked the license plate number and learned that it was stolen from Portland.

Police followed the car before trying pull it over. The driver tried to get away by turning onto Giles Street, which is a dead end. He crashed the car into the side of the apartment buildling at 9 Giles St. and got out and ran. He was apprehended by a Westbrook officer and police dog.

The passenger in the car submitted to arrest without incident, police said.

Neither of the men in the car nor people in the building were injured, police said.

L to R: David Logugune and Fakhareldin Adam Westbrook Police Department

The driver was identified as David Logugune, 20, of Portland. He was charged with operating under the influence, theft by unauthorized use of property, refusing to submit to arrest, leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident, aggravated criminal mischief and operating without a license.

The passenger was identified as Fakhareldin Adam, 20, of Portland. He was charged with theft by unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, possession of scheduled drugs, trafficking in prison contraband and trafficking in crack cocaine.

Both men were booked at the Cumberland County Jail.

Two men were arrested on the Maine Turnpike this week as they were returning from New York City with a large quantity of what is believed to be heroin and cocaine to be sold in the Wilton area, according to police.

Jeffrey Brown Androscoggin County Jail photo

Drug agents and Maine State Police stopped a vehicle Tuesday around 3 p.m. as it traveled on the highway in Auburn, state police spokesman Stephen McCausland said.

In the car they found 129 grams of heroin and 33 grams of cocaine.

Rashawn G. Brown, 41, of New York City, and Jeffrey S. Brown, 53, of Wilton, were both charged with multiple drug felonies. The men have no family relationship.

Each faces charges of aggravated trafficking in Schedule W drugs, unlawful trafficking in schedule W drugs, illegal importation of heroin and cocaine.

The importation charges differ from trafficking charges because the men are alleged to have crossed state lines with the illegal substances.

Police said Rashawn Brown had been using hotels in the Wilton area as a base of operations, and traveled to New York regularly to buy large quantities of heroin and cocaine before returning to Maine to resell them.

Both men appeared in Lewiston District Court Wednesday and were ordered held at the Androscoggin County Jail in lieu of $50,000 bail each.

The MDEA said it will continue to investigate the case and more arrests are likely.

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Advocates for victims of the 2014 Noyes Street apartment house fire that killed six people expressed frustration Thursday about the $300,000 settlement in the wrongful death lawsuits brought against landlord Gregory Nisbet.

The settlement provides $45,000 to the families of each of the six young victims, plus $30,000 to a survivor of the November 2014 blaze, with the money coming from the proceeds of a fire insurance policy. Nisbet and the families reached the settlement in February and the lawsuits were dismissed last month.

Lawyers for the victims were frustrated that they weren’t able to secure a larger settlement, but the final amount was limited because Nisbet had few assets beyond the apartment house, which was covered by a $300,000 fire insurance policy.

Thomas Hallett, the lawyer representing Ashley Summers, the widow of one of the victims and the lead plaintiff in the civil case, called the settlement “wholly inadequate,” but the best possible, in court filings.

“Three-hundred thousand is nothing,” agreed Bradford Pattershall, who represented the mother of fire victim Christopher Conlee in the suit. “That wouldn’t have been enough (of a settlement) for one of the cases. Everybody’s very, very frustrated.”

In addition to the Noyes Street apartment house, Pattershall said, Nisbet’s only other significant asset was his Portland residence. But that house, he said, “was mortgaged to the hilt” and there was no equity in it.

“We couldn’t find anything and we turned over every stone,” Pattershall said. He said the lawyers demanded that Nisbet fill out bankruptcy forms – even though he hasn’t filed for bankruptcy – and swear that he had listed all of his assets and debts. That would allow the lawyers to go back to court if it turns out Nisbet was lying about his assets, Pattershall said.

Nisbet was tried for manslaughter in the aftermath of the fire, but was acquitted. He was, however, found guilty of a fire code violation because of the lack of a secondary exit from the building’s third-floor bedrooms and was sentenced to 90 days in jail. It’s believed to be the first time a Maine landlord has been ordered to serve time over a code violation.

Nisbet has appealed that conviction and has not yet served his sentence while the appeal is pending. The Maine Supreme Judicial Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments in the appeal next week.

Nisbet’s original lawyers in the manslaughter case and the appeal were allowed to drop out after they told the Supreme Judicial Court that they hadn’t been paid by Nisbet. The court appointed a new lawyer to handle the appeal.

The tenants killed in the fire were David Bragdon Jr., 27, Nicole “Nikki” Finlay, 26, and Ashley Thomas, 29. Steven Summers, 29, of Rockland, Maelisha Jackson, 23, of Topsham, and Conlee, 25, of Portland were visiting friends in the apartment house and also died in the blaze on Nov. 1, 2014.

It was the deadliest fire in Portland in four decades and led the city to set up a new Housing Safety Office, hire more inspectors and require landlords to register their units and pay an annual fee.

Pattershall said the lawyers handling the civil suit against Nisbet worked well together, agreeing, for instance, to split the settlement equally once it became clear that the proceeds of the fire insurance payment would be the extent of the damages they could recover.

“We wanted to make sure there was no pot of gold” hidden somewhere, Pattershall said.

Under the terms of the settlement with Nisbet, most of the families will receive a lump sum of $45,000. Summers, who was married to Steven Summers, will receive $13,500 and the couple’s two children will receive $6,750 each, to be placed in trust accounts.

Summers’ lawyers will receive a fee of $18,000. The lawyers waived recovery of costs associated with the lawsuit and settlement.

Phone calls and emails seeking comment from victims’ family members were not returned Thursday night.

According to FindLaw, a website about legal matters owned by Thompson Reuters, settlements and judgments in wrongful death suits can vary widely. For instance, two years ago the city of Hayward, California, settled a suit brought by the family of a man shot by police there for $500,000. But in 2013, a jury in Los Angeles awarded $150 million to a 13-year-old girl who escaped with her brother from a family vehicle after it was hit by a truck, but then watched her trapped family members burn to death in the SUV.

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

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IN BINGHAM, Wednesday at 5:51 p.m., an assault was reported on Main Street.

IN CANAAN, Wednesday at 2:58 p.m., a complaint was investigated on Lancaster Road.

IN CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Thursday at 9:38 a.m., a theft was reported on Carrabassett Drive.

IN CHESTERVILLE, Wednesday at 8:08 a.m., vandalism and criminal mischief were reported on Diller Line Road.

IN DETROIT, Wednesday at 5:39 p.m., a structure fire was extinguished on River Road.

IN FAIRFIELD, Wednesday at 9:45 a.m., a scam complaint was taken on Green Road.

11:44 a.m., a complaint was taken on High Street.

3:48 p.m., a theft was investigated on Summit Street.

5:13 p.m., trespassing was reported on Ten Lots Road.

9:15 p.m., suspicious activity was investigated on Hinckley Road.

9:43 p.m., a warning was issued after a report of suspicious activity on Island Avenue.

Thursday at 12:15 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Skowhegan Road.

IN FARMINGTON, Wednesday at 12:43 p.m., an warrant arrest was made on Main Street.

1:06 p.m., a theft was reported on Wilton Road.

Thursday at 12:58 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on South Street.

8:20 a.m., vandalism and criminal mischief were reported High Street.

2:26 a.m., an accident involving an injury was reported on Lucky Knowles and Whittier roads.

3:05 a.m., a noise complaint was taken on New Vineyard Road.

7:44 a.m., vandalism and criminal mischief were reported on Court and High streets.

IN JAY, Wednesday at 10:02 a.m., an assault was reported on Community Drive.

5:19 p.m., vandalism and criminal mischief were reported on Main Street.

5:53 p.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on Franklin and Highland roads.

IN MADISON, Wednesday at 10:18 a.m., a scam complaint was investigated on Weston Avenue.

1:25 p.m., a domestic disturbance was investigated on Bean Street.

9:17 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Nathan Street.

IN NEW PORTLAND, Wednesday at 11:12 a.m., a disturbance was reported on River Road.

IN NORRIDGEWOCK, Wednesday at 10:48 p.m., a warning was issued after a report of suspicious activity on Ferry Road.

IN OAKLAND, Wednesday at 2:01 p.m., harassment was reported on High Street.

5:10 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Oak Street.

6:05 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Kennedy Memorial Drive.

8:21 p.m., disturbance was reported on Oak Street.

IN PALMYRA, Thursday at 8:04 a.m., a scam complaint was taken on Lang Hill Road.

IN PITTSFIELD, Wednesday at 9:10 p.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on Stinson Street.

IN SKOWHEGAN, Wednesday at 1:10 p.m., a harassment complaint was investigated on Bennett Avenue.

Thursday at 12:04 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on St. James Street.

8:22 a.m., threatening was reported on Dartmouth Street.

8:28 a.m., a harassment complaint was taken on Winter Street.

9:12 a.m., a domestic disturbance was investigated on Madison Avenue.

IN SOLON, Wednesday at 8:50 p.m., an assault was reported on North Main Street.

IN STARKS, Wednesday at 4:41 p.m., a civil complaint was taken on Melody Lane.

Thursday at 1:09 a.m., a past burglary was investigated on Mason Corner Road.

IN STRONG, Wednesday at 4:21 p.m., a report of a missing person was taken on Norton Hill Road.

IN VASSALBORO, Wednesday at 4:47 p.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on Crosshill Road.

IN WATERVILLE, Wednesday at 7:12 a.m., a report of shoplifting led to an arrest on Elm Street.

8:39 a.m., shoplifting was reported in The Concourse.

1:23 p.m., threatening was reported on Edwards Street.

1:46 p.m., assault was reported on Leighton Street.

2:24 p.m., theft was reported on Gray Avenue.

5:09 p.m., a noise complaint was reported on Violette Avenue.

8:04 p.m., harassment was reported on Front Street.

9:14 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Main Street.

9:15 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Water Street.

9:30 p.m., a traffic stop led to an arrest on Silver Street.

11:32 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Water Street.

Thursday at 12:19 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Drummond Avenue.

1:14 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Western Avenue.

5:18 a.m., theft was reported on Elm Street.

IN WILTON, Wednesday at 9:23 p.m., an assault was reported on Village View Street.

IN WINSLOW, Wednesday at 4:25 p.m., a burglary of a motor vehicle was reported on Whipple Road.

7:59 p.m., suspicious activity was reported at Monument Street and St. John Street.

8:06 p.m., harassment was reported on Halifax Street.

Thursday at 3:27 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Frankwood Drive.

ARRESTS

IN SOMERSET COUNTY, Wednesday at 10:58 a.m., Daniel R. Bryant, 31, of Hartland, was arrested on a charge of unlawful possession of scheduled drug.

4:53 p.m., Todd M. Jackson, 43, of Augusta, was arrested on a charge of violating condition of release.

8:38 p.m., Richard I. Hanny, 45, of St. Albans, was charged with operating an all-terrain vehicle under the influence.

Thursday at 2:33 a.m., Richard I. Hanny, 45, of St. Albans, was arrested on two charges of violating conditions of release.

IN WATERVILLE, Wednesday at 7:12 a.m., Amy J. Hudson, 35, of Waterville, was arrested on a charge of theft by unauthorized taking or transfer.

9:30 p.m., Christopher F. Ratte, 32, of Vassalboro, was arrested on charges of violating condition of release and unlawful possession of scheduled drug.