IN ANSON, Tuesday at 9:13 a.m., vandalism was reported on Summer Street.

10:34 a.m., a civil complaint was taken on Madison Street.

IN CHESTERVILLE, Tuesday at 9:06 p.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on Vienna Road.

IN CLINTON, Tuesday at 2:27 p.m., criminal trespassing was reported on Main Street.

IN FAIRFIELD, Tuesday at 2:31 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Skowhegan Road.

Wednesday at 6:45 a.m., a domestic disturbance was investigated on Green Road.

IN FARMINGTON, Tuesday at 10:47 a.m., trespassing was reported on Franklin Avenue.

11:59 p.m., a traffic accident involving an injury was reported on Wilton Road.

1:08 p.m, suspicious activity was reported on Maple Avenue.

7:34 p.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on Lake Avenue.

8:04 p.m., theft was reported on Wilton Road.

IN INDUSTRY, Tuesday at 7:39 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Lakeside Drive.

IN JAY, Tuesday at noon, trespassing was reported on Crystal Spring Lane.

2:34 p.m., a theft was reported on Main Street.

IN MADISON, Tuesday at 10:34 a.m., a harassment complaint was taken on Landry Lane.

10:55 a.m., a scam complaint was taken on Madison Avenue.

11:37 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Lakewood Road.

Wednesday at 5:30 a.m., vandalism was investigated on Heald Street.

IN NEW SHARON, Tuesday at 5:35 p.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on Farmington Falls Road.

IN NORRIDGEWOCK, Tuesday at 10:21 p.m., an arrest was made following a report of vandalism on Skowhegan Road.

IN OAKLAND, Tuesday at 10:57 a.m., a report of a fire was investigated on South Alpine Street.

4:06 p.m., a theft was investigated at the Oakland Public Library on Church Street.

9:28 p.m., a noise complaint was investigated on West Pleasant Street.

9:55 p.m., a burglary was investigated on Center Street.

IN PALMYRA, Tuesday at 8:01 p.m., a harassment complaint was investigated on St. Albans Road.

IN PITTSFIELD, Tuesday at 1:44 p.m., vandalism was reported on Pondview Court.

2:06 p.m., threatening was reported on Somerset Plaza.

5:59 p.m., a disturbance was investigated on Cardinal Street.

6:32 p.m., vandalism was reported on South Main Street.

Wednesday at 2:16 p.m., trespassing was investigated on Central Street.

IN SKOWHEGAN, Tuesday at 1:48 p.m., threatening was reported on Court Street.

2:47 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Fairview Avenue.

4:01 p.m., a scam complaint was taken on Free Street.

6:08 p.m., a harassment complaint was taken on Fairview Avenue.

6:43 p.m., a disturbance was investigated on West Front Street.

IN STARKS, Tuesday at 10:24 p.m., suspicious activity was investigated on Todds Corner Road.

Wednesday at 12:23 a.m., a report of gunshots was investigated on Corinna Road.

IN WATERVILLE, Tuesday at 9:01 a.m., a burglary was investigated on Pleasant Street.

10:42 a.m., criminal mischief was investigated on Pleasant Street.

10:45 a.m., sex offenses were investigated on Sawyer Street.

11:44 a.m., a domestic dispute was investigated on Sherwin Street.

12:41 p.m., an unwanted person was reported at Burger King on College Avenue.

12:59 p.m., an unwanted person was reported at Burger King on College Avenue.

9:59 p.m., an oral warning was issued after a report of threatening at the Waterville Public Library on Elm Street.

Wednesday at 12:04 a.m., suspicious activity was investigated at The Center on Main Street.

2:10 a.m., suspicious activity was reported at Cumberland Farms on College Avenue.

IN WELD, Tuesday at 2:04 p.m., trespassing was reported on Dixfield Road.

IN WILTON, Tuesday at 4:57 p.m., vandalism was reported on Main Street.

7:05 p.m., a harassment complaint was taken on Village View Street.

IN WINSLOW, Wednesday at 12:37 p.m., a noise complaint was taken on Augusta Road.

2:25 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Cushman Road.

ARRESTS

IN CHINA, Tuesday at 8:28 a.m., Linda Kay Luttgens, 53, of China, was arrested in a charge of theft by unauthorized taking or transfer.

IN FAIRFIELD, Wednesday at 1:33 a.m., Meghan M. Thibodeau, 30, of Fairfield, was arrested on a charge of operating under the influence.

IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, Tuesday at 7:10 p.m., Kelly A. Bachelder, 32, of New Sharon, was arrested on charges of domestic violence assault and criminal mischief.

IN SOMERSET COUNTY, Tuesday at 11:14 p.m., Kelly J. Merrill, 55, of Skowhegan, was arrested on charges of violating condition of release and violating a protection order.

Wednesday at 1:01 a.m., Corbin A. Pratt, 33, of Portland, was arrested on a charge of violating condition of release.

IN WATERVILLE, Tuesday at 9:24 p.m., Charles M. Littlefield, 31, of Benton, was arrested on two warrants.

Wednesday at 12:36 a.m., Charles M. Tibbetts, 39, of Vassalboro, was arrested on a charge of operating under the influence.

SUMMONSES

IN WATERVILLE, Tuesday at 3:59 p.m., Jason N. Harriman, 32, of Waterville, was summoned on a charge of operating with suspended registration.

7:50 p.m., Annalouise Cox Miller, 27, of Sidney, was summoned on charges of operating with suspended registration and operating while license suspended or revoked.

IN WINSLOW, Tuesday at 7:44 p.m., Trenton G. Rhodes, 20, of Albion, was summoned on a charge of operating while license suspended or revoked.

IN AUGUSTA, Tuesday at 7:15 a.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on Jabee Lane.

8:10 a.m., a traffic accident causing injury was reported on Eastern Avenue.

10:20 a.m., a sex offense was reported by a caller on Union Street.

10:44 a.m., needles were recovered on Quimby Street.

3:18 p.m., shoplifting was reported on Civic Center Drive.

3:56 p.m., a mental health and well-being check was done on Gage Street and Memorial Drive.

4:06 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Cushnoc Crossing.

4:15 p.m. a dog at large was reported on North Belfast Avenue.

4:53 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Water Street.

5:46 p.m., disorderly conduct was reported on Glen Street.

6:40 p.m., theft was reported on Water Street.

6:43 p.m., shoplifting was reported on Cony Street.

7:47 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Gray Birch Drive.

8:30 p.m. criminal trespassing was reported on Arsenal Street.

IN GARDINER, Tuesday at 2:45 p.m., criminal mischief was reported on the Kennebec River Rail Trail.

5:21 p.m., theft was reported on Maple Street.

IN HALLOWELL, Tuesday at 3:42 p.m., an overdose rescue was done on Winthrop Street.

8:02 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Water Street.

9:20 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Warren Street.

11:18 p.m., disorderly conduct was reported on Water Street.

IN MONMOUTH, Tuesday at 8:13 a.m., theft was reported on U.S. Route 202.

IN WINDSOR, Tuesday at 9:23 p.m., a loud noise was reported on South Belfast Road.

ARRESTS

IN AUGUSTA, Tuesday at 4:34 p.m., Aaron Francis Brunelle, 38, of Ellsworth, was arrested on four warrants, on State Street.

6:10 p.m., two people — Perry E. Cole, 50, and Joanne L. Byrn, 46, both of Augusta — were each arrested on a charge of aggravated assault after a domestic disturbance was reported on Laurel Street. But Cole and Byrn were released from jail after the Kennebec County district attorney declined to prosecute the charges.

SUMMONS

IN RANDOLPH, Tuesday at 5:38 p.m., Robert A. Breton, 23, of Augusta, was summoned on charges of leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident and violating conditions of release, on Windsor Street.

ALFRED – Timothy Ortiz acted in self-defense when he shot Jonathan Methot two years ago inside a Biddeford apartment being used as a drug den, the man’s lawyer told a jury Wednesday.

In their opening statements, Ortiz’ defense lawyer, Mark Peltier, and Robert Ellis, an assistant attorney general and one of the prosecutors in the murder case, told nearly identical stories about the events leading up to the shooting that killed Methot.

But they diverged on the motive.

Methot, 30, lived a West Cutts Street duplex with his mother. The other half of the duplex was an apartment where drugs were sold and used, Peltier and Ellis said. Ortiz, from New York City, frequently stayed at the apartment, Methot’s mother, Cheryl Methot, told a reporter shortly after the shooting.

On Sept. 25, Methot – upset over a $40 drug transaction earlier in the evening – went next door to argue, both lawyers said. Methot had $1,600 in his wallet at the time, Peltier said.

Ortiz was not in the apartment. Bethany Cox, who had been hired as a driver by Ortiz, sent Ortiz a text to tell him about the dispute, and when Ortiz got back inside the apartment, he became embroiled in it, the lawyers said, and Methot put his hands around Ortiz’s neck. The two lawyers agreed that Cox got between the two and was able to get them to back off slightly, but Peltier said Methot never took his hands from Oritz’ neck.

Ortiz then took a .357 cal. Ruger handgun from his waistband and pointed it at Methot over Cox’s head, fired and missed and then fired twice more, Ellis said. One of the shots hit Methot in the face, severing his carotid artery, Ellis said.

People ran from the apartment, Ellis said, and a friend of Methot’s dragged him onto the porch, where he died within minutes.

Ortiz later told Cox, “don’t cry for him, he used you as a shield,” Ellis said.

Ortiz was arrested later that day in Portland, where he was held initially on a probation violation related to sex trafficking and drug charges in New York. He was charged with murder four days later.

Peltier told the jury that, outside of police and experts, most of the testimony in the case will come from people who were using and selling drugs at the time of the shooting.

“Don’t get lost in their stories,” Peltier told the jury. “Timothy took the actions he took to defend himself.”

Ellis admitted the state’s case will not be without blemishes. He told the jury that DNA and ballistics evidence may not be clear-cut. But he said prosecutors are sure that Ortiz’s motive in the shooting was to try to “settle the score” over the $40 deal.

Jurors were picked Tuesday. The state is expected to wrap up its case Friday or early next week. Ortiz’s lawyers expect to need a couple of days for their case, so the jury will likely have the case by the middle of next week. Peltier said he hasn’t decided whether to have his client testify.

If convicted, Ortiz could face a sentence of 25 years to life. The case is being tried in York County Superior Court.

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

emurphy@pressherald.com

AUGUSTA — Someone stole a brass flag holder from the gravesite of an officer killed in the line of duty in 1884, city police said Wednesday.

Rufus Lishness is one of two Augusta police officers killed in the line of duty who are buried at Mount Hope Cemetery on Winthrop Street.

Sgt. Christian Behr, in a news release sent Wednesday, said a police search for the flag holder has proved unsuccessful, so the department is asking community members for help.

“If anyone has any information that may help us locate the flag holder, it would be very beneficial to our investigation,” Behr wrote. “Our fallen officers are dear to us and we are committed to protecting their memory.”

Behr has assembled a mini-museum containing artifacts of the department’s history.

The round brass plaque with the words “Maine Law Enforcement Officer Killed in the Line of Duty” is affixed to a rod that holds a flag.

Behr said each summer the flag holders with small State of Maine flags are placed on Lishness’ gravesite as well as the gravesite of Officer Selden Jones, who was killed in 1930.

Anyone with information about the missing flag holder can contact Officer Anthony Drouin at 626-2370 or anthony.drouin@augustamaine.gov.

A pilot flying a Saudi royal family aircraft that landed in Bangor Tuesday was arrested on an outstanding warrant from Florida, the Penosbscot County District Attorney’s Office said.

Mancin Urbanski, 49, waived extradition at his first appearance Wednesday in Bangor and will be held without bail until police from Sarasota County, Florida, transport him south, said Penobscot Assistant District Attorney Marianne Lynch.

Urbanski was one of four pilots aboard the private Boeing 767 that stopped in Bangor on its way to Los Angeles, she said.

Urbanski is accused by police in North Port, Florida, of committing the equivalent in Maine of felony theft when Urbanski allegedly took $9,000 from a Florida man in 2016 and promised to help get the victim a pilot’s license and a job with the Myanmar National Airlines, Lynch said.

“He was engaging in a cyber crime,” Lynch said.

Lynch said police learned of Urbanski’s warrant because his name was included on a master list of people aboard the flight.

Authorities then used the list of names and dates of birth to check for warrants or other issues, Lynch said.

‘It’s part of the protocol when you’re coming in, they run everyone’s name,” she said. “Even if you’re not deplaning.”

It was unclear if the flight remained in Bangor or went on to its final destination; Lynch did not know the aircraft’s tail number, which is tracked by the Federal Aviation Administration. It’s also unknown whether any members of the Saudi royal family were aboard.

“I don’t know why they stopped there,” Lynch said. “There could be any reason why they stopped.”

Bangor’s airport, with an exceptionally long runway at more than 11,000 feet, means it can accommodate planes of practically any size, including the Space Shuttle. The facility is also shared with military flights, and is frequently a jump-off point for troop flights headed to the Middle East.

Airport Director Tony Caruso said the flight landed for a technical stop, which typically means the passengers needed to clear Customs, refuel or resupply before heading on to a final destination.

Caruso said he could not release information about this particular flight, but said it is fairly common for foreign aircraft to stop at Bangor before or after a transatlantic flight.

The airport is also used as an impromptu stopover, sometimes drawing celebrities looking to refuel, or airplanes that are diverted or land for emergency reasons.

In 2004, Yusef Islam, the singer formerly known as Cat Stevens, was arrested at Bangor International after his plane headed for London was diverted there. Stevens had been placed on a no-fly list and was barred from the United States, and when transportation officials learned he had boarded a flight back to London, they ordered the plane diverted to Bangor.

The Bangor airport was the scene of more drama in 2010, when John Travolta landed at the airport. During the stop-over, a service vehicle struck and killed two small dogs that belonged to the actor, who also at the time owned a mansion on Isleboro.

Matt Byrne can be contacted at 791-6303 or at:

mbyrne@pressherald.com

Twitter: MattByrnePPH

A Gardiner man has pleaded guilty to producing and possessing child pornography originated in the Philippines.

Richard Bailey, 67, changed his plea to guilty on Monday at U.S. District Court in Bangor. He had previously pleaded not guilty to the charges in April in the same court shortly after his arrest.

He will be sentenced at a later date.

A press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office says the investigation began after agents were tipped off that Bailey was uploading child pornography to various websites.

“The investigation revealed that the defendant produced child pornography by encouraging adults in the Philippines during online chats to engage in sexual activity with children that was videotaped, photographed, and disseminated in real time over the Internet,” the release says. “A forensic examination of the defendant’s electronic devices revealed multiple images and videos of child pornography including images obtained from the Philippine sex shows.”

An indictment handed up April 12, 2018, charges Bailey with sexual exploitation of a minor and says Baily induced a child around Feb. 8, 2017, “to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing a visual depiction of that conduct and did aid and abet another person in doing the same.” It says Bailey knew the depiction would be transported in interstate and foreign commerce.

The charge of production of child pornography carries a penalty of between 15 and 30 years in prison.

The second count says Bailey “knowingly possessed” child pornography up until May 4, 2017, that had been shipped through interstate or foreign commerce and that depicted a child under age 12. That carries a penalty of up to 15 years in prison.

The case was investigated by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations and the Maine State Police Computer Crimes Unit.

Betty Adams — 621-5631

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Twitter: @betadams

LEWISTON — A man who has criminal convictions in Oxford, Kennebec, Waldo and Somerset counties made his first appearance Wednesday in Lewiston District Court on a charge of elevated aggravated assault in connection with a shooting in Lewiston just before dawn Saturday.

Jordan Waterman, 26, of Lewiston has also been charged with criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon, reckless conduct with a firearm and violation of conditions of release.

Waterman was arrested Tuesday afternoon after a brief chase at an apartment building on Howe Street, and held overnight at the Androscoggin County Jail on $150,000 cash bail.

He was charged with refusing to submit to arrest as a result of that chase.

Representing Waterman for purposes of Wednesday’s proceeding only, lawyer Lorne Fairbanks argued that Waterman be released on $1,000 cash bail, noting the defendant has lived in Maine for the past 15 years and has close family contacts in the Portland area.

Assistant District Attorney Pat Regan argued that, given Waterman’s criminal history, cash bail should be substantial and asked the court to set in at $50,000 cash, which cannot be paid by a third party.

Regan also asked that Waterman be held without bail until July 12, when a motion for revocation of existing bail on an outstanding theft charge would be heard. That bail amount is $750.

After reading through the police affidavit in support of Waterman’s arrest, Judge Nancy Carlson expressed concern over Waterman’s past violent convictions and said, “I have a concern for public safety and flight risk.”

She set bail at $50,000 cash, and ordered Waterman held without bail until the July 12 hearing. He is also not allowed to possess weapons, and may not have contact with the victim or two other people in connection with the case.

According to Lewiston Detective Thomas Murphy’s affidavit in support of Waterman’s arrest, police received a 911 call at 4:17 a.m. Saturday reporting a fight at the corner of Bartlett and Walnut streets. Officers checked the area but found no one.

At 4:48 a.m. — 31 minutes later — a 911 call was received from Jeffrey Locklear, who was at his apartment on Pierce Street and who said he had been shot in the leg. When police arrived, they had Locklear transported to Central Maine Medical Center for treatment of a gunshot wound on his right leg.

According to the affidavit, Locklear told police “he had been shot by Jordan Nieves, aka Jordan Waterman.”

Locklear, who is 26, told police Waterman and another man had confronted him on Horton Street, where Waterman pulled a gun from his waistband and pointed it at Locklear. As Locklear backed away, Waterman followed him, catching up with him at the corner of Bartlett and Pine streets.

According to Murphy, the city’s video-surveillance system captured images of Locklear and Waterman fighting. In the image, the third man could be seen trying to hit and kick Locklear.

As Locklear walked away, the video shows Waterman leaning up against a building and appearing to take aim, firing a single shot.

After that, “Waterman can be seen on camera running up Pine Street and then turning right on Howe Street,” according to the affidavit.

The third man could be seen running up Pine Street and jumping into a car at the corner of Horton Street.

And, according to the affidavit, hospital records indicate a bullet went through Locklear’s leg, breaking his lower leg.

A .45-caliber casing was found about 10 feet from where Waterman is seen on camera firing the shot, according to the affidavit. In court Wednesday, Regan said the gun has not been recovered.

The third man involved in the confrontation was later identified as a 17-year-old.

When the teen was interviewed by police, he said Waterman confronted Locklear because he was angry the man was sleeping with a woman the two older men both knew.

In addition to these charges, Waterman is currently facing a charge of theft of liquor from the Shaw’s supermarket in Auburn on Feb. 9, including bottles of Hennessy and Patron Silver. A hearing on that charge is scheduled for Sept. 12.

There is also an outstanding charge of disorderly conduct and using offensive words or gestures stemming from a separate incident in February.

Waterman has a seven-year criminal history in Maine, beginning in 2011 with two felony convictions for criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon and aggravated assault in Oxford County. He was sentenced to serve 20 months at the Maine State Prison and two years of probation.

In January 2012, he was charged with criminal mischief, terrorizing and violating condition of release in Waldo County, and later sentenced to serve 30 days in the county jail. That same year in Waldo County, he was charged with assault and violating conditions of his release. He was sentenced to another 30 days and ordered to pay a $300 fine.

In July 2012, Waterman was charged with felony aggravated assault and misdemeanor assault in Kennebec County. He was sentenced to four years in prison, with all but six months suspended. In December of that year, he was charged with criminal mischief and sentenced to five days at the Kennebec County Jail.

In September 2013, Waterman was charged with illegal possession of a firearm or crossbow, a felony, in Kennebec County, and sentenced to 16 months at the Maine Correctional Center in Windham.

In 2014, he faced two felony charges of assault on an officer and refusing to submit to arrest in Kennebec County, and was sentenced to 60 days in the county jail.

During Wednesday’s court proceeding, Waterman asked that the court appoint lawyer Donald Hornblower to represent him.

If convicted on all of the charges connected to Saturday’s shooting, Waterman faces up to 35 years in prison and $70,000 in fines.

A 46-year-old man is charged with aggravated assault for allegedly stabbing another man Wednesday night outside the Preble Street Resource Center, police said.

George Merrill is being held at the Cumberland County Jail on the charge. His alleged victim was a 22-year-old man, listed by police as homeless, who is being treated for non-life threatening injuries.

Police were called to the area of Preble and Portland streets about 9:20 p.m. for a report of a disturbance and several people fighting.

Officers are investigating what connection or relationship, if any, the two men had with each other. The victim was not identified. It was unclear whether Merrill had a permanent address.

When they arrived, officers found the victim, who was treated at the scene and then transported to the hospital.

Police are still investigating what led up to the stabbing are asking anyone with information about what occurred to contact investigators at 874-8575.

IN AUGUSTA, Wednesday at 6:40 a.m., criminal trespassing was reported on Water Street.

7:42 a.m., a traffic accident involving injury was reported on Civic Center Drive.

9:03 a.m., a disturbance was reported on West Crescent Street.

9:40 a.m., a well-being check was done on Cony Street.

10:13 a.m., a well-being check was done on Cony Street.

10:22 a.m., disorderly conduct was reported on Cony Street.

12:23 p.m., a well-being check was done on Green Street.

12:35 p.m., a well-being check was done on Hemlock Terrace.

1:36 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on State and Weston streets.

1:47 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Quimby Street.

3:21 p.m., a hit-and-run traffic accident was reported on Bangor Street.

3:34 p.m., fraud was reported on Crossing Way.

5:28 p.m., an animal well-being check was done on East Chestnut Street.

5:51 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Eastern Avenue.

6:14 p.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on Old Belgrade Road.

6:32 p.m., disorderly conduct was reported on South Chestnut Street.

6:41 p.m., an animal well-being check was done on Medical Center Parkway.

6:42 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Crossing Way.

6:51 p.m., disorderly conduct was reported on South Chestnut Street.

6:51 p.m., disorderly conduct was reported on Cony Street.

7:20 p.m., criminal trespassing was reported on Medical Center Parkway.

8:29 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Stephen King Drive.

9:39 p.m., a well-being check was done on Mount Vernon Avenue.

Thursday at 12:19 a.m., a mental health and well-being check was done on Cony Street.

12:37 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Brooks Street.

12:40 a.m., a past burglary was reported on Cony Street.

1:11 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Bangor Street.

3:38 a.m., a disturbance was reported on Washington Street.

IN HALLOWELL, Wednesday at 6:17 a.m., a mental health and well-being check was done on Water Street.

12:17 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Fish and Game Road.

ARRESTS

IN AUGUSTA, Wednesday at 9:39 a.m., Jill M. Mansir, 43, of Augusta, was arrested on a warrant, on Memorial Circle and Water Street.

9:09 p.m., Adam I. Pelletier, 34, of West Gardiner, was arrested on a charge of operating under the influence (alcohol), during a traffic stop on Leighton and Meadow Brook roads.

Thursday at 2:58 a.m., Justin B. Austin, 28, of Augusta, was arrested on charges of operating while license was suspended or revoked, failure to register a vehicle for more than 150 days, and unlawful possession of a scheduled drug, during a traffic stop on Old Belgrade Road.

4:10 a.m., Felicia Karcher, 32, of Augusta, was arrested on charges of violating a protective order and violating conditions of release, after criminal threatening was reported on Waldo Street.

SUMMONS

IN AUGUSTA, Wednesday at 3:19 p.m., Brett M. Glidden, 30, of West Gardiner, was summoned on charges of attaching false plates and theft by unauthorized taking or transfer (less than $500), after suspicious activity was reported on Western Avenue.

WASHINGTON – The White House on Thursday announced a proposed overhaul of the federal government that would merge the Labor and Education departments, consolidate a slew of social safety net programs under a renamed health agency and reorganize federal food safety functions.

Labor and education programs would be merged into a new Department of Education and the Workforce, according to a plan released by the White House. The Department of Health and Human Services would be renamed the Department of Health and Public Welfare, to “better capture the nature of its programs,” which would house nutrition assistance programs, the White House said.

Many of the proposals would require congressional approval and are expected to face significant opposition from both Democrats and some Republicans.

The sweeping plan builds on Trump’s pledge to shrink the size and scope of the federal government, a long-sought goal of conservatives. The shifts, if enacted, would likely reduce the number of employees in some offices, which would draw opposition from federal employee unions, which the administration took aim at in May with a series of executive orders that curtail their power.

“This effort, along with the recent executive orders on federal unions, are the biggest pieces so far of our plan to drain the swamp,” Mick Mulvaney, director of the Office of Management and Budget who has led the 14-month reorganization effort, said in a statement.

“The federal government is bloated, opaque, bureaucratic, and inefficient,” he added.

The streamlining plan includes some proposals that have long been discussed among groups that promote government efficiency. For example, federal economic assistance resources would be consolidated under a new Bureau of Economic Growth at the Department of Commerce.

The plan to consolidate the Labor and Education departments would allow the Trump administration to focus its efforts to train students in vocational skills in one place.

Education is the smallest Cabinet-level department in terms of employees, but Republicans have opposed the agency ever since it began operations in 1980. It was created during the administration of President Jimmy Carter, who wanted the nation to pay more attention to education. Trump picked an education secretary, Betsy DeVos, who has repeatedly expressed opposition to the existence of the department she heads.

A York resident has been sentenced to four years in prison for operating a multimillion-dollar investment fraud scheme and failing to file federal income tax returns, a New Hampshire federal prosecutor said Thursday.

William Bischoff, 76, defrauded more than two dozen clients of his financial advisory business from 2009 through 2017 by falsely promising to invest their money in real estate, structured legal settlements, high-yield notes, and a startup recycling business, according to a news release from U.S. Attorney Scott W. Murray. Bischoff also guaranteed returns that far exceeded market norms in many email solicitations sent to his victims, Murray said.

In total, Bischoff stole over $5.6 million from the defrauded investors, Murray said. To conceal that conduct, Bischoff used money he received from some investors to make payments to other investors. He also provided monthly account statements to the investors that falsely represented the balance of their fictitious investment accounts, he said.

Bischoff also failed to file individual federal tax returns for the four-year period from 2011 to 2015, which resulted in a tax revenue loss to the U.S. Treasury of nearly $570,000, according to Murray.

Bischoff pleaded guilty on March 9 to one count of wire fraud and one count of willfully failing to file federal tax returns, he said.

“It is hard to comprehend the emotional and financial harm that Mr. Bischoff inflicted on the victims of his criminal conduct,” Murray said. “It is my sincere hope that the prosecution of this case will deter other people from engaging in similar conduct. Those who commit financial crimes should understand that we will aggressively prosecute them and will not hesitate to recommend substantial prison sentences.”

The case was investigated by the FBI, the IRS Criminal Investigation Division, and the New Hampshire Bureau of Securities Regulation. Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert Kinsella prosecuted the case, which was originally handled by former Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Morse.

“Mr. Bischoff betrayed his unsuspecting clients and defrauded them out of millions of dollars through an elaborate scheme he devised for his own personal gain,” said Harold H. Shaw, special agent in charge of the FBI Boston Division, in the release. “The FBI is committed to working with our law enforcement partners in rooting out those who engage in financial crimes like this. Those who abuse their positions of trust to illegally enrich themselves will be held accountable for their actions.”

J. Craig Anderson can be contacted at 791-6390 or at:

canderson@pressherald.com

Twitter: @jcraiganderson

Westbrook police have charged two people with supplying the fentanyl that killed a 30-year-old Hollis man in March.

Police charged Brandon Steele, 24, with aggravated trafficking in scheduled drugs. Also charged was Talisha Goodine-Mitchell, 31, who is facing one count of aggravated furnishing in scheduled drugs. Both charges are Class A felonies punishable by up to 30 years in prison and a fine of up to $50,000.

The overdose occurred March 7 at a home on Cottage Street in Westbrook, where Steven Reali Jr. was found unresponsive. He died two days later at Maine Medical Center in Portland from an apparent overdose of fentanyl.

Both Goodine-Mitchell and Steele were already held at the Cumberland County jail on unrelated charges. They were booked on the new charges Wednesday.

This story will be updated.

AUGUSTA — A former Oakland woman convicted of sexually assaulting a 3-year-old boy who was asleep at the time has lost her appeal before Maine’s high court.

A lawyer for Sarah Conway, 28, had argued that a jury had confusing instructions about “duress” when deciding whether to find the woman guilty.

But the Maine Supreme Judicial Court on Thursday affirmed the conviction.

Conway, most recently of Canaan, New Hampshire, admitted that the sexual assault occurred between December 2014-March 2015 in Oakland, but said she did it involuntarily because her boyfriend forcibly compelled her to do it.

She is serving an eight-year prison sentence and afterward will spend 18 years on supervised release.

Her former boyfriend, Stephen R. Smith, 38, is serving an initial 18-year unsuspended portion of a 30-year prison term for that and other crimes and then will be on probation.

U.S. Border Patrol agents operate an immigration checkpoint Thursday on Interstate 95 in Penobscot County

U.S. Border Patrol agents conducted an 11-hour vehicle checkpoint on Interstate 95 in eastern Maine on Wednesday, stopping southbound vehicles near Lincoln in Penobscot County to ask drivers and passengers for their citizenship and immigration status, and to search vehicles with sniffer dogs.

Agents from the Houlton Border Patrol sector manned the checkpoint, arresting a man from Haiti and seizing drugs. Border Patrol said it didn’t keep track of how many vehicles the agents stopped.

Civil rights groups have sharply criticized the practice of snap immigration inspections on highways and bus stations, and said some of the checks are unconstitutional.

The American Civil Liberties Union suspects inspections have become more common during the Trump administration, and in May it sued the U.S. government for records related to immigration enforcement efforts.

“We should all be able to live our lives without being stopped by immigration agents every time we board a bus or drive down the highway,” said Emma Bond, a staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union of Maine. “Having (Border Patrol) constantly intruding on our lives and demanding that we show our papers doesn’t make us any safer, but it will make us less free.”

Border Patrol would not name the man it arrested Wednesday, but said he was a Haitian national with an outstanding deportation order from 2007 and prior arrests for cocaine possession, possession of a concealed firearm and resisting an officer, as well as a protection order from Lee County, Florida. An immigration violation was issued to another person during the checkpoint, Customs and Border Protection spokesman Steve Sapp said.

Agents made nine narcotics seizures including some LSD, a case that was turned over to Maine State Police, he said.

Sapp said he did not know how many highway checkpoints Border Patrol has conducted in Maine in the last two years.

“The timing, locations and frequency of Houlton Border Patrol Sector’s tactical immigration checkpoints are law enforcement sensitive, and obviously due to operational security, checkpoint details are not something that we would publicly disclose,” he said in an email.

In an interview, Sapp said checkpoints are sometimes a tactical decision based on intelligence or a routine practice to check a route that may be used for smuggling. I-95 is a major artery on the East Coast, he said.

Border Patrol has the authority to conduct checkpoints within 100 miles of the nation’s land and coastal borders, which includes the entire state of Maine. Roughly two out of three Americans live within the 100-mile border zone, the ACLU said.

The checkpoint in Lincoln was at least the third on a New England highway in the last month, according to a review of Border Patrol statements.

Agents arrested 17 people on immigration charges and seized drugs and drug paraphernalia including marijuana products during a three-day operation on I-93 near Woodstock, New Hampshire, in late May.

Five more people were arrested for immigration violations and more marijuana products were seized during another three-day operation in the same part of New Hampshire last week.

Border Patrol planned to conduct five highway checkpoints in New Hampshire after Memorial Day, according to emails obtained by the New Hampshire ACLU.

In May, a New Hampshire court ruled that the arrests of 16 people on minor drug charges at a Border Patrol checkpoint in 2017 were unconstitutional.

Border Patrol also has conducted multiple immigration checks at a Concord Coach Lines bus stop in Bangor, including one in late May that was caught on camera. In an interview this week, Concord Coach Lines Vice President Ben Blunt said the frequency of Border Patrol checks has ramped up considerably in the last six months.

Checkpoints are designed to be “non-intrusive,” Sapp said. Border Patrol agents may look inside windows and use dogs to detect concealed humans or drugs. Agents need probable cause to conduct a legal search under the Fourth Amendment, Sapp said.

“Border Patrol checkpoints do not give Border Patrol agents carte blanche to automatically search persons and inside vehicles,” he said.

Travelers have the right to remain silent if agents ask them about their citizenship or immigration status, but travelers who cooperate “are passed through quickly” unless an agent suspects a violation of federal law, he said.

People who refuse to cooperate may be referred to a secondary examination area for more questioning and can be charged with impeding law enforcement if they refuse to submit to a secondary examination, Sapp said.

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IN BINGHAM, Wednesday at 12:58 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Main Street.

Thursday at 12:20 p.m., mischief was reported on Mayfield Road.

IN CANAAN, Thursday at 9:45 a.m., vandalism was reported on Mud Run.

IN CLINTON, Wednesday at 9:14 a.m., harassment was reported on Bush Road.

10:26 a.m., criminal mischief was reported on Mutton Lane.

10:45 a.m., a disturbance was reported on Park Avenue.

IN FAIRFIELD, Wednesday at 2:20 p.m., trespassing was reported on Ridge Road.

2:56 p.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on Elm Street.

5:40 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Elm Street.

IN FARMINGTON, Wednesday at 3:23 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Wilton Road.

IN JAY, Wednesday at 2:58 p.m., vandalism was reported on East Jay Road.

IN MADISON, Wednesday at 6:36 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Main Street.

Thursday at 12:13 p.m., a harassment complaint was taken on Naomi Avenue.

IN NEW SHARON, Thursday at 11:57 a.m., theft was reported on Swan Road.

IN OAKLAND, Wednesday at 9:59 a.m., criminal mischief was reported on South Gage Road.

10:21 a.m., criminal mischief was reported on Water Street.

3:21 p.m., a theft was reported on Pleasant Street.

6:06 p.m., criminal mischief was reported on Fairfield Street.

IN PALMYRA, Thursday at 9:48 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Main Street.

IN PHILLIPS, Wednesday at 6:22 p.m., a domestic disturbance was reported at River and Mile Square roads.

IN PITTSFIELD, Wednesday at 8:41 p.m., a harassment complaint was taken on Madawaska Avenue.

IN SKOWHEGAN, Wednesday at 12:08 p.m., threatening was reported on Fairview Avenue.

2:23 p.m., a harassment complaint was taken on Madison Avenue.

3:39 p.m., mischief was reported on North Avenue.

4:32 p.m., a past burglary was reported on Dr. Mann Road.

6:18 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Adams Street.

7:24 p.m., trespassing was reported on Mount Pleasant Avenue.

8:23 p.m., a harassment complaint was taken on Mount Pleasant Avenue.

9:30 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Water Street.

Thursday at 1:14 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Lawton Street.

IN ST. ALBANS, Thursday at 12:44 p.m., a past burglary was reported on Cotta Lane.

IN VASSALBORO, Wednesday at 6:46 p.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on Cross Hill Road.

IN WATERVILLE, Wednesday at 7:19 a.m., noise was reported on Water Street.

8:27 a.m., a person from Mount Saint Joseph Nursing Home on Highwood Street reported a case involving sex offenses.

9:17 a.m., an assault was reported on Pleasant Street.

11:14 a.m., a caller from Sherwin Street reported an unwanted person on the premises.

1:46 p.m., a person went to the police station to report harassment.

6:17 p.m., noise was reported on Summer Street.

7:09 p.m., harassment was reported at Payless Shoe Source on Waterville Commons Drive.

9:09 p.m., a domestic dispute was reported on Grove Street.

9:23 p.m., a domestic dispute was reported on Moor Street. A man was arrested and charged with domestic violence assault, according to the report.

9:25 p.m., threatening was reported on King Street.

9:27 p.m., fireworks were reported on Summer Street.

10:27 p.m., a fight was reported at Rummels Field on Louise Avenue.

11:45 p.m., an assault was reported at The Chez Paree on Water Street.

IN WILTON, Wednesday at 10:22 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Masterman Avenue.

11:42 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Route 133.

Thursday at 1:49 a.m., burglary was reported on Village View Street.

2:14 p.m., threatening was reported on Main Street.

IN WINSLOW, Wednesday at 11:31 a.m., a burglary was reported on Augusta Road.

11:33 a.m., a shoplifter was reported at Pleau’s Market on China Road.

12:16 p.m., harassment was reported on Taylor Road.

ARRESTS

IN FAIRFIELD, Wednesday at 4:45 p.m., Matthew Goldsmith, 35, of Fairfield, was arrested on charges of domestic violence assault and obstructing the report of a crime or injury.

IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, Wednesday at 2 p.m., Felicia R. Bell, 33, of Phillips, was arrested and charged with operating under the influence of alcohol.

IN OAKLAND, Wednesday at 8:20 p.m., a 12-year-old was arrested on Pine Acres Drive and charged with stealing drugs.

IN SOMERSET COUNTY, Wednesday at 6:53 a.m., Brian Morin, 23, of North Anson, was arrested on a charge of speeding 30 mph or more over the speed limit.

IN WATERVILLE, Wednesday at 5:50 p.m., Joey Philbrook, 31, of Unity, was arrested and charged with operating after revocation.

9:48 p.m., John E. Rink III, 35, of Waterville, was arrested and charged with domestic violence assault.

SUMMONSES

IN FAIRFIELD, Wednesday at 10:30 a.m., Mary Elizabeth Hitson, 30, of Fairfield, was summoned on a charge of operating with a suspended registration.

12:01 p.m., Shane Millard, 26, of Jackson, was summoned on charges of operating with a suspended registration and being a habitual motor vehicle offender.

IN WATERVILLE, Wednesday at 5:08 p.m., Melissa Hope Tron, 37, of Freedom, was summoned and charged with unlawful possession of scheduled drug.

5:28 p.m., Carl E. Locke, 30, of Thorndike, was summoned and charged with unlawful possession of scheduled drug.

AUGUSTA — A man is being evaluated at a hospital following an overnight standoff with police in Windsor.

Staff Sgt. Frank Hatch, of the Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office, said Thursday charges are pending against the man, whom he declined to identify because no charges have been yet been filed.

Deputies were sent to 122 Greeley Road in Windsor shortly before midnight Wednesday in response to a domestic violence complaint that mentioned a firearm. When they arrived, a person had left the house and a man remained inside.

The four deputies on duty and three more officers, including a lieutenant, were at the scene from the sheriff’s office for more than seven hours, and they were joined by several Maine State Police troopers overnight, Hatch said.

As the Maine State Police Tactical Team, which had been called in, was setting up at the scene, the man came out of the house and was taken into custody, Hatch said, and was taken to a hospital.

Hatch said the man was not injured.

AUGUSTA — Sally Ann Earl-Costello, 62, admits she shot her husband in the back with a 12-gauge pump shotgun at their Readfield home and that it was “horrible, unthinkable, terrible, criminal.”

She apologized Thursday during her sentencing hearing at the Capital Judicial Center, saying she still loves her husband of 38 years.

“With these hands that I devoted to a life of healing, I caused unspeakable harm,” said Earl-Costello, a former veterinarian. “And to say that I’m deeply remorseful doesn’t even begin to scratch the pain within me,” she said.

Hugh Costello, 82, who walked with a cane even before the shooting, spoke at his wife’s hearing as well, saying he has forgiven her, still loves her and wants contact with her.

However, she is going to prison. Justice Michaela Murphy sentenced Earl-Costello on Thursday at the Capital Judicial Center to five years behind bars. The remainder of the 15-year sentence will be suspended while she spends four years on probation.

Her husband said his wife was suffering from alcoholism and depression and was very drunk last May when she pulled the trigger. He does not recall getting shot.

After the court hearing, he lamented the length of Earl-Costello’s sentence partly because of his own age. “If we wait five years, I will be 87 years old when she gets out, and I’m not sure I’m going to be able to live that long.” He had asked that his wife serve her sentence in a mental hospital, something the judge told him was not possible in this case.

“I miss having my wife being nearby and able to talk with me,” he said.

The couple’s daughter attended the hearing but submitted a written statement and did not address the judge during the hearing.

Earl-Costello turned to her husband in court and said, “By the grace of God my husband is alive to hear these words, and I am so thankful for that.” She said she still doesn’t fully recall what happened. “I was in a state of desolation, despair I can’t even begin to describe,” she said. “I was hopeless, helpless.”

She said she would do everything possible to get better.

She too asked Murphy to lift the ban on contact between her and her husband. “I beg you, please, to give me a chance, to give Hugh and I a chance,” she said.

Murphy agreed to allow written contact between the couple but warned them that the prison administration could decide against it.

Costello called 911 on May 17, 2017, to report the shooting and said she thought her husband might be dead.

She later told police the couple had argued, and he was sitting on the front porch steps of their Sturtevant Hill Road home when she fired the shotgun — loaded with bird shot — at his back after she opened the door.

Costello recovered from the shooting and has been in the courtroom during almost all of the hearings involving his wife.

She pleaded guilty April 3 to a charge of elevated aggravated assault, which carries a penalty of up to 30 years in prison. The judge explained on Thursday that because a firearm was used in the offense, state law requires a mandatory four-year minimum imprisonment.

The prosecutor, Assistant District Attorney Frayla Tarpinian, recommended a sentence of 18 years, with an initial 10 years to be served immediately, followed by six years’ probation.

“The conduct itself is just very heinous,” she said. “She stepped out on that porch and shot him.”

Tarpinian said Costello still has birdshot inside him from being hit at point-blank range.

Tarpinian said there was still a question about why Earl-Costello committed the offense. “She does not have a major mental illness,” Tarpinian said, adding that Earl-Costello had been drinking heavily that day and was suffering from insomnia. Earl-Costello underwent psychological evaluations.

At the time of the shooting, Earl-Costello had been under a deferred disposition after she pleaded guilty to domestic violence assault that occurred Jan. 11, 2017, in Readfield. The victim in that assault was her husband as well.

She was placed on deferred disposition Feb. 2, 2017, prohibited from using alcohol and illegal drugs and ordered to undergo substance abuse and psychological evaluation and treatment if needed. A successful completion would have meant she could withdraw the guilty plea and the charge would be dismissed.

However, the state moved to terminate that agreement 11 days later, saying there were indications she had violated it by drinking alcohol on Feb. 7, 2017. She told troopers at the time she had been drinking vodka.

Earl-Costello’s defense attorney, J. Mitchell Flick, asked the judge to impose the minimum mandatory sentence, saying this was a tragic event. “It’s clearly a combination of factors which just kind of reached a critical mass and she just lost it,” he said. “She wasn’t able to control her impulses, and she pulled the trigger with the gun pointed at her husband.”

After the hearing, he said he understood why Murphy imposed more than the minimum.

“The prior deferred disposition caused her to click it up a notch,” he said. “I am thankful; the judge could have imposed more.”

Records at the Capital Judicial Center describe Earl-Costello’s arrest on the elevated aggravated assault charge and include references to mental health problems involving Earl-Costello.

For a while that winter, Earl-Costello lived in an unheated camper-trailer on Walker Road in Readfield, according to troopers who interviewed her there Feb. 7, 2017, after her husband reported that she was suicidal.

An affidavit by Cpl. Diane Vance, of the state police, says Earl-Costello called her husband and “told him that she wanted him to come and get the dogs and that she didn’t want to go on.” Earl-Costello told police that she was an insomniac and depressed, and on medication but not for depression. She also told the troopers she “feared she had some cognitive impairment.”

Hugh Costello on Thursday told the judge that both he and his wife had doctors’ appointments set on the day of the shooting to undergo mental evaluations. He said he returned from his appointment, and Earl-Costello had been drinking and said she was not going to keep her appointment. Costello said he called the nurse at the office and asked the nurse to arrange for a police escort to the doctor’s office, and was sitting on the front steps to wait when he was shot.

“I had previously promised my wife I wouldn’t call the police to interfere with our domestic affairs,” he told the judge.

Earl-Costello’s license to practice veterinary medicine in the state expired Sept. 30, 2017, because of a failure to renew, according to the website of the Maine Department of Professional and Financial Regulation. She was first licensed to practice in Maine in 1999, according to the same site.

Several of Earl-Costello’s longtime friends, including one from the Canadian province of Ontario, came to speak to the judge on her behalf, as did a former colleague from when she worked at Annabessacook Veterinary Clinic in Monmouth and a pastor who has worked with her while she’s been in the Kennebec County jail.

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Twitter: @betadams

AUGUSTA — A 41-year-old former Augusta man was ordered Thursday to serve seven years behind bars for burglarizing more than a dozen small businesses in early spring 2015 in the Augusta area, some of them twice.

Michael J. Gagne, 41, more recently of Lyman, was sentenced Thursday at the Capital Judicial Center. He had pleaded guilty to the offenses in November 2017 and the sentencing hearing was continued because of a pending robbery charge in York County.

However, Gagne’s attorney, Lisa Whittier, told Justice Michaela Murphy that she learned from Gagne’s lawyer there that “new evidence has come in that it was not Mr. Gagne.”

Ronda Snyder, owner of Twins Country Store in Augusta, addressed the judge Thursday, asking her to impose more than the seven years recommended by the prosecutor.

“We’re a small family-run business who isn’t like a big Irving that can take a big hit like this,” Snyder said. She said the impact extended beyond the cash taken and included the damage to the property, the loss of about $1,000 worth of food, the ensuing fear among employees, and insurance ramifications. In her written statement, Snyder said that Gagne “has no respect for the law, for other people’s property, or for the small business owners’ hard work to make a business successful.”

Laura Benedict, owner of the Red Barn in Augusta, which also was burglarized, submitted a victim impact statement to the judge but did not attend the sentencing hearing.

Gagne broke into Christy’s Country Store in Belgrade twice during that spree, once in March and once in April.

Gagne, who was wearing a white T-shirt and blue jeans, told the judge that his mental health improved after he was committed to state custody and treated at the Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center in Bangor.

“It was the first time I had any treatment for my schizophrenia and PTSD, he said. “Since then I’ve become more stable than I ever have.”

He also said he had had no opiates since April 28, 2015, when he was arrested on central Maine burglary charges.

After apologizing for his actions, he said, “It’s been a tough battle for me with addiction and mental health for a good portion of my life,” he said. “I’m going to do everything I can during this time to make sure things like this never happen again. It’s never my intention to harm people.”

Gagne recently served a two-year probation revocation because of his arrest on the central Maine burglaries and is serving a three-year probation revocation on York County convictions.

Those sentences as well as the pending robbery charge made for some complicated negotiations and sentence calculations, delaying the hearing for several hours.

Murphy said she was trying to craft a sentence that would keep Gagne at the Maine Correctional Center in Windham, where he is involved in a number of programs and receiving medication for his mental illness.

Deputy District Attorney Paul Cavanaugh had recommended the seven-year term, saying it was essentially six months for each burglary. He also listed a criminal history for Gagne that started in the 1990s.

Whittier suggested a four-year sentence to be concurrent to York County cases.

In a sentencing memorandum submitted prior to the hearing, Whittier wrote, “Mr. Gagne is very sorry for breaking in to Twins Store, but he does not take responsibility for the damage that is claimed, nor does the evidence that was provided to counsel support a claim that he caused the damage. Mr. Gagne’s modus operandi for the burglaries that he committed is to get in and out as quickly as possible. He did not ‘trash’ any of the businesses that he took responsibility for breaking into.”

Betty Adams — 621-5631

badams@centralmaine.com

Twitter: @betadams

A Massachusetts man pleaded guilty Thursday to credit card fraud charges.

Sean Trim, 33, of Stoughton, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Portland to conspiracy to commit credit card fraud, use of a counterfeit credit card, and possession of 15 or more counterfeit credit cards.

According to court records, on Jan. 6, 2017, Windham police conducted a traffic stop of a car occupied by Trim and Tishon Singh. Inside the car, police found a black toiletry bag containing more than 160 credit cards, many of which were counterfeit. Police then learned that the two had used counterfeit credit cards at a Hannaford store in North Windham and law enforcement officers in Massachusetts executed a search warrant in February 2017 at a house in Stoughton, Massachusetts, that was occupied Trim and Singh. They seized more than 500 counterfeit credit cards, materials used to make counterfeit credit cards, nearly $7,000 in cash, and laptop computers and a thumb drive that contained credit card data.

Trim faces up to 10 years in prison on each of the counts of using a counterfeit credit card and possession of 15 or more counterfeit credit cars, and five years in prison on the conspiracy count. He could also be fined up to $250,000 on each of the counts.

He will be sentenced at a later date.

Singh pleaded guilty on May 11 to using a counterfeit credit card and possession of 15 or more counterfeit credit cards. He will also be sentenced at a later date.

A 24-year-old woman suffered a gunshot wound to an arm on Church Street on Southport Island on Thursday night. Police made one arrest.

Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a report of a shooting at 3 Church St. at 10:48 p.m.

The woman was taken by LifeFlight helicopter to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. The wound to her right arm was not considered life threatening.

A 38-year-old man was taken to LincolnHealth – Miles campus in Damariscotta and treated for injuries he suffered in the fight. Those injuries also were not considered life threatening.

Allan F. Wigglesworth, 34, of Thomaston, was taken into custody and charged with felony elevated aggravated assault, aggravated assault and aggravated criminal trespass. Wigglesworth and two other adults were at the home at the time of the incident. The firearm, a .22-caliber rifle, was recovered at the scene.

Wigglesworth and the two victims knew each other, police said. The incident is believed to be related to domestic violence, based upon the relationship between the suspect and the female victim. The investigation is ongoing and additional charges are possible.