https://preprod.pressherald.com/tag/cumberland-county-sheriffs-office

Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office

Published
July 27, 2023

Man convicted of 1994 murder argues DNA analysis casts doubt on guilt

Foster Bates, 55, has denied killing Tammy Dickson for nearly 30 years. Now a judge will decide whether evidence his attorney presented during a post-conviction review warrants a new trial.
Published
June 24, 2023

Casco man arrested after allegedly assaulting, threatening 3 people

Cumberland County Sheriff's deputies say the man tried to flee and was subdued with a Taser.
Published
June 12, 2023

Second man dies of injuries suffered in Casco crash

The Cumberland County Sheriff's Office says excessive speed appears to be a factor in the crash that killed Dylan Chretien and Nicholas Centofanti.
Published
May 31, 2023

Gray teen hit by tractor-trailer faces ‘long road to recovery’

The 13-year-old Gray-New Gloucester Middle School student has severe injuries and had surgery on his left foot Wednesday. His mother says he is expected to be in the hospital for at least 2 more days.
Published
May 23, 2023

Proposal would leave 48 staff vacancies unfilled at Cumberland County jail

The jail workers' union calls the budget plan to leave out funding for the positions 'obtuse and counterintuitive.'

advertisement

Published
May 18, 2023

Cumberland County jail lifts intake restrictions

Nearly 8 months after the Cumberland County jail closed its doors to most arrests, Sheriff Kevin Joyce announced Thursday that he had lifted intake restrictions.
Published
May 10, 2023

Sheriff, author on trail of 215-year-old Maine murder mystery

The two have paired up to find and honor the grave of a Cumberland County deputy who was murdered in Westbrook in 1808.
Published
May 1, 2023

Officer tried to de-escalate pursuit before fatal high speed crash, chief says

Nicholas Leibowitz, 30, died Friday night after crashing into a telephone pole in Gray. Police had been following him from Oxford after multiple reports of erratic driving.
Published
March 28, 2023

Lake Region High School goes on ‘soft lockdown’ after unknown juvenile seen on campus

The Cumberland County Sheriff's Office said there was no threat and issued a trespass order to a juvenile who was seen walking through the school Tuesday morning.
Published
January 29, 2023

Retired Cumberland County Sheriff ‘Wes’ Ridlon dies

Wesley Wallace Ridlon was named Parade Magazine's Policeman of the Year in 1972 and became Cumberland County's 48th sheriff in 1990.