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Published
July 15, 2016

Lawmaker asks U.S. Justice Department to investigate Warden Service

Independent Rep. Jeffrey Evangelos of Friendship says that residents urged him to act after allegations of misconduct, and that there's been no accountability at the state level.
Published
July 13, 2016

Agent in sting seeks probe, says legislator plotted to ‘go after’ Maine Warden Service

Rep. John Martin helped fabricate a news story on the Allagash operation and abused his power, Bill Livezey says in a complaint to the ethics panel.
Published
June 24, 2016

Our View: Panel’s agenda keeps warden service’s evasion in the spotlight

Resistance to legitimate public records requests deserves continued scrutiny.
Published
June 22, 2016

Public-records panel will take up Maine Warden Service’s handling of requests

The Press Herald has not received public documents requested months ago related to an agency undercover operation in Allagash.
Published
June 14, 2016

Commentary: Stings indicate thin line between entrapment and just prosecutions, Yarmouth legislator says

The question arises: Are the Maine Warden Service's practices a fair way to conduct criminal investigations?

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Published
June 9, 2016

Eves asks panel to examine warden service response to public records requests

House Speaker Mark Eves wants the Right to Know Advisory Committee to consider allegations that the Maine Warden Service failed to comply with the Freedom of Access Act.
Published
June 8, 2016

Commentary: ‘Hearing’ on Maine Warden Service conduct a one-sided sham, legislator says

Only two people were allowed to testify, and the oversight committee lobbed them only soft questions.
Published
June 5, 2016

Our View: Pair of sham hearings left no room for listening

Politically managed fact-finding does nothing to foster dynamic discussion on a national monument and undercover warden operations.
Published
May 31, 2016

State lawmakers to question Maine Warden Service officials

Commander Joel Wilkinson is among those set to be interviewed Wednesday.
Published
May 13, 2016

Maine Warden Service disputes latest story on sting operations

The agency also serves a 'cease of harassment order' on one of the hunters featured in the article, accusing him of making 'repeated harassing phone calls' to a game warden.