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Bail, release conditions set for alleged bus shooter
BANGOR, Maine — The man accused of shooting a hole through a BAT Community Connector bus Wednesday was in court Friday to face a felony charge of reckless conduct with a firearm.

Police have suspect in Dover-Foxcroft break-in
DOVER-FOXCROFT, Maine — A break-in Thursday morning at a Bear Hill home that was witnessed by a local resident is under investigation by Dover-Foxcroft police.

Bangor man arrested on felony charge
A Bangor man wanted on a charge of felony domestic assault was arrested Wednesday shortly after Bangor police issued a news release asking the public to help find him.
 
BANGOR, Maine — A Milford man was arrested late Wednesday afternoon after he fired a revolver on a BAT Community Connector bus bound for the Old Town-Orono area, according to Bangor police.
 
AUGUSTA, Maine — Members of the Legislature’s Criminal Justice Committee have voted to allow a bill to be considered this session that would require police to seize all guns in the possession of a person charged with a domestic violence offense.

Missing Jonesboro man dead near home
JONESBORO, Maine — The body of Charles “Leckie” Fagonde, 74, who had not been seen since last Friday, was found outside his disabled vehicle Wednesday afternoon. The car was mired on a muddy woods road just one mile from Fagonde’s Jonesboro home.
 
BREWER, Maine — There is a new corporal in town, but he’s a veteran officer with the Brewer Police Department after working for the agency for seven years, most recently as an investigator.
 
BELFAST, Maine — Although Waldo County officials have withdrawn their application to have the Belfast Planning Board review the sketch plan for a new 10,000-square-foot sheriff’s office and emergency management center on Congress Street, the controversial project is still in the works.
 
SWANVILLE, Maine — Two men were arrested early Monday morning after a break-in at the apartment of an ex-girlfriend of one of the men.
 
BANGOR, Maine — The Massachusetts man caught by the FBI on Monday for his alleged involvement in the death of a 15-month-old Bangor boy last week will soon return to Maine, according to officials from the Maine Attorney General’s Office and the Bangor Police Department.

100 mph chase leads to Beals Island man’s arrest
HARRINGTON, MAine — A Beals Island man was arrested early Saturday morning after a 10-mile police chase that reached more than 100 mph.
 
BREWER, Maine — Three local people were arrested Saturday by state drug agents and Brewer police after allegedly holding an unidentified man against his will at a Brewer motel in what authorities say was part of a drug deal gone sour.
 
Police yet to solve UM student’s death
Probe still active one month after body was found
ORONO, Maine — Jordyn Elizabeth Bakley was a cat person.
The 20-year-old also was a photographer, a humanitarian, a lover of the environment, a University of Maine student, and she recently had taken up rock climbing.
 
Bangor mother says capture is justice for her son Damien
BANGOR, Maine — The Massachusetts man wanted in the death of a 15-month-old Bangor boy last week was arrested Monday in Maryland, according to officials from the FBI and the Bangor Police Department.
 
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Officials say four teenage snowboarders have been found alive and well after spending the night in the woods at the Sugarloaf ski area in Maine.
 
CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Maine — Officials say one of four people who went missing at the Sugarloaf ski area in Maine has been rescued.
In the line of duty deaths
Corporal J. R. Searcy
Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Office
Louisiana

End of Watch: Saturday, March 6, 2010
 
Police Officer Javier Bejar
Reedley Police Department
California

End of Watch: Monday, March 1, 2010
 
Inspector Brian C. Waynant Sr.
Wilmington Fire Marshal's Office
Delaware

End of Watch: Monday, March 1, 2010
 
Deputy Sheriff Ken Collier
San Diego County Sheriff's Department
California

End of Watch: Sunday, February 28, 2010