11-13 DEC Alternate Breaking News Iss #5 – Many Explosions | Maine Quakes | Sandstorm | Waterspout

VOLUME #4 | ISSUE #5 “get In It for truth” Breaking News Blog: getinitfortruth.wordpress.com Up-to-the-minute’ Twitter news feed twitter.com LINKS: Natural gas leak in Southwest Portland sealed, officials say bit.ly Power outages across North Island of NZ bit.ly Unexplained explosion erupts in Canby neighborhood, kills man, keeps neighbors isolated indoors…

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Maine police officers to receive warrants by email

By Judy Harrison Bangor Daily News PORTLAND, Maine — The state court system took a step into the digital world this week when it electronically transmitted 41,000 existing arrest warrants into the system used by public safety officials around the state. This will allow police officers to receive warrants more…

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Maine cops seize 1,000 pot plants

The Lowell Sun WATERBORO, Maine — Authorities have arrested a Lyman man they say was operating a sophisticated marijuana growing operation that had almost 1,000 plants in two locations. Police say 51-year-old Robert Ryder was arrested Wednesday after deputies and federal Drug Enforcement Administration agents raided his home found 184…

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Maine cops Maine seize 1,000 pot plants

The Lowell Sun WATERBORO, Maine — Authorities have arrested a Lyman man they say was operating a sophisticated marijuana growing operation that had almost 1,000 plants in two locations. Police say 51-year-old Robert Ryder was arrested Wednesday after deputies and federal Drug Enforcement Administration agents raided his home found 184…

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Maine jail inmate breaches max security for sex

Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine — A male inmate in the maximum-security section of a Maine jail has breached security by sneaking into another wing for sex with a female inmate. The sheriff's office says the 23-year-old man from Biddeford was caught crawling between cell blocks on Friday night as he…

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Maine state trooper fatally shoots dispatcher

By Alex Barber Bangor Daily News DOVER-FOXCROFT, Maine — Piscataquis County Sheriff John Goggin said he confronted Maine State Trooper Jon Brown after Brown shot and killed county dispatcher Michael Curtis on Tuesday morning. "There were some words exchanged, mostly from me towards him," Goggin said Friday. "I never laid…

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NY man arrested at Occupy Maine encampment

Ryan McLaughlin Bangor Daily News PORTLAND, Maine — A New York man who had outstanding warrants out of that state was arrested over the weekend at the OccupyMaine encampment at Lincoln Park, police said Tuesday. Robert Fecu, 26, of Brooklyn is currently being held at the Cumberland County Jail on…

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