A Hancock County grand jury Feb. 9 and 10 indicted three men accused by the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency’s Downeast Division of fentanyl trafficking last November.
Ellsworth Police Log Week of Feb. 25
ELLSWORTH Police officers honored requests from several outside agencies last week, ranging from locating a person another police department wanted to speak with to sharing information on a sexual assault investigation. This is not unusual neighboring police departments and other agencies regularly request assistance from the Ellsworth Police Department when needed.
This past week, Officer John Stanley served a summons to a local resident at the request of the Holden Police Department on Feb. 17.
Officer Robert Angelo passed information to the Bangor Police Department after locating a man the BPD wanted to speak with on Feb. 17.
Island Police: Despite warning, resident skates on thin ice
Bar Harbor
On Jan. 5 at 7:20 p.m., a Hull’s Cove resident called the police department requesting the police check on a male who was ice skating on Hamilton’s Pond as she was concerned the ice was not thick enough yet. An officer made contact with the skater who, despite the warning that it may not be safe to skate, said he was going to stay and keep skating because he felt differently. No further police action was taken.
An officer checked on the welfare at someone at the town pier at 8:59 a.m. on Jan. 6.