Maine Attorney General’s Office has determined Lincoln County Sheriff’s Deputy David Bellows was acting in self-defense and in defense of other deputies and a woman on scene Dec. 18, 2020 when, according to the report released Friday, he fatally.
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A Lincoln County sheriff's deputy was justified in shooting and killing a man in Jefferson on Dec. 18, 2020, the Office of the Maine Attorney General has determined.
Maine Attorney General’s Office has determined Lincoln County Sheriff’s Deputy David Bellows was acting in self-defense and in defense of other deputies and a woman on scene Dec. 18, 2020 when, according to the report released Friday, he fatally.
AGâs Office to Triage Police Shooting Investigations
New three-track system aims to reel in a three-year backlog
by Ethan Andrews Tuesday, March 9, 2021 2:23 PM Details of the fatal shooting of Jacob McClure of Jefferson by a Lincoln County Sheriff’s deputy in December might be made public sooner than normal under a new system the Maine Attorney General’s Office has put in place to manage a backlog of investigations.
In a statement provided to The Free Press, Attorney General Aaron Frey said he inherited the problem, which he blamed on a system of reviewing investigations in chronological order:
“Under this practice, when I took office in January 2019, the first case presented for my consideration involved an incident that occurred on June 7, 2017.”