Katharine England
Recently, the State Police Merit and Citation Board has selected Detective Abbe Chabot of Major Crimes Unit South as the 2020 Maine State Police Trooper of the Year.
Detective Abbe Chabot of Major Crimes Unit-South joined the State Police on July 13, 1997 as a member of the 45th Recruit Training Troop. Detective Chabot is a graduate of Grafton High School in Grafton, Massachusetts and Norwich University in Vermont where she majored in both Criminal Justice and English. She graduated as a Lieutenant in the Corps of Cadets in 1996.
Detective Chabot lives in the Town of Greene with her husband David and 15-year-old daughter Lily.
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EverettDonald I. Cornell, 80, of Everett, died peacefully on April 16, 2021, at UPMC Altoona Hospital.
Born on Oct. 10, 1940, in Clearville, Pa., he was the son of the late Blair and Cleva (Ressler) Cornell.
On June 11, 1961, in Everett, Pa., he married Gloria (Hite) Cornell. They enjoyed a happy marriage of nearly 60 years.
Along with his wife, he is survived by his daughter, Karen (Cornell) Mitch and husband, Michael, of Gaithersburg, Md.; two grandsons, Ryan and Justin Mitch; and three siblings, Roger Cornell and wife, Yvonne, of Chesapeake, Va., Ronald Cornell and wife, Kathy, of Schellsburg, and Carol Croyle, widow of Tom, of Schellsburg.
Homicides in Maine decreased slightly in 2020
Maine State Police reported 20 cases of murder or manslaughter last year, slightly lower than in recent years, except 2018.
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The statewide number of homicides in Maine decreased slightly in 2020 compared to recent years, with 20 reported cases of murder or manslaughter by year’s end, the Maine State Police said.
Six of those deaths involved domestic violence, including an alleged double murder in Waldo in October, according to an annual report released Friday.
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Overall, crime has steadily been falling across Maine for eight years, though some kinds of violent crime – such as rape – have increased. Reported rapes rose by 15 percent in 2019, the last year for which complete crime statistics are available. Some of that increase may be attributable to victims reporting crimes at a higher rate, law enforcement officials say.