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Contact: Deborah Turcotte, Spokesperson
Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
284 State Street
41 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333

Telephone: work (207) 287-6008 cell (207) 592-1164

Fax: (207) 287-6395

May 10, 2008

Maine Warden Service Searches for 6-year-old Lincoln Girl

Lincoln – The Maine Warden Service assisted local and state authorities in a Friday night search for a 6-year-old Lincoln girl who was lost for more than three hours allegedly with a 52-year-old man who was not a relative.

After three hours, the girl was located on a nearby road and a couple of hours later the man was found by a Maine Warden Service K-9 named Koda.

The 6-year-old, who is not being identified because she is a juvenile, was last seen at approximately 6:30 p.m. on Folsom Pond Road in Lincoln. According to Warden Paul H. Farrington, the man allegedly was intoxicated.

A multi-agency search was undertaken that included the Maine Warden Service and its K-9 unit, Lincoln Police Department, the Lincoln Fire Department, the Maine State Police and the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office. Warden Sgt. Brian Gray and Warden Bruce Loring also took part in the search.

The Lincoln Police Department was the lead law enforcement agency on this search.

The 6-year-old was located alone on an adjacent road at approximately 9:30 p.m. and was picked up by a sheriff deputy who was patrolling the road, according to Farrington.

“She was unharmed,” Farrington said.

The search continued for the man, and Koda located him at 11:40 p.m.

“Koda did a great job in finding the man,” said Farrington, Koda’s handler. “If she wasn’t involved in the search, we may have needed additional personnel and additional time to look for the man. I was happy that Koda found the man.”

Friday night’s search is the fifth missing child call the Maine Warden Service has received in recent weeks. All of the children have been unharmed, and most came out of the woods on their own after an hour or so.

Friday night’s search, however, was the first missing child search this spring for the Maine Warden Service where allegedly another individual – an adult – was involved.