Shortly before midnight on June 8, 2011, Benjamin Thompson, 26, of Swanville, was shot and seriously wounded in Belfast by Belfast police officer Daniel Fitzpatrick during an armed confrontation following a vehicle chase that started in Searsport.
In the early morning hours of April 10, 2011, Jonathan Mitchell, 29, of Veazie, was shot and seriously wounded by Portland police officer Robert Miller during a confrontation following a vehicle chase in Portland.
AUGUSTA -- Attorney General William J. Schneider issued the following statement today:
?The Maine Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has determined that Eric Richard, 46, of Rumford, died yesterday morning as a result of three gunshot wounds. The three shots were fired by Warden Jeremy Judd during an encounter in a wooded area of Rumford with Mr. Richard, who was armed. The Maine Warden Service and State Police troopers with a tracking dog were assisting the Rumford Police Department in searching for Mr. Richard, who was reported as despondent.?
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On the night of March 27, 2011, Katherine Paulson, 39, was shot and killed by Kennebunk police officer Joshua Morneau during an armed confrontation at the Paulson home in Kennebunk where Ms. Paulson lived with her elderly mother.
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On the night of January 15, 2011, Andrew Landry, 22, was shot and killed by York County deputy sheriff Kyle Kassa during an armed confrontation in a home on Faucher's Lane in Lyman.
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In the early morning of June 15, 2010, Thomas P. Mayne, 58, a prominent member of the Outlaws Motorcycle Gang, was shot and killed by federal law enforcement agents during a shootout at Mr. Mayne's home in Old Orchard Beach.
Findings of the Attorney General in the Matter of the Shooting Death of James F. Popkowski on July 8, 2010, at the Togus VA Hospital
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On the morning of July 8, 2010, James F. Popkowski, 37, of Medway, was shot and killed by law enforcement officers during an armed confrontation on the grounds of the Togus hospital facility of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs off Route 17 in Augusta.
The Attorney General's Office is investigating a police-involved shooting that occurred Monday night, October 4, 2010, on the Middle Road in Skowhegan. According to Nicole Sacre, spokesperson for the Attorney General, Kemp Lybrook, 28, of Skowhegan was shot and wounded near his home on the Middle Road in a confrontation with a member of the State Police Tactical Team, Trooper Mark Sperrey.
On the morning of April 23, 2010, Maine State Police Trooper Robert Flynn was dispatched to Van Buren to investigate a report that Neil Begin had threatened his wife, his adult son, and his son's girlfriend with a high-powered hunting rifle the previous night at the family's residence in Cyr Plantation. Begin was described by family members as highly intoxicated at the time of the threats.
Contact: Kate Simmons (207) 626-8577