Troop B Weekly Report 03/01/21-03/07/21

Incident Type:   Pi-Crash, Oui

Date:                                     3/05/2021

Town:                                   I-295 South Portland

Trooper:                               Tr. Doughty, tr. lemieux

Brief Synopsis: At approximately 2038 hours, Tr. Doughty was dispatched to the area of mile marker South for a motor vehicle crash. On scene, it was determined that one of the vehicles was traveling South on I-295 when the driver crossed over the median, drove through a guard rail and struck another driver traveling North on I-295. Both drivers were transported to Maine Medical Center. Tr. Lemieux submitted a preservation order and will be drafting a search warrant for medical records for the driver who was traveling South on I-295.

Incident Type:   OUI

Date:                                   3/07/2021

Town:                                 Canton

Trooper:                             Tr. WATSON

Brief Synopsis:  Tr. Watson stopped a Toyota Tacoma towing a snowmobile trailer after making a bad pass on Rt 108 in Canton. The operator, Jeffrey Blanchard (37) showed multiple signs of impairment. Field Sobriety was completed, and Blanchard was subsequently arrested. Dep. Carrier assisted with the stop and remained with the vehicle until a wrecker arrived. Blanchard was transported to the Rumford Police Department for a breath test and charged for Operating Under the Influence of Alcohol.