On Jan. 1, 2020, State Police charged a Harmony man in connection with a shootout with police two Sunday's ago that started in Waterville and ended in Canaan after a police chase.  Richard Murray-Burns was arrested as he was being released from Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor Sunday afternoon, where he had been treated for gunshot wounds since the shooting on December 22.  Murray-Burns was charged with aggravated attempted murder and was taken to the Somerset County Jail.

Troop D weekly activities for time December 23rd to December 29th, 2019

On 12/22/19 Tr. Martin stopped a vehicle for speeding on Route 3 in Palermo. The operator, Charles Janosky III (35), was found to be in violation of his bail conditions. Janosky was charged with the following: 1. Operating a vehicle with suspended registration, 2. Attaching false plates, 3. Violation conditions of release.

On 12/26/19 at 22:25 hrs. Tr. Harakles responded to a report of a vehicle pulled over in a dangerous spot. Tr. Harakles located the vehicle in the construction zone mile 9 South. Tr. Harakles spoke with the driver and immediately suspected impairment. At the conclusion of SFT’s 31-year-old Yusef Nouri of Beverly Mass was arrested for OUI. A subsequent breath test showed Nouri was over twice the legal limit.

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# of School Visits conducted – 0

# of OUI Alcohol Arrests – 2

# of OUI Drug Arrests – 0

Incident Type:   ASSIST SO / ASSAULT ON L.E.

Date:                                     12/05/2019

Incident Type:   DRUGS/OAS

Sgt. Farley, Sgt. Hanson, Troopers Fillebrown, Pyburn, Flanagan, James and Trooper Recruit Knight along with Troopers from Troop A, D, G,MCU and the Command staff attended the annual event at the Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital in Portland. Troopers provided food to patients and staff at the hospital.

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# of School Visits conducted – 5

# of OUI Alcohol Arrests – 2

# of OUI Drug Arrests – 0