2025

On Thursday, October 16, 2025, at approximately 12:40 PM, Detectives with Major Crimes Unit South arrested 37-year-old Lynn Perkins of Standish at 715 River Road in Standish.

Perkins was charged with Murder in connection to the death of 49-year-old Matthew Hamilton. Hamilton was located deceased inside the River Road residence on Friday, October 3, 2025. The Office of Chief Medical Examiner in Augusta determined the cause of death to be a gunshot wound and manner of death was ruled a homicide. Perkins and Hamilton had been in a relationship together.

Perkins was transported to the Cumberland County Jail where she will be held without bail. The investigation is ongoing. No other information is available at this time.

On Wednesday, October 15, 2025, at approximately 1:00 PM, 38-year-old Kareem Quattlebaum of New York was arrested in the Bronx, New York, by the FBI New York Office for the murder of 28-year-old Jaquan Humphries of Mattapan, Massachusetts. Humphries was shot and killed on Wednesday, March 12, 2025, at a residence located at 531 Madawaska Road in Palmyra.

Quattlebaum was taken to NYPD Central Booking and will be held at Rikers Island pending an extradition hearing. The Maine State Police Major Crimes Unit Central was assisted in this investigation by the FBI Safe Streets Task Force in Maine and the FBI New York Office.

The investigation is ongoing. No other information is available at this time.

On Monday, October 13, 2025, at approximately 6:12 AM, Troopers responded to the area of 389 Kelly Road in Stacyville for an ATV crash on a public way. The sole occupant of the ATV was 70-year-old Joyce Cummings of Stacyville. 

The preliminary investigation shows the ATV was traveling on the road when items began to fall off the back of the ATV. The ATV appeared to turn and crash. Cummings was thrown from the ATV. She was not wearing a helmet. She sustained severe injuries and was transported by LifeFlight to Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor in critical condition.

The crash remains under investigation.

On Sunday, October 12, 2025, at approximately 9:20 AM, a Maine Game Warden came across a three-vehicle collision on Northfield Road (Route 192) in Northfield. The Warden reported the incident to the Bangor Regional Communications Center to coordinate medical aid and emergency response.  

The preliminary investigation indicates a 16-year-old female from Northfield was operating a Honda Accord traveling northbound on Route 192 and was in the process of making a left turn into her driveway. At the same time, 50-year-old Perin Yates of East Machias was driving a black GMC pickup truck traveling southbound on Route 192. The two vehicles subsequently collided while the Honda was positioned in the southbound lane.

Following the initial collision, the Honda spun out and struck a GMC pickup truck operated by 43-year-old Aaron Getchell of Whitneyville who was following behind. Getchell was not injured. Both Yates and the 16-year-old driver sustained injuries and were transported to a local hospital. The 16-year-old driver is in critical condition but is expected to survive.

The Maine Warden Service, Maine Marine Patrol and Washington County Sheriff’s Office and other emergency agencies assisted at the scene.  The crash was reconstructed by Maine State Police. The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

On Sunday, October 12, 2025, at approximately 8:49 AM, the Washington Junction Road was temporarily shut down due to a personal injury crash involving two vehicles at the intersection of Poplar Lane and Washington Junction Road in Hancock.

The preliminary investigation indicates that a Kia, operated by 35-year-old Katrina Springer of Ellsworth took a left hand turn from Poplar Lane onto the Washington Junction Road and crashed into a Jeep, operated by 43-year-old Amy Richards of Ellsworth, traveling on the Washington Junction Road towards Ellsworth. Springer was transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

The 4 passengers in the Kia were transported to a local hospital with minor injuries. Richards was charged with Operating under the Influence and Operating after Revocation. The Hancock County Sheriff’s Office, Hancock Fire Department, Sullivan Fire Department and DC Towing assisted on scene. The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

On Tuesday, October 7, 2025, at approximately 7:00 PM, Maine State Police Major Crimes South Detectives arrested 36-year-old Christopher Knapp of Biddeford on an arrest warrant for the charge of Manslaughter.

The arrest stems from over a yearlong investigation into the death of a 5-week-old boy on June 20, 2024. On June 21, 2024, an autopsy was conducted at the Chief Medical Examiner’s Office in Augusta and the manner of death was ruled homicide. The cause of death is not being released at this time.

On October 7, 2025, the York County Grand Jury indicted Christopher Knapp charging him with Manslaughter. Knapp was transported to the York County Jail, was arraigned on October 9, 2025, and entered a “not guilty” plea. The Defendant is he is being held at the York County Jail in lieu of a $175,000 cash bail.

On Friday October 3, 2025, at approximately 6:50 PM, the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office was dispatched to 715 River Road in the town of Standish for a disturbance. Upon arrival deputies located a male deceased inside the residence. The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office requested the assistance of the Maine State Police Major Crimes Unit South. The deceased male was transported to the Office of Chief Medical Examiner in Augusta for an autopsy. The deceased has been identified as 49-year-old Matthew Hamilton of Cumberland County. The cause and manner of death are not being released at this time. The investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death is ongoing.  All persons involved in the incident have been identified and there is no threat to the public. More information will be released when it becomes available.

*Cumberland County is listed in place of a specific town of residence because the victim had recently lived in more than one community within the county.

On Tuesday, October 7, 2025, at approximately 11:30 AM, the Maine State Police, assisting the Clinton Police Department with a missing person investigation, discovered human remains in a field off Route 100 in Clinton.

The remains have been transported to the Office of Chief Medical Examiner in Augusta for identification and to determine the cause and manner of death. The investigation is ongoing, and no other information is being released at this time.

On September 28, 2025, at approximately 8:30 PM, the State Police received a call from the Portland Police Department regarding a complaint they had received from a truck driver, who believed he may have struck a pedestrian on the Maine Turnpike. Michael Kilmer, 68, of West Virginia, initially thought he had hit a deer northbound near mile 32 in Biddeford. After reviewing his in-truck camera, Kilmer contacted local police to report that he had struck a pedestrian who was running across the turnpike.

Troopers narrowed down the exact location where the male was struck and directed rescue to the area.

Troopers located the male, identified as Jared Felling, 39, of Ellsworth, seriously injured, in the tall marshy area just before the exit. Felling suffered serious injuries to his legs and head and was in the early stages of hypothermia. Troopers provided aid until Kennebunk Fire Rescue arrived, and transported Felling to Maine Medical Center in Portland, where his injuries, though serious, were considered non-life-threatening.

Investigating Troopers uncovered that Felling had a history of criminal activities, having recently been caught stealing from vehicles off the Biddeford exit. He was actively fleeing Biddeford Police when he decided to cross the turnpike to evade them. Additionally, investigators determined that Felling removed his court-ordered ankle monitor earlier in the day in Ellsworth, and the Waldo County Sheriff’s Office had issued a temporary arrest warrant for Felling for Violation of Conditional Release.

At approximately 4:30 PM, a three-vehicle crash occurred on I-295 near Exit 10 in Falmouth. A Subaru sedan, operated by Emily Paskewicz, of Southport, did not see the heavy traffic stopped ahead and struck an Audi sedan, operated by Daniel Antolovich, of Storrs, Connecticut. The initial impact pushed the Audi into a pickup truck, driven by Chad Greelee of Richmond.

After the impact, Ms. Paskewicz’s car became disabled in the middle of the passing lane, and the Subaru caught fire. All occupants were able to exit the Subaru with no reported injuries. Falmouth Fire Department responded and was able to extinguish the fire quickly. Troopers, along with Fire and Tow Recovery Crews, worked quickly to clear the roadway, but due to heavy traffic, I-295 was slowed to a crawl for over an hour before being restored. No injuries were reported in the crash.