Two new town councilors and a new school board member will help Fort Fairfield determine its future in the new year. Its not a laughing matter to us, at least.. It was my Break Glass in Case of Emergency card and I didnt have to use it, Tebbetts said. All drug enforcement agents statewide were told to immediately stop accessing any of the county jail phone systems. More than 300 in-person and online shoppers turned out to welcome a new womens clothing store to the Star City. Presque Isle voters had a steady turnout at the polls during Nov. 8s midterm elections. His court-appointed attorney, John Tebbetts, advised him to speak softly so their conversation wouldnt be heard by the guards posted nearby. The county denied multiple requests by The Maine Monitor to interview county employees who used the system. World Spay Day is always the fourth Tuesday in February, which this year falls on Feb. 28. Nicholas Rossignol, 27, Caribou: possession of sexually explicit material of minor under age of 12, 3 years in prison, all but 60 days suspended, 2 years probation. Official websites use .gov The Maine Council for English Language Arts, an affiliate of the National Council of Teachers of English, and the Maine School of Science and Mathematics are proud to announce this years recipient of the Claudette and John Brassil Distinguished Educator Award: Anthony Dolan Scott. The mood inside the court quiet and ceremonious was a contrast to the atmosphere outside as dozens of activists rallied in support of cancellation. Justin C. Pinette, 40, Caribou: unlawful possession of scheduled drug, 30 days in jail, $400 fine. If an agent discovers an attorney call, they must report it to a supervisor and commander, as well as the jail and case prosecutor. Maine news, sports, politics, election results, and obituaries. Simon has been in and out of jail for probation violations that include changing addresses without permission, driving without a license and using drugs that he was addicted to. Rayshaun Moore, 37, is serving a 32-year sentence for murder at the Maine State Prison in Warren. A man was arrested Monday evening after breaking into a persons home in Linneus. As court debates student loans, borrowers see disconnect, Several conservative justices appeared skeptical of his authority to cancel millions of dollars in loans. Barrett Nason, 34, Littleton: operating while license suspended or revoked, prior, $500 fine. Next year's Caribou City Council will include a new member and a longtime councilor thanks to Tuesday's election. He disagrees with the sheriff that it was his or his clients fault that the jail recorded hundreds of confidential calls and law enforcement personnel listened to dozens of those recordings. Aroostook County voters skewed largely Republican in statewide races on Election Day. Some of the courts liberal justices sought several times to turn the arguments back to the people who would benefit from the program, pointing out their need for relief. In the same year the lawsuit was filed, Aroostook County Sheriff Gillen revoked access to the jails recordings to all but a few employees among them Support Sgt. Eva Long, 39, Washburn: unlawful trafficking in scheduled drugs, dismissed. Alex Murdaugh listens as he is sentenced to two consecutive life sentences for the murder of his wife and son by Judge Clifton Newman at the Colleton County Julian was out on his own in the bitter cold. Julian came to us a little over a year ago, emaciated and covered in wounds. 2 local buyers express interest in Aroostook Centre Mall. BANGOR, Maine (WABI) - A former Aroostook County resident pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to drug charges. On those calls, Hebert remembers talking with his attorney about plea offers from the district attorneys office to settle his case and strategies to get a better deal. Initial funding for this project was provided by The Pulitzer Center. The Houlton Police Department is getting new guns. His participation in the conspiracy resulted in contacts with local law enforcement that led to the seizure of drugs, firearms, drug paraphernalia and other items. U.S. Attorney Darcie N. McElwee also recognized the cooperation and coordination provided by the Maine State Attorney Generals Office and the Aroostook County District Attorneys Office. This undated photo provided by the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry shows Aaron Brian Gunches, who was convicted of murder in the 2002 killing of Ted Price in Maricopa County, Ariz. On Thursday, March 2, 2023, the Arizona Supreme Court scheduled Still, the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency had enough concern to make sweeping changes in September 2020 shortly after Tebbetts filed his lawsuit. See Active Alerts and COVID-19 Response, Home Courts District Courts Presque Isle District Court, 27 Riverside Drive, Presque Isle, ME 04769, Clerk: Danielle Blade Aroostook County is an example of the worst that can happen when jails record phone calls to attorneys, a Maine Monitor investigation found, and the calls to attorney Tebbetts particularly stand out. Governor Janet Mills says it's a sign of the resilience of the lobster industry. I was very happy to receive the [state relief payment of] $450, or $900 for my wife and I. Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. Advocates took to the podium to share stories about family sacrifices and life milestones deferred because of heavy student debt. The AP is solely responsible for all content. After repeated requests for an in-person interview, Gillen responded to some of the news organizations questions with a five-page letter on June 9 of this year. For a year, Hebert was held on house arrest. There are two potential local buyers, but their names will not be made public at this point, Presque Isle City Councilor Craig Green said Wednesday.Read more. Securus, the Texas-based company that provides prison telecom services to nearly all of Maines county jails, previously settled lawsuits without admitting fault in California, Texas and Missouri. Caribou. Joshua Martin, the then general counsel for the company, provided a similar definition of the term playback, while testifying in 2018 as part of a federal lawsuit in Kansas. They trapped him and brought him to the sanctuary. WASHINGTON (AP) Niara Thompson couldnt shake her frustrationas the Supreme Court debatedPresident Joe Bidens student debt cancellation. More than 20 criminal defendants in Aroostook County went more than 1,300 combined days without an appointed attorney despite being deemed eligible by a judge, NEW: FINE FOR VIOLATORS WOULD RANGE FROM $150 TO $500. U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Maine, New England Prescription Opioid Task Force, Former Aroostook County Man Faces Up to 20 Years for Role in Penobscot & Aroostook County Drug Trafficking, Orrington Man Faces Up to 20 Years Following Guilty Plea to Drug Trafficking and Gun Charges, Former Bangor Resident Faces Up to 20 Years for Role in Penobscot and Aroostook County Drug Trafficking, Former Bangor Man Faces Up to 20 Years for Role in Penobscot and Aroostook County Drug Trafficking, Former Aroostook County Man Faces Up To 20 Years For Role In Penobscot & Aroostook County Drug Trafficking. Official websites use .govA .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States. Whether Aroostook County employees intended to listen to these calls or not, it has likely stymied communication between many lawyers and jailed clients in Maine, said Zach Heiden, the chief counsel of the ACLU of Maine. The following cases were heard under the Aroostook Criminal Docket at the Caribou Courthouse in March. The organization obtained the drugs from out-of-state sources in Colorado and Arizona. But when we talked over the phone we were more free because these calls we were told were not supposed to be recorded, Hebert said. Once a call is recorded, it lives on Securus online call platform. Gillen said since May 2020, the jail has blocked access to calls with attorneys whose phone numbers jail officials could identify. One was leukemia positive and the other has feline AIDS. The state has a history of mismanaging executions. He said the agents did nothing wrong. Paul Bagnall March 1, 2023. TTY: (207) 945-0307. Aroostook County explained that recordings were made because Tebbetts and his clients didnt provide the jail his phone number to put on a do not record list. I was an addict and they were trying to pin me, deem me as a drug dealer and a drug trafficker, Hebert said. The details involving Tebbetts calls are the latest revelations in a months-long investigation by The Maine Monitor, which previously reported that Aroostook, Androscoggin, Franklin and Kennebec county jails recorded nearly 1,000 calls jailed defendants made to their attorneys between June 2019 and May 2020. For the first time, WFKTV Channel 4 will provide a livestream of New England's longest sled dog race. Yet the two men knew they had little privacy to speak freely, said Hebert, who was jailed in 2019 for allegedly trafficking drugs. Portland In a landmark decision, a federal judge has ordered the Aroostook County Jail to provide a Madawaska woman with access to medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for her opioid use disorder during her 40-day jail After his multiple-year first marriage fell apart, he began drinking and using cocaine before turning to methamphetamines, he said. Devin Tracy, 28, Washburn: domestic violence terrorizing, priors domestic violence, 24 months in prison. He has started a successful trucking business and is sober. The Associated Press education team receives support from the Carnegie Corporation of New York. CARIBOU, Maine The following cases were heard under the Aroostook Criminal Docket at the Caribou Courthouse in March. U.S. District Judge Lance E. Walker sentenced Taylor Lovely, 34, to 158 months in prison and five years of supervised release. Katie Hobbs of death penalty procedures is completed. According to court records, between approximately January 2017 and August 2018, a drug trafficking organization distributed large quantities of methamphetamine in northern Maine. The Maine State Police Troop F barracks in Houlton responded to a number of calls for service during the period of Jan. 23-29, 2023, including the following. That term playback is crucial to understanding the recording system. CARIBOU, Maine The following cases were heard under the Aroostook Criminal Docket at the Caribou Courthouse in March. Credit: Paul Bagnall / The Star-Herald. When Corey Heberts attorney came to see him at the Aroostook County Jail, they sat face to face. Marshall A. McManus, 49, Washburn: unlawful possession of heroin, no bill; unlawful possession of methamphetamine, no bill; operating while license suspended or revoked, no bill; attaching false plates, no bill; violating condition of release, no bill. A recent graduate of the University of Georgia, she also felt the discussion missed the bigger picture. Travis McDougal, 45, Presque Isle: operating unregistered snowmobile, $150 fine. But the justices also were scrutinizing whether Biden had the authority to waive hundreds of billions of dollars in debt without the explicit approval of Congress, which decides how taxpayer money is spent. When clients in jail call his law office it is often his receptionist, Tabitha Haines, who picks up. An official website of the United States government. Court records showed Andrew Adams, 31, as well as others, trafficked meth and fentanyl in Penobscot and Aroostook Counties between January 2018 BANGOR, M E - An Aroostook County man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in two separate cases for conspiring to distribute and possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine, DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and Acting U.S. Attorney Donald E. Clark announced. The caller ID shows its a call from Securus and theyve learned to recognize the extension for each county jail, he said. I even saw some of them laughing during the hearing, which was odd to me because peoples lives are being affected. Can am look back, previewing the 1994 event. Mother Nature is seriously testing out how resilient County clubs are. A moose in the road was cited as the contributing cause of a single-vehicle accident on Interstate 95 on Dec. 8. No cell phones, cameras, or other electronic recording devices in courtrooms. The Maine Monitor is a local journalism product published by The Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, a nonpartisan and nonprofit civic news organization. The handbook given to every inmate at the jail said, All calls except to attorneys will be monitored and recorded.. Securus has not responded to multiple questions from The Maine Monitor about how its system operates. Thompson and her father are each eligible for $10,000 in relief, she said. Suggest one. Roy McKinney, the Maine Drug Enforcement Agencys director, blamed the jails telephone providers for recording attorneys and sending those calls to agents during investigations. I was not notified by any of these people that they had listened to my phone calls or downloaded my phone calls, Tebbetts said. (Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry World Spay Day is always the fourth Tuesday in February, which this year falls on Feb. 28. November Indictments for Aroostook County Alexander MacDougall March 5, 2021 A Presque Isle man charged with burglary of the Braden Theater last August and The next day he instructed the jail administrator to remove all but three employees from accessing recordings. HOULTON, Maine After several months of not convening due to COVID-19, the Aroostook County grand jury has resumed its activities of reviewing criminal cases for