Friday, June 12, 2009

May 2009 Monthly Report

05/04/2009: The Washington County Sheriff's Office will no longer be providing Court Security as of July 1st 2009. This is do to the failure of Local Union 340 to allow Patrol Deputies to be assigned to Court Security.

Also the Judicial Branch of the State Of Maine Cannot provide adequate funding.

05/07/09: Deputy Ralph Pineo will be assigned to the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency as of May 10th 2009.

This will make a total of three deputy's assigned to the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency from the Washington County Sheriff's Office.

05/07/09: Kieth York was hired as a full time deputy to replace Deputy Ralph Pineo.

Deputy York will be assigned to Western Area of County.

05/31/09: Average inmate count for the month of May, 35.

05/31/09: 23 Protection Order were handled by the Sheriff's Office.

05/31/09: 137 papers of Civil Process were served by the Civil Division
The Sheriff’s Patrol handled 394 Calls for Service from May 1, 2009 through May 31, 2009.

The Sheriff’s Office conducted (6) six Sex Offender Registrations (SOR) in the month of May, 2009.

The Sheriff's Office Patrol Division has been involved in and very successful at the Seatbelt and Speed Enforcement program over the last month. The monies for overtime are provided by the State of Maine, Department of Public Safety, Bureau of Highway Safety, High Visibility Enforcement Program.

The Patrol Division also has been utilizing the money provided by Washington County One Community and the CDC/Office of Substance Abuse for enforcement of underage parties.


Calls For Service Totals By Call Type
05/01/2009 to 05/31/2009 Totals

Call Type

1000 ACCIDENT PD 13
1010 ACCIDENT PI 4
1020 ACCIDENT FATAL 1
1051 Drunk 1
1100 AGENCY ASSIST 11
1200 ALARM RESIDENTIAL 2
1210 ALARM COMMERCIAL 13
1220 ALARM BANK 2
1300 ALCOHOL RELATED 5
1400 AMBULANCE CALL 7
1500 ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER COMPLAINT 1
1600 ASSAULT 2
1800 BAIL CHECK 4
2000 BREAK RESIDENTIAL 5
2010 BREAK COMMERCIAL 3
2020 BREAK CAMP 2
2090 CHECK WELL BEING 8
2100 CIVIL ASSIST 16
2200 CRIMINAL MISCHIEF 13
2300 CRIMINAL THREATENING 3
2400 CRIMINAL TRESPASS 5
2450 REMOVE SUBJECT 5
2510 DEATH UNATTENDED 1
2600 DIRECT TRAFFIC 1
2700 DISORDERLY CONDUCT 1
2800 DOMESTIC DISPUTE 8
2900 DRUG RELATED 2
415 Disturbance 1
4200 FIRE 2
4500 PERSONS FIGHTING 1
4600 HARASSMENT 14
4800 INFORMATION 10
5000 ILLEGAL POSSESSION ( OF WHAT) 2
5200 JUVENILE 6
5400 LITTERING 2
5900 MISSING PERSON 1
6000 MOTOR VEHICLE 26
6050 MOTORIST ASSIST 3


WASHINGTON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
83 COURT STREET
MACHIAS, MAINE 04654
Calls For Service Totals By Call Type
05/01/2009 to 05/31/2009
Totals Call Type
6100 911 HANG UPS 11
6200 NOISE COMPLAINT 2
6400 OUI 2
6600 PAPER SERVICE 4
6800 VIOLATION PROBATION 2
6820 VIOLATION BAIL 2
6830 VIOLATION P.O. 2
6900 PROPERTY FOUND 3
6930 PROPERTY CHECK 1
7000 SHOTS FIRED 1
7300 SUICIDAL SUBJECT 1
7400 SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY 7
7600 THEFT 26
7650 IDENTITY THEFT 3
7675 FRAUD 2
7700 WARRANT ARREST 3
7710 WARRANTLESS ARREST 3
7800 S.I.U. 1
8100 DIVE TEAM 1
SPK_EN SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT 1
SUBJSTOP SUBJECT STOP 2
UNK UNKNOWN 4
VEHSTOP VEHICLE STOP 102
WARRANT 1
Grand Total for all calls 394

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Burglaries Solved/Arrests

Washington County Sheriff Donnie Smith reported today that the Washington County Sheriff's Office has been investigating complaints of Burglary and theft between Machias and Lubec over the past couple of months. In the recent weeks Sheriff's Deputies received information that was vital in cracking these cases wide open. A total of 8 individual burglaries and thefts were solved.

During the late hours of 2-26-2009 the Giant Panda Restaurant on Rte 1 in East Machias was forcibly entered. Burglars fled the scene with an undisclosed amount of money and other property.


During the early morning hours of 3-23-2009 Uncle Kippy's Restaurant on Route 189 in Lubec, Murphy's Restaurant, The American Legion Lubec Post, and Rahilly's Redemption Center were burglarized. All of the businesses were forcibly entered and 3 of the 4 businesses suffered significant losses..




During the late hours of 4-7-09 Sheer Perfection and Designs By Aaron in Machias was forcibly entered. Several thousand dollars worth of jewelry and an undisclosed amount of money were stolen.


On 04-20-2009 and 04-26-2009 the same residence in Machias was broken into during the daylight hours. As a result of this daytime breaks an undisclosed amount of money and other items were stolen. This residence was cased and entered when the owner was away at work.


On 5-27-09 Adrian Simmons age 23 of Machias was arrested for Burglary. On 5-29-09 Priscilla Tenney age 26 of Machias and Walter Heathcote age 20 of Biddeford were arrested for Burglary.

On 5-29-09 Kristopher Preston age 22 of Roque Bluffs was charged with Burglary. Sheriff Smith expects that other arrests are anticipated in the next several days.


Walter Heathcote and Adrian Simmons were arrested for the burglary and theft at the Giant Panda in East Machias on 2-26-09. Walter Heathcote and Priscilla Tenney were arrested for the residential burglary and theft in Machias on 4-20-09. Walter Heathcote was soley responsible for the residential burglary and theft in Machias on 4-26-09. Walter Heathcote, Kristopher Preston, and other persons were responsible for the 4 burglary and thefts in Lubec on 3-23-09. Walter Heathcote was solely responsible for the burglary and theft at Sheer Perfection in Machias on 4-7-09. The names of the other co-defendants are not being released at this time.


The Washington County Sheriff's Office, Troopers from the Maine State Police, and the Machias Police Department worked hand in hand to solve these cases. Several days and hundreds of man hours went into solving these cases.