The Attorney General's Office is investigating a police-involved shooting that occurred Monday night, October 4, 2010, on the Middle Road in Skowhegan. According to Nicole Sacre, spokesperson for the Attorney General, Kemp Lybrook, 28, of Skowhegan was shot and wounded near his home on the Middle Road in a confrontation with a member of the State Police Tactical Team, Trooper Mark Sperrey.
On the morning of April 23, 2010, Maine State Police Trooper Robert Flynn was dispatched to Van Buren to investigate a report that Neil Begin had threatened his wife, his adult son, and his son's girlfriend with a high-powered hunting rifle the previous night at the family's residence in Cyr Plantation. Begin was described by family members as highly intoxicated at the time of the threats.
Contact: Kate Simmons (207) 626-8577
AUGUSTA - Attorney General Janet T. Mills has concluded that a State Police trooper, Corey Smith, acted within the law when he shot Matthew Sylvester, 24, during the early morning of December 17, 2009, in Searsport. The incident resulted in Sylvester being struck and wounded by a single gunshot.
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CONTACT: Kate Simmons, (207) 626-8577
Attorney General's Report on Use of Deadly Forceby Lewiston Police Officers on December 1, 2009
AUGUSTA - Attorney General Janet T. Mills has concluded that two Lewiston police officers, Raymond Vega and Keith Caouette, acted in self-defense when they shot at Kristy Lee Cookson, age 28, the evening of December 1, 2009, in Lewiston. The incident resulted in Cookson being struck and wounded by a single gunshot.
AUGUSTA - Attorney General Janet T. Mills has concluded that Portland police officers Benjamin Roper and Joshua Wiseman acted in self-defense when they fatally shot David O. Okot, age 26, the evening of April 25, 2009, outside an apartment building on Weymouth Street in Portland.
AUGUSTA - Attorney General Janet T. Mills has concluded that Cumberland County Deputy Sheriffs David Hall and Stephen Welsh acted in self-defense under the Maine Criminal Code when they shot and wounded Douglas A. Tenczar, age 41, the evening of October 22, 2008, at Tenczar's home in Sebago.
Attorney General Janet T. Mills has concluded that Biddeford Police Sergeant Jeffrey Greene was legally justified under the Maine Criminal Code when he shot and killed Barbara Stewart, 47, the evening of March 24, 2009, outside her residence on Main Street in Biddeford.
Attorney General Janet T. Mills has concluded that State Police Trooper Daniel Worcester was legally justified under the Maine Criminal Code when he fired his weapon at a vehicle operated by 23-year-old Jesse F. Sanborn the night of November 24, 2008, on the Randall Lake Road in Parsonsfield.
Attorney General Steven Rowe announced today that he has determined that Auburn Police Officer Kristopher Bouchard was legally justified when, while acting in the performance of his public duty, he intentionally fired his weapon at a vehicle operated by Bartolo Ford, age 47, of Lisbon, the night of September 15, 2008, on the Hotel Road in Auburn.