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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.

District Attorneys Evert Fowle and Geoffrey Rushlau announced today that two South Portland police officers, Benjamin Macisso and John Sutton, were legally justified when they used deadly force against Michael S. Norton, 29, during the early morning of August 25, 2008, outside Norton's residence on Main Street in South Portland. Norton died as the result of a single gunshot wound.

Attorney General Steven Rowe announced today that a State Police officer, Trooper Derrick Record, was legally justified when, while acting in the performance of his public duty, he shot and killed Johnathan T. Sullivan, age 34, the night of August 4, 2008, outside Sullivan's home on Main Street in Albion.

Attorney General Steven Rowe announced today that Indian Township Police Officer Alexander Nicholas II and Indian Township Game Warden Scott Francis were legally justified when they used deadly force against Douglas P. Kelley, Jr., 40, of Calais, during the early evening of May 12, 2008, in Indian Township. Mr. Kelley died as the result of gunshot wounds inflicted by the officers.

Attorney General Steven Rowe announced today that a Portland police officer, Nicholas Goodman, was legally justified when he shot and killed Albert W. Kittrell, 48, in a moving vehicle on St. John Street in Portland on the night of May 3, 2008.

The Attorney General's investigation focused on the issue of whether the use of deadly force by Officer Goodman in the particular situation was legally justified. The Attorney General is required by law to review all occurrences in which a law enforcement officer uses deadly force while in the performance of the officer's duties.