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Sanford Police Log: November 12-15, 2020

Thursday, November 12 TimeLocationCall ReasonAction1:45aCountry Club Rd.M/V stopWarning issued8:28aMain St.Assisted SFD/EMS with medical emergencyPatient transported to hospital8:35aMain St.Larceny/Forgery/FraudReport taken9:38aMain St.Assisted other agencyArrest made10:52aMoulton Ct.Animal complaintReport taken11:35aAlumni Blvd.VandalismArrested juvenile age 17: criminal mischief11:38aCarl Broggi Hwy.M/V complaint - DTE, OUI, ATVWarning issued11:48aManor Cir.Emotionally disturbed personTransported to hospital1:12pSchool St.Larceny/Forgery/FraudInvestigated6:06pSpruce St.Harassment by phoneReport taken7:07pMain St.Drug IncidentsInvestigated11:12pHigh St.M/V stopArrested William E. Jones of Lebanon: attaching false plates, violating condition of release, unlawful trafficking in scheduled drugs Friday, November 13 TimeLocationCall ReasonAction7:39aWings WayDomestic disturbanceServices rendered9:55aMain St.Property…

Participants Sought For Citizen-Police Council on Bias

By Thomas P. Connolly Jr., Chief of Police As I stated last summer, I am starting a Citizen-Police Council which will meet to discuss issues of implicit bias and its associated systemic bias against people of color, members of the LBGTQ community, and other disadvantaged groups. It is my hope that: Council members will listen to each other and look inward, and eventually see that all of us have implicit biases, and that those biases cause us to make choices…

Ash Trees Sold in Sanford May Be Infested

Officials from the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry are trying to locate green ash trees that were sold at Lowe's stores in Maine, including the Sanford location, earlier this year. The trees came from an area infested with emerald ash borers, a wood-boring beetle native to Asia that spreads rapidly and kills the trees. All of York County is currently a quarantine area for the insects, which have killed hundreds of millions of trees across North America. The…

Why Do the Sanford Police Have Armored Vehicles?

Police Chief Thomas Connolly and Lieutenant Craig Andersen met recently with the City Council’s Municipal Operations and Property Subcommittee to address concerns about the necessity for Sanford to have two armored response vehicles. After the Black Lives Matter demonstration and march that took place in June, more people became aware of the vehicles, as they were parked in front of the Police Department. Mayor Tom Cote said he has continued to receive emails from Sanford residents who question the need…

Razor Blades in Pizza Dough Found at Sanford Hannaford in August

The Portland Press Herald and Bangor Daily News are reporting that two packages of Portland Pie Co. pizza dough purchased at the Sanford Hannaford store in mid-August were found to contain razor blade fragments. In one case, the customer returned the dough to the store, and in the other, just a fragment. One of the Sanford customers, AdriAnne Cole Curtis, told the BDN that her two-year old daughter Ivy was disturbed by the incident and had trouble sleeping for a…

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