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Breaking from WCME News 9: Body Found in Thomaston

Jim Bleikamp — Wed, 25 Jan 2017 18:23:43 +0000

The discovery of a badly decomposed body–believed to be that of a man–in a wooded area off Route 1 behind Dunkin Donuts in Thomaston–not far from the Rockland city line. State police are now reviewing missing persons reports to assist them in the identification process, and the body has been taken to the state medical examiner’s office in Augusta.

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Breaking from WCME News 9: Two Dead in Woolwich

Jim Bleikamp — Sun, 22 Jan 2017 16:29:41 +0000

In Woolwich, the collision of three sport utility vehicles on Route 1 near “A Taste of Maine” restaurant, and an older Woolwich couple is dead in the aftermath.

The chain of events began with a northbound Chevrolet Tahoe veering into the southbound lane and colliding with a Hyundai Santa Fe, and then a Ford Explorer, also southbound, was unable to avoid the collision. Dead are the Hyundai driver, 70-year-old Robert Martin and 76-year-old Carolyn Martin.

The Tahoe was operated by 33-year-old Danielle Ward of Rockport, who was traveling with seven children. She and three of those children are now at Maine Medical Center in Portland with serious injuries–none of which are considered life-threatening.

The third driver was not hurt.

The accident remains under investigation, and Sagadahoc County sheriff Joel Merry says the cause of the crash is not yet known.

From WCME News 9: One Dead in Spectacular Collision on I-295 in Freeport

Jim Bleikamp — Sat, 14 Jan 2017 22:54:19 +0000

It turns out that a man from Canaan hauling milk in his tanker truck died instantly today when his truck collided with a car on Interstate 295 in Freeport. The victim is 70-year-old Richard Clark, who maneuvered his truck to avoid crushing a car that had spun out of control in front of him. Both vehicles struck the median guardrail and Clark’s tanker overturned, coming to rest in the median. The driver of the car–27-year-old Ashley Williams of Woolwich, was taken to Maine Medical Center with minor injuries.

Thousands of gallons of milk spilled from the tanker as it lay on its side. Troopers continue to investigate the crash and have not determined why Williams lost control of her car, which was demolished. Both northbound and southbound lanes were reduced to one lane during the six hours that the crash was investigated.

First on WCME: Standoff in Phippsburg

Jim Bleikamp — Mon, 02 Jan 2017 11:45:44 +0000

First on WCME:

In Phippsburg, a man is in custody after a standoff with Sagadahoc County sheriff’s deputies and Bath police lasting over seven hours and not ending until early this morning. 54-year-old Ruben Foster is charged with two felony counts of criminal threatening with a firearm at 34 Rock Ledge Drive, where he is said to have threatened to kill his mother and sister, who managed to flee and report the incident.

Authorities were able to make phone contact with Foster and talked with him for several hours prior to his ultimate surrender. More charges are likely. Foster was taken first to Midcoast Hospital for an evaluation and then to the regional jail in Wiscasset. He’ll be arraigned on Wednesday.

From WCME News 9: Eichman Indicted On 16 Counts

Jim Bleikamp — Sat, 17 Dec 2016 12:39:51 +0000

The former leader of Midcoast Youth Theater based in Topsham has been indicted by a Sagadahoc County Grand Jury on 16 counts relating to unlawful sexual contact with children.

56-year-old Henry Eichman of Topsham was arrested in September. He is said to have hosted pool parties and sleepovers at his apartment for two children involved in the program and was initially accused of sexually abusing three pre-teen girls. The indictment lists 16 counts: seven counts of unlawful sexual contact, six counts of unlawful sexual touching and three counts of visual sexual aggression against a child.

From WCME News 9: Armed Robbery in Brunswick

Jim Bleikamp — Sat, 17 Dec 2016 12:36:05 +0000

A Friday evening armed robbery at the Big Apple convenience store on Pleasant Street in Brunswick, and police have arrested two suspects. The investigation began after police received a call from a clerk saying she had been robbed by a white female with a handgun. Police went to the store, viewed surveillance video, went to an address on Dunlop Street and arrested 21-year-old Jacqueline Carpenter-Young of Bath. A short time later, they also picked up 37-year-old Shawn Cook of Brunswick, who was apparently the woman’s driver.

Police say they have recovered the suspected vehicle, a handgun and an undisclosed amount of money. Both suspects are at the Cumberland County Jail with bail set at ten thousand dollars.

Sentence Is Passed In Bath Shooting Death

Jim Bleikamp — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 20:51:51 +0000

From WCME News 9:

Emotional moments today at the courthouse in
West Bath, where 24-year-old Dylan Grubbs of Thomaston was sentenced to five years in prison–with half of the time–or two and a half years suspended. The sentence followed a plea of guilty from Grubbs, who had initially been charged with manslaughter, to a lesser count of domestic violence with reckless use of a firearm, in last year’s shooting death of his fiance, 22-year-old Chelsea Jones as she sat in their vehicle in the parking lot of Shaw’s supermarket in Bath.

Grubbs was showing a 9mm Taurus handgun to a prospective buyer when the gun accidentally went off–resulting in a gunshot wound to the woman.

Keith Jones, the father of the woman, tells WCME News 9 that he wants the case to be a lesson to all of us about the importance of gun safety.

Mike Violette’s Football Call Of A Lifetime

Jim Bleikamp — Sun, 20 Nov 2016 12:34:46 +0000

WCME’s Mike Violette, with the assistance of Winthrop-Monmouth assistant football coach Jarod Richmond, gave us the call of a lifetime on Saturday evening in the final seconds of the Class D championship football game, when MCI’s Eli Bussell botched a snap for a game-winning field goal attempt, and then somehow picked up the ball and ran down an open field for–instead–a game-winning touchdown.

The final score–MCI 20 Lisbon 14, after Lisbon enjoyed a 14-0 lead at the half.

New Freeport Town Council Chair Sarah Tracy

Jim Bleikamp — Wed, 16 Nov 2016 17:04:25 +0000

Sarah talks about what lies ahead for the council in 2017.

Donald Trump in Lisbon

Jim Bleikamp — Sat, 29 Oct 2016 20:21:04 +0000

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Jim Bleikamp’s coverage of Trump’s rally at the gym of Open Door Christian Academy in Lisbon.