Penobscot County News

The Maine Supreme Court has denied a Bar Harbor man's appeal of the sentence handed down for his conviction last year of sexually assaulting three women.

Veterans clinic CNA cleared of sex charge Bangor man looks to continue nursing BANGOR, Maine - ' A Penobscot County jury Wednesday found a certified nursing assistant not guilty of fondling the genitals of a ...

A detective from the Penobscot County Sheriff's Department and the Garland animal control officer seized 45 animals from a home in Garland.

Couple charged with animal cruelty Dozens of dogs, cats, birds seized after concerned residents complain GARLAND, Maine - ' A man and woman have been summoned for animal cruelty after authorities seized 45 ...

BELFAST : After stopping to purchase alcohol at a convenience store Wednesday night, Aug.

Maine Dems pleased with Biden choice Barack Obama's choice of Sen. Joe Biden as a running mate garnered largely positive reviews from members of Maine's Democratic Party and other state political observers on ...

A 44-year-old man from Bangor is in the Penobscot County Jail after firing a gun in an apartment building downtown Wednesday night... Robert Smith has been charged with criminal threatening with a weapon.

Police officers responded quickly to the report of an armed man who apparently injured a person Wednesday evening in a Curve Street apartment.

Investigating officer Sgt. Mike Burgess from the Penobscot County Sheriff's Dept.

A Corinth man with 40 convictions over 27 years has been sentenced to 21 2 years in federal prison for unlawful possession of ammunition.

You're not going to get one. The best way I can deal with this unfortunate situation is to shut up.

A teenager was charged with aggravated assault Monday after an argument led to a stabbing at an old farmhouse on Simpson Corners Road in Dixmont.

In the near future, residents who file civil lawsuits in Piscataquis County will no longer have their trials conducted in the local courtroom; rather, they will be heard in Penobscot County.

The Penobscot County Sheriff's Office is investigating a stabbing that occurred early Monday in Dixmont.

BELFAST : Raymond Hunter Geisel, 22, arrested Saturday, Aug. 2, in Florida on charges that he threatened to assassinate Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, is a former resident of Frankfort.

The Penobscot County Grand Jury handed up indictments on 23 people yesterday. Among them was 32-year-old Ryan Witmer of Eddington.

On Tuesday, county commissioners signed a three year contract with Bangor Gas Company.

A convicted felon wanted in Maryland on theft charges was arrested late Monday night after running from a residence on Manning Mill Road, according to Hampden Police Chief Joe Rogers.

The Eddington man accused of trying to kill his estranged wife and the man she was dating was indicted Monday by the Penobscot County grand jury on eight charges, including aggravated attempted murder.

A Penobscot County grand jury has indicted man from Orrington on attempted murder charges.