Waterville to hire community outreach coordinator to aid those with mental health or other crises

Waterville police department

Published
February 10, 2023

Waterville to hire community outreach coordinator to aid those with mental health or other crises

The person hired for the position will work to identify people in the community who struggle with mental health, substance abuse and other issues, and help connect them with services, thus reducing the need for police response.
Published
January 31, 2023

Police investigate burglary at Waterville business under renovation

Workers were renovating a building at 72 Armory Road for the new SweetFrog location, when someone stole power tools last week from inside the building.
Published
January 27, 2023

Suspect in Winslow stabbing was retaliating against victim, police say

Justin Boucher, 21, appears to have attacked a 65-year-old man because he believed the older man had assaulted a family member, a Winslow police investigator said Friday.
Published
January 21, 2023

Oakland man arrested on kidnapping and other charges after high-speed chase

Brian Charette, 43, of Oakland, was being held Saturday in Kennebec County jail in Augusta, awaiting arraignment by a judge on Monday, according to Waterville interim police Chief Bill Bonney.
Published
January 3, 2023

Oakland man arrested by police in Waterville Irving gas station robbery

Justin Murphy, 35, was arrested late Monday in Winslow and charged with robbery and theft in connection with the Circle K Irving station in Waterville earlier in the day, police said.

Published
January 2, 2023

Waterville woman with loaded AR-15 in vehicle taken into custody

The woman, who has mental health issues, led police on a chase throughout the city early Monday before they stopped her on a dead-end road on the Colby College campus and took her into protective custody.
Published
January 2, 2023

Waterville Circle K Irving station robbed, police say

The robbery occurred at 1:44 a.m. Monday at the business, located on Kennedy Memorial Drive, near Interstate 95.
Published
December 31, 2022

Police, school officials investigate racist graffiti painted on Waterville elementary school

Peter Hallen, assistant superintendent of Waterville Public Schools, said it is important to find those responsible for the graffiti, but having the schools and Waterville community address the issue is critical to spreading awareness and effecting change.
Published
December 27, 2022

Bowdoin man summoned after pickup truck hits Waterville apartment building

Police say the Dodge pickup was traveling at high speed Monday night on College Avenue when it left the road, snapped off a utility pole and crashed into the apartment building, causing what the building owner says is tens of thousands of dollars of damage.
Published
December 16, 2022

Eleven years after disappearance of Ayla Reynolds, wrongful death suit, police probe continue

Ayla was reported missing Dec. 17, 2011, by her father, Justin DiPietro, from her grandmother's Violette Avenue home in Waterville, launching the most costly state police investigation in Maine history, and she has never been found.