Morning Sentinel

Morning Sentinel area police log, May 18, 2013

IN BRIGHTON PLANTATION, Saturday at 1:21 a.m., a vehicle accident was reported on Mayfield Road.

Waterville car-chase suspect arrested in Connecticut

Ernest Almeida, 31, of Fairfield, wanted by police after leading officers on a high-speed chase, is in custody in Connecticut.

Multi-car accident, several injuries reported in Skowhegan

Police and firefighters were responding to a report of a two-vehicle rollover on North Avenue, south of Molunkus Road, in Skowhegan early Saturday evening.

Charge to UMF graduates Saturday: Live united

On Saturday, 456 graduates of the University of Maine at Farmington were urged to let go of imaginary lines that needlessly divide people and keep them from joining together to support each other.

Skowhegan police issue scores of parking tickets at 10-Mile Lawn Sale

Skowhegan police Saturday handed out more than 70 tickets for improper parking during the 30th annual 10-Mile Lawn Sale.

RSU 4 budget proposal strikes 9 teaching jobs, means higher costs to towns

Nine teaching jobs will be cut if the proposed $17.7 million budget is adopted in Regional School Unit 4 — Litchfield, Sabattus and Wales — and each town will be billed more to support that budget.

Understaffed, undersized and under siege: Riverview hospital struggles with safety

Data the Kennebec Journal received through a records request show the total number of injuries reported at Riverview is the highest it's been in three years, though lower than in years before that.

Killers' cases illustrate difficulties in granting freedoms to forensic patients

The cases of Robert E. Bowie, formerly of Hebron, and Enoch Petrucelly, formerly of North Haven, shed light on the conditions under which forensic mentally ill patients are granted privileges from Riverview Psychiatric Hospital.

Bath police search for naked man who approached girl

The man approached the 10-year-old as she played near Oak Grove Cemetery.

Sen. King speaking at UNE graduation

Graduations are taking place at several other Maine colleges on Saturday.