"Grisly crime has Maine on high alert; Police hunt killer of two men, boy" by Peter Schworm and Ben Austin, Globe Staff | Globe Correspondent | June 26, 2010
AMITY, Maine — Even for northern Maine, this 200-person town is remote, just a smattering of small, secluded homes in the woods a few miles from the Canadian border.
A mobile home just off Route 1 here was the grisly scene of a mysterious triple murder Wednesday that has deeply unnerved residents and put authorities across the state on high alert.
Two men and a 10-year-old boy were found stabbed to death late Wednesday, and authorities embarked on an intensive search for a blue-and- silver
Authorities would not disclose whether they had identified any potential suspects, but acknowledged that the driver of the truck could be anywhere....
Police declined to speculate on motives and said they were investigating accusations from Jeff Ryan’s former wife that he sold prescription pain-killers from his home.
The savagery of the killings has rattled residents....
Police would not provide details of the crime....
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At least they found the truck:
A pickup stolen from the scene of a triple homicide in Amity was found abandoned on a backroad yesterday, about 15 miles from the mobile home where two men and a boy were fatally stabbed Wednesday. Police across Maine had searched for the
One killing that is not such a mystery:
"US pledges review for agents’ killing of notorious biker" by David Abel, Globe Staff | June 17, 2010
OLD ORCHARD BEACH, Maine — He was known around town for riding his Harley, getting tattoos at the local parlor, and leading the local branch of the Outlaws motorcycle gang.
Thomas “Tomcat’’ Mayne, who was fatally shot by federal agents Tuesday at his home here on a sleepy cul de sac, also was accused of dealing marijuana and shooting a rival gang member outside a Hells Angels clubhouse last October.
Mayne, who was rewarded for that shooting, according to court records, with a Nazi-style lightning bolt symbol signifying an Outlaw hit, died early Tuesday after allegedly shooting at a SWAT team from the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives who had come to his house with a warrant for his arrest....
“He was a loudmouth,’’ said Lou Robbins, owner of the Mad Hatter’s Tattoo Studio on Old Orchard Street, where Mayne would stop to get body art. “No matter what it was, he knew everything....’’
Yeah, well, he MAY HAVE BEEN an ASSHOLE; however, that does NOT give the GOVERNMENT the right to KILL HIM!
Related: Dozens of U.S. Citizens on Assassination List, White House Adviser Hints
I stand corrected, sig heil!
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ATF officials said they used a SWAT team because they viewed Mayne and Kenneth Chretian, who lived in the same house and was also indicted, as part of a “violent criminal enterprise.’’ They added that the agents were fired at when they arrived and later found a shotgun and a handgun inside the house.
Like I am going to believe any government account of anything.
Chretian was taken into custody at the scene Tuesday.
In Milwaukee on Tuesday, ATF agents served a search warrant at the American Outlaw Association headquarters, a black building adorned with red-eyed skulls over crossed pistons and a sign showing an extended middle finger.
Nothing wrong with that!!
Arrested there was Jack Rosga, whom federal officials described as the group’s national president. The agents also carried out a number of boxes, plastic bags, and file folders.
At Mayne’s home, a contractor was installing boards yesterday on the shot-out windows of the small, brown-shingled house off a dirt road.
Neighbors on the street declined to talk, and local police officials did not return calls.
Jim Boutet, owner of Jim’s Auto Parts down the street from Mayne’s home, said he has sold used autos to Mayne for a decade. Mayne always made his payments on the pickup trucks, sport utility vehicles, and cars he bought over the years, he said.
“It’s pretty wild to know someone got shot up next door,’’ he said. “You don’t expect that around here.’’
He said he never had problems with Mayne. “He pretty much kept to himself,’’ Boutet said. “He could be pleasant, if he liked you. If he didn’t, he could be ornery.’’
On Old Orchard Street, the main corridor of this small beach town, some residents said they were unaware of the shooting. Others did not want to talk.
Christina Madore, who works at Dickinsons Ice Cream shop, said she has become accustomed to escalating violence in Maine.
“You hear about it more and more,’’ she said. “But I used to live in Florida, so this is really nothing compared to what you hear about down there.’’
A man is DEAD!! MURDERED by the GOVERNMENT!
Yeah, it's "nothing," you sickening PoS!!!!
What's the more?
"In Maine, ex-rivals back LePage" by Glenn Adams, Associated Press | June 17, 2010
WATERVILLE, Maine — In a hand-clasping show of party unity, all six primary rivals of Paul LePage, Maine’s Republican gubernatorial nominee, pledged their support yesterday for the conservative in November’s election.
Related:
"Observers say the field of seven candidates and a tax overhaul referendum drew Republicans. They also say winner Paul LePage, a favorite of the Tea Party movement, turned out a big vote. Dan Billings, a Republican political consultant, told the Portland Press Herald that LePage drew many people to the polls who wouldn’t normally vote in a primary."
Also see: Around New England: Sunday Morning Tea in Maine
Yeah, pour me another cup.
The former candidates were joined by party leaders and more than 100 supporters in front of the red-brick City Hall in Waterville, where LePage is mayor. In a show of solidarity, they clasped hands and raised them before the cheering supporters.
LePage, whose 38 percent showing in the seven-man race last week stunned political observers as well as LePage himself, faces the Democratic nominee, Elizabeth “Libby’’ Mitchell, and three independents in the general election for the seat being vacated by two-term Governor John E. Baldacci, a Democrat....
Josh Tardy of Newport, the House GOP leader and one of several party officials who attended the event, and others said a shifting tide of public opinion in Maine, where Democrats have held legislative majorities for years and a Republican has not been governor since the mid-’90s, will propel LePage to victory. But they distanced themselves from the Tea Party movement, which LePage courted before the primary.
“It was not a tea party victory,’’ said Charles Webster, state GOP chairman.
He said LePage was swept to victory with the help of Republican voters who were eager to repeal a tax-overhaul law that also was on the June 8 ballot. The law was repealed.
LePage’s compelling personal story of his homeless and disadvantaged youth also won over voters, Webster said....
Arden Manning, Democratic Party campaign manager, labeled LePage “a far right-wing candidate’’ whose nomination is dividing Republicans....
When they start using that kind of language you know you MUST be doing SOMETHING RIGHT!!
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So who else is running?
"Maine candidate arranges trade visit; Chinese group to tour lobster, other industries" by Glenn Adams, Associated Press | June 18, 2010
AUGUSTA, Maine — The state’s lobster industry said yesterday that it sees enormous potential from a trade mission from China that is coming to Maine at the invitation of a one of the gubernatorial candidates, independent Eliot Cutler.
Four Chinese businessmen will get a firsthand look at Maine’s lobster, blueberry, and aquaculture industries when they visit today. They will watch from lobster boats as traps are hauled, will visit wild blueberry fields and a processing plant, and tour a halibut aquaculture site.
“We’ve looked at the emerging market in China for almost two years,’’ said Dana Somers, executive director of the Maine Lobster Council. He said he sees “enormous potential’’ for future lobster exports, considering China’s place as the world’s third-largest seafood consumer and its growing demand for luxury products, such as the iconic Maine delicacy.
Maine is the nation’s largest producer of lobster and wild blueberries....
Cutler, a lawyer and former energy adviser to President Carter, spent two years in China opening a Beijing office for his law firm and developing business contacts, said Ted O’Meara, campaign manager....
Serving himself as he serves lobster to the Chinese.
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Related: Maine lobsterman beats his own record in annual boat race
Maine man gets 2 more months after lobster thefts
HALLOWELL, Maine — A Maine man who lost his high school class ring 27 years ago while swimming in a quarry found it right where he thought it was all along....
Jason Cottle, a 45-year-old carpenter from Gardiner, also found other jewelry, clothing, keys, four pairs of glasses, unexploded blasting caps, $3 in change, and a safe with a hole cut in the side. He also found the diving mask he lost when searching for the ring in 1983.
Cottle is not the only one celebrating an amazing find.
This week in Orono, two University of Maine grounds workers found a class ring lost in a snowball fight in 1982 or 1983....
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No comment.
Time to get out of Maine:
"Airport terminal getting $4m upgrade
Work is underway on a new terminal at a regional airport along the midcoast of Maine. The terminal at the Knox County Regional Airport in Owls Head outside of Rockland now consists of two double-wide trailers. The $4 million replacement terminal will be nearly four times bigger and accommodate new security equipment, administrative offices, restrooms, seating, a cafe, a gift shop, and car rental offices. The new facility is expected to open before this Christmas (AP)."Also see:
