Its just a nightmare. Yet to borrowers following Tuesdays arguments, it felt isolating to hear such a personal subject reduced to cold legal language. I wanted to be like, Yall dont understand. Court records showed Andrew Adams, 31, as well as others, trafficked meth and fentanyl in Penobscot and Aroostook Counties between January 2018 and December Shanna Morrison. Probation Office. Between June 2019 and May 2020, the Aroostook County Jail recorded 622 calls that defendants made to 20 attorneys, including Tebbetts, according to records obtained by The Maine Monitor. CARIBOU, Maine The following cases were heard under the Aroostook Criminal Docket at the Caribou Courthouse during the month of February. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. Its the same phone number that was recorded and listened to by the jail, data show. Mason Burby, 21, Washburn: refusing to submit to arrest or detention, physical force, 48 hours in jail; violating condition of release, 48 hours in jail; unlawful possession of scheduled drug, 30 days in jail, $400 fine. There was a long discussion on the nuances of certain words. He had a very nice couple who were watching out for him. Lovely and his co-conspirators distributed the drugs in northern Maine. A few weeks ago we were contacted by Paws Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) in Fort Kent asking if we could help them with two cats. It's going to be a very busy weekend. 2 local buyers express interest in Aroostook Centre Mall. HOULTON, Maine After several months of not convening due to COVID-19, the Aroostook County grand jury has resumed its activities of reviewing criminal cases for U.S. Attorney Darcie N. McElwee also recognized the cooperation and coordination provided by the Maine State Attorney Generals Office and the Aroostook County District Attorneys Office. Andrew Moomey, 18, Caribou: operating vehicle without license, dismissed. His drug trafficking charge would eventually be dismissed. Fourteen of the 15 Maine county jails contract with Securus Technologies of Carrollton, Texas, for inmate phone services. For example, The Maine Monitor learned that three agents assigned to a statewide drug task force in Aroostook County identified recordings of attorneys during their investigations. Phone calls between Tebbetts and his clients are among those recordings. Caribou District Court. There are two potential local buyers, but their names will not be made public at this point, Presque Isle City Councilor Craig Green said Wednesday. Credit: Paul Bagnall / The Star-Herald. Hes there so often that guards wave him into the building, where he usually spends several hours visiting with clients. Other News: 2023 BikeMaine Weekend registration opens tomorrow The following cases were heard under the Aroostook Criminal Docket at the Presque Isle Courthouse in August. When asked to confirm the names of those who downloaded the calls, Gillen said in an email to The Maine Monitor in November that, It would be safe to say they [Gaddis and Dudley] had access for drug investigations, considering they worked for MDEA [Maine Drug Enforcement Agency] at the time. Other officials wouldnt confirm the names of the agents who had access to Tebbetts calls. Aroostook County officials insisted they hadnt intentionally recorded or monitored any attorney calls at the jail. If an agent discovers an attorney call, they must report it to a supervisor and commander, as well as the jail and case prosecutor. It doesnt matter whether somebody is listening in on these conversations accidentally or on purpose. The Maine State Police Troop F barracks in Houlton responded to a number of calls for service during the period of Jan. 9-15, 2023, including the following. He disagrees with the sheriff that it was his or his clients fault that the jail recorded hundreds of confidential calls and law enforcement personnel listened to dozens of those recordings. Friday, April 30, 2021 Aroostook County Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Charge BANGOR, Maine: An Aroostook County man pleaded guilty in federal court today to conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, Acting U.S. Attorney Donald E. Clark announced. The boys charged in the shooting are expected to appear in court in Machias on April 4. All rights reserved. November Indictments for Aroostook County Alexander MacDougall March 5, 2021 A Presque Isle man charged with burglary of the Braden Theater last August and Official websites use .gov Justices asked lawyers to explore hypothetical scenarios. He was soon back on drugs and his new wife told Maine State Police that he was dealing, court records show. Jeffery R. Thibodeau, Jr., 44, Limestone: operating after habitual offender revocation, 30 days in jail, $500 fine. Aroostook law enforcement are investigating an allegedly suspicious device found at an abandoned home in New Sweden. Justice Clarence Thomas, the courts staunchest conservative, has written about thecrushing weight of his own student loans, which he paid off after reaching the nations highest court. Aroostook County Courthouse, Maine (Courthouse News photo / Chris Marshall) Read the Top 8 Sign up for the Top 8, a roundup of the day's top stories delivered COURT ALERTS IN EFFECT. Kristin LeBlanc, 39, Limestone: use of drug paraphernalia, $300 fine. Julian came to us a little over a year ago, emaciated and covered in wounds. Have a question about Government Services? They were conversations, for sure, that I had to explain to him what hell Ive been through in the last 16 years.. Securus Technologies within a week put all known attorney phone numbers from Maine on a list not to be recorded, and the company added to the Aroostook County Jails booking process a way for inmates to provide their attorneys name and phone number, at the countys request, Gillen wrote. The Maine State Police Troop F barracks in Houlton responded to a number of calls for service during the period of Dec. 19, 2022-Jan. 1, 2023, including the following. Yet, 58 calls that jailed clients made to Tebbetts were played back or listened to according to data turned over by the Aroostook County Sheriffs Office. Once a call is recorded, it lives on Securus online call platform. World Spay Day is always the fourth Tuesday in February, which this year falls on Feb. 28. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. But when we talked over the phone we were more free because these calls we were told were not supposed to be recorded, Hebert said. Each time, Tebbetts wasnt told. Marquis was sentenced to 30 months of prison with all but three months suspended. Gillen said he told them to also survey booking information and block recordings of any attorney phone numbers not already in the jails phone system. Anyone with information about the altercation is asked to contact the Washington County Sheriffs Office at 207-255-8308. The agents who said they knew of those privileged calls were Special Agent Forrest Dudley, Supervisory Special Agent Peter Johnson and U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agent John Gaddis, Risler wrote in an email. AROOSTOOK COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPT et al ADAMS v. AROOSTOOK COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPT et al RSS Track this Docket Docket Report This docket was last retrieved on February 28, 2023. Daigle was arrested outside her home without incident on June 13, 2022, waived extradition, and was brought to Maine Monday morning. More than 20 criminal defendants in Aroostook County went more than 1,300 combined days without an appointed attorney despite being deemed eligible by a judge, World Spay Day is always the fourth Tuesday in February, which this year falls on Feb. 28. Tia J. Mowers, 38, Caribou: criminal mischief, dismissed. Julian was out on his own in the bitter cold. When Hebert arrived at the Aroostook County Jail that September, he signed a paper acknowledging his phone calls would be recorded and monitored, he said. The decision to schedule the execution of Aaron Gunches came six weeks after Attorney General Kris Mayes office said it wasnt going to seek court orders to execute prisoners until a review ordered by Democratic Gov. I want to talk to you about a cat named Julian. To my knowledge, and this has been verified by Securus, no phone calls between inmates and their attorneys have been recorded, downloaded, or played back since May 7, 2020 in Aroostook County, Gillen wrote. For the first time in more than two decades, families from Stockholm and surrounding towns joined forces for a day of winter activities. The county denied multiple requests by The Maine Monitor to interview county employees who used the system. (CNN, POOL, KTVT, KCAL, KCBS, KABC, WJLA, WWNY, WTXL, WILX, KING, MONROE COUNTY), Some Tenants Remain Open at Aroostook Centre Mall, National Park Service says never push a slower friend down when escaping a bear, Warm Weather & Cedar Shortage Crisis Cause Layoffs at Katahdin Forest Products, Dangerous Driver Leads Police on Two High Speed Chases, Tom Sizemore, Saving Private Ryan actor, dies at 61. Central Aroostook Snowmobile club: Reporting trails are all groomed and holding up nicely. Some of the courts liberal justices sought several times to turn the arguments back to the people who would benefit from the program, pointing out their need for relief. CARIBOU, Maine The following cases were heard under the Aroostook Criminal Docket at the Caribou Courthouse in March. The organization obtained the drugs from out-of-state sources in Colorado and Arizona. Paul Bagnall March 1, 2023. The calls were professional and about his case, Simon said. Presque Isle voters had a steady turnout at the polls during Nov. 8s midterm elections. A few weeks ago we were contacted by Paws Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) in Fort Kent asking if we could help them with two cats. Thompson and her father are each eligible for $10,000 in relief, she said. It was my Break Glass in Case of Emergency card and I didnt have to use it, Tebbetts said. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. The Maine Council for English Language Arts, an affiliate of the National Council of Teachers of English, and the Maine School of Science and Mathematics are proud to announce this years recipient of the Claudette and John Brassil Distinguished Educator Award: Anthony Dolan Scott. Maine lobstermen landed nearly 98 million pounds of lobster last year, netting about $389 million. Student loan payments have been on hold since the start of the pandemic, but theyare set to restart60 days after the court cases resolve regardless of the outcome. OCDETF identifies, disrupts, and dismantles the highest-level drug traffickers, money launderers, gangs, and transnational criminal organizations that threaten the United States by using a prosecutor-led, intelligence-driven, multi-agency approach that leverages the strengths of federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies against criminal networks. County records show between October 2019 and March 2020, before the sheriff restricted access to the jails recordings, more county employees repeatedly listened to recordings of calls Hebert made to his attorney. I was not notified by any of these people that they had listened to my phone calls or downloaded my phone calls, Tebbetts said. This undated photo provided by the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry shows Aaron Brian Gunches, who was convicted of murder in the 2002 killing of Ted Price in Maricopa County, Ariz. On Thursday, March 2, 2023, the Arizona Supreme Court scheduled #9 Lake Trail from ITS 83 in Monticello is closed due to a logging operation. Adams faces up to 20 years imprisonment. TTY: (207) 780-3060, Bangor: Governor Janet Mills says it's a sign of the resilience of the lobster industry. For the first time, WFKTV Channel 4 will provide a livestream of New England's longest sled dog race. The following cases were heard under the Aroostook Criminal Docket at the Caribou Courthouse in August. He had a very nice couple who were watching out for him. New coronavirus mutant raises concerns in India and beyond, Trump ally Steve Bannon now willing to testify before Jan. 6 panel, filing a class action lawsuit against Securus Technologies, Couples recreation business cultivates 'slice of heaven' in Maine highlands, 2 teenagers charged after a man in Calais was shot on a walking trail, Fine-dining restaurant in northern Maine adds bed and breakfast, Nor'easter could dump a foot of snow on parts of Maine Saturday, Maine photographer snaps shots of bobcat thats blind in one eye, Residents in one western Maine town look to curb Poland Springs appetite for water, Maine should be on every birders bucket list, Proudly powered by Newspack by Automattic. Hebert called Tebbetts dozens of times from his cell block, records show. BANGOR, ME - An Aroostook County man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in two separate cases for conspiring to distribute and possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine, DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and Acting U.S. Attorney Donald E. Clark announced. Figures compiled by H. F. McGlauflin, Secretary of the local Cooperative Marketing Campaign Committee, showed the aggregate of signers in the County to be a fraction over 54,000. A new report from the Maine Department of Marine Resources has found that Maine's commercial fisheries saw a 37% drop from historic highs in 2021. One was leukemia positive and the other has feline AIDS. Joseph J. Landry, 64, St. Agatha: theft of services, 30 days in jail. Hes in his 60s and he has said for my whole life that he will never be able to retire. Singer Sewing Machine Co. To Open New Store The Singer Sewing Machine Company will return to Houlton after an absence of several years when they open their new modern store in the Putnam-Ervin block about March 15. Aroostook recorded 304 calls to Tebbetts law office from 49 jailed clients in a year, more than any other attorney in the county, records show. Many U.S. jails record all calls, and non-attorney calls are routinely listened to by law enforcement in criminal investigations. The details involving Tebbetts calls are the latest revelations in a months-long investigation by The Maine Monitor, which previously reported that Aroostook, Androscoggin, Franklin and Kennebec county jails recorded nearly 1,000 calls jailed defendants made to their attorneys between June 2019 and May 2020. I cant really think about my future without thinking about this huge debt, she said. There is public parking on Riverside Drive. 2 Learn about accessibility in Maine courts or request an accommodation. A man was arrested Monday evening after breaking into a persons home in Linneus. I was an addict and they were trying to pin me, deem me as a drug dealer and a drug trafficker, Hebert said. Fort Kent District Aroostook County couple works to reestablish Maine's Pine Tree Trail. Morrison directed questions about her work to Jail Administrator Craig Clossey, who declined to comment. I was very happy to receive the [state relief payment of] $450, or $900 for my wife and I. Lock wipe away debt held by millions of Americans, crushing weight of his own student loans. Smiths mother borrowed more than $20,000 in federal Parent Plus loans to help her pay for college. WebAroostook County Stay current with all the latest and breaking news about Aroostook County, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening Central Aroostook Snowmobile club: Reporting trails are all groomed and holding up nicely. Returned from extended trip -- Mr. and Mrs. C. Powers returned last week from an extended trip to Wisconsin, Minnesota and other western states. But their marital bliss rapidly ended. The jail established in 1889 attaches to the back of the district courthouse and overlooks the Aroostook County Sheriffs Office, Houlton United Methodist Church and a park where people gather in warm weather to eat at picnic tables during the early afternoon. This position requires supervisory, administrative, and professional knowledge as well as skills and abilities in planning, budgeting, organizing, directing and supervising. More Posted January 25, 2023 Two other defense attorneys and two clients joined him in filing a class action lawsuit against Securus Technologies. Bill comes up almost every winter in Maine legislative session. Julian was out on his own in the bitter cold. Aroostook County is an example of the worst that can happen when jails record phone calls to attorneys, a Maine Monitor investigation found, and the calls to attorney Tebbetts particularly stand out. Next year's Caribou City Council will include a new member and a longtime councilor thanks to Tuesday's election. One agent was reportedly told by his superiors to stop listening and delete the recorded call if he believed it was with an attorney, an email from August 2020 shows. It is greatly appreciated and will certainly help with our cost of heating this winter. For Thompson,none of it is hypothetical. The survey revealed that agents were indeed aware of some recorded calls between attorneys and their jailed clients. Presque Isle police arrested two people on Feb. 22 after discovering multiple dangerous weapons and around $11,000 worth of methamphetamine. His court-appointed attorney, John Tebbetts, advised him to speak softly so their conversation wouldnt be heard by the guards posted nearby. Two teenage boys have been charged this week in a shooting in Calais that injured a 31-year-old man. Aroostook County voters skewed largely Republican in statewide races on Election Day. An investigation done with help from a prosecutors office determined none of the agents had operated outside of their ethical duties.. Carlos Bravo, 26, Limestone: aggravated operation of a methamphetamine laboratory by a school, dismissed; operation of a methamphetamine laboratory, 6 years and 6 months in prison, all but 6 months suspended, 3 years probation, $4,110 restitution. Tia J. Mowers, 38, Caribou: assault, dismissed; violating condition of release, dismissed. Justin C. Pinette, 40, Caribou: domestic violence assault, 42 days in jail; violating condition of release, 30 days in jail. According to court records, between approximately January 2017 and August 2018, a drug trafficking organization distributed large quantities of methamphetamine in northern Maine. The caller ID shows its a call from Securus and theyve learned to recognize the extension for each county jail, he said. Law enforcement listen to the recordings for details that the inmates may tell friends and family that could help them prosecute the case. Two new town councilors and a new school board member will help Fort Fairfield determine its future in the new year. This undated photo provided by the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry shows Aaron Brian Gunches, who was convicted of murder in the 2002 killing of Ted Price in Maricopa County, Ariz. On Thursday, March 2, 2023, the Arizona Supreme Court scheduled Gunches' execution for April 6, 2023. Ellen Gilland arrived on a walker during her court appearance at It felt like people who could never understand why we would want something like this, she said. Tia J. Mowers, 38, Caribou: stalking serious inconvenience/emotional distress, dismissed; violating condition of release, dismissed. The race draws thousands of spectators to the small northern Maine border town. Official websites use .govA .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States. A month later, agents statewide were ordered to get out of the jails phone systems completely. HOULTON, Maine New mountain bikes are already assembled and ready for Houlton Parks & Recreation Department pickup, according to Bike, Board and Ski in Presque Isle. reading, and support local, rural journalism, please subscribe. Presque Isle at the time of writing was credited with 4033 acres. He and Tebbetts discussed new charges and the possible prison time he was facing, he said. BANGOR, Maine A former resident of Aroostook County pleaded guilty in a Bangor court Monday to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl. In collaboration with the Attorney Generals Office, Daigle was indicted by an Aroostook County Grand Jury on one count of murder and an arrest warrant was issued. The same term playback appears in records Aroostook County provided to Tebbetts and that The Maine Monitor reviewed. In any instance where it became evident that an inmate was talking with their attorney, the agent stopped listening to the recording immediately, McKinney wrote in a statement to The Maine Monitor. Portland, ME 04101, 202 Harlow St., Room 111 It is certainly fair to think that Securus possesses some information (or, alternatively, a meaningful absence of information) that might assist the Plaintiffs in assessing whether Securus knew that it was systemically recording attorney-client calls, Levy wrote. A second 16-year-old boy from Calais has been summoned on a charge of assault in connection with the shooting. County over the top Cooperative marketing landed safely with a margin of some thousands to spare. Lock All rights reserved. Calls with the same jailed client on different days were sometimes listened to by the same user. WebOn Jan. 24, Senate President Troy Jackson, D-Allagash, joined Jason Parent from Aroostook County Action Program and representatives from Maine Community Action Programs, This is a good reminder of how important it is to have your pets altered before any surprise litters can make an appearance. According to court records, between January 2018 and December 2021, Andrew Adams, 31, along with others, trafficked methamphetamine and Stay current with all the latest and breaking news about, Looking for a source we don't already have?