Hancock County

A man staying at a Hancock County motel was arrested last weekend and charged with selling heroin from his room.

The Hancock County Sheriff’s Office and the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency Tuesday night arrested  two Bronx, New York men and three Hancock County residents following an investigation into the sale of heroin and cocaine base “crack” in Hancock County.

Maine Drug Enforcement says two men from Hancock County have been charged following an investigation into the sale of heroin in the Southwest Harbor area.

Two people from Hancock County have been arrested following a joint investigation into the distribution of heroin and crack cocaine in the town of Gouldsboro. Drug Agents from Maine Drug Enforcement Agency’s Downeast Task Force in Ellsworth and the Gouldsboro Police Department have been investigating the sale of drugs in the town for several months which included the undercover purchase of heroin.

TRENTON, Maine (AP) — Court documents indicate a Maine man charged with murder withdrew money from the victim's bank account, drove his car and even posed as the victim after killing him between June and October of last year.

A Hancock County man has been arrested in connection with the death of an accountant who had been missing for more than a year.