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Incident Date

Location

Assailant

Officer(s)

Department(s)

1995 = 0
1996 = 2
03/11/1996
Monday
09/24/1996
Tuesday

Bath
Sagadahoc
Gorham
Cumberland

Curtis, Edwin
(injured)
Seiders, Al
(uninjured)

Bruce

Bath PD

Henckel

Gorham PD

01/11/1997
Friday
07/02/1997
Wednesday
08/03/1997
Sunday
11/06/1997
Thursday

Mexico
Oxford
Bridgewater
Aroostook
Bangor
Penobscot
Brunswick
Cumberland

Gonzales, Steven
(killed)
Kinzel, Aaron
(uninjured)
Baker, Gregory
(killed)
Weymouth, Richard
(killed)

Daley
Wainwright
McPherson
Harris
Bishop

Rumford PD
Oxford SO
State Police
State Police
Bangor PD

OLeary

Brunswick PD

07/11/1998
Saturday
07/25/1998
Saturday
12/28/1998
Monday

Windham
Cumberland
Porter
Oxford
Monmouth
Kennebec

Sands, Thomas
(uninjured)
Searles, Kevin
(killed)
Sidor, Jerzy
(killed)

Boudreau

Windham PD

Reaser

State Police

Armstrong

State Police

1997 = 4

1998 = 3

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1999 = 6
03/28/1999
Sunday
06/13/1999
Sunday
07/14/1999
Wednesday
09/16/1999
Thursday

Portland
Cumberland
Orland
Hancock
Naples
Cumberland
Brownville
Piscataquis

Al-Shewaily, T.
(injured)
Burdick, Richard
(injured)
Grover, Lindley
(uninjured)
Price, Clinton
(killed)

09/17/1999
Friday
12/07/1999
Tuesday

Portland
Cumberland
Brunswick
Cumberland

Caulfield, Kevin
(killed)
Santana, Orlando
(killed)

Davis

Portland PD

Willis
Mitchell
Cummings

Hancock SO
Hancock SO
State Police

Madden
Pomelow
Lang
McGary

State Police TT
State Police TT
State Police TT
Portland PD

Stoothoff

DEA - Federal

2000 = 6
01/21/2000
Friday
01/24/2000
Monday
02/16/2000
Wednesday
05/06/2000
Friday
08/02/2000
Wednesday

Sumner
Oxford
Bangor
Penobscot
Glenburn
Penobscot
Augusta
Kennebec
Bingham
Somerset

Bennett, Daniel
(killed)
Dunton, Sidney
(injured)
Leonard, Thomas
(uninjured)
Ware, Stephen
(killed)
Stewart, Linwood
(uninjured)
Stewart, Linwood
(uninjured)
Stewart, Linwood

Wainwright
Baker
Flagg

Oxford SO
Oxford SO
Penobscot SO

Lang

State Police TT

Massey
Taylor
Deputy Sheriffs
Thrasher

Augusta PD
Augusta PD
Piscataquis
County
Warden Service

Golden

State Police TT
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09/08/2000
Friday

Ellsworth
Hancock

(killed)
Noble, Scott
(injured)

Peterson

State Police

2001 = 4
03/16/2001
Friday

Scarborough
Cumberland

Levier, James
(killed)

04/09/2001
Monday
04/28/2001
Saturday
07/31/2001
Tuesday

Lincoln
Penobscot
Bangor
Penobscot
York
York

(uninjured)
Lever, Timothy
(injured)
Cote, Richard
(uninjured)

02/12/2002
Tuesday

Portland
Cumberland

02/25/2002
Monday
12/23/2002
Monday
12/25/2002
Wednesday

Somerville
Lincoln
Ellsworth
Hancock
Jefferson
Lincoln

Sperrey
Moore, Chard,
Ramsdell

State Police TT
Scarborough PD

Buckley

DEA - Federal
Bangor PD

Thistlewood

York County SO

Dawson, John
(killed)

Hutcheson
Letarte

Portland PD
Portland PD

Buchanan. Michael
(killed)
Williams, Rodney
(injured)
Montagna, Michael
(uninjured)

Hatch

Lincoln SO

Peterson

State Police

Pease

Lincoln SO

2002 = 4

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2003 = 4
03/07/2003
Friday
05/06/2003
Tuesday
09/11/2003
Thursday
12/17/2003
Wednesday

Acton
York
Poland
Androscoggin
Gray
Cumberland
Lewiston
Androscoggin

Pelletier, Dale
(killed)
Pullen, Christopher
(killed)
Hanson, Steven
(injured)
Berube, Vincent
(injured)

Dumond
Thistlewood
Urquhart

York SO
York SO
State Police TT

Ambrose

Cumberland SO

Conley
Syphers
Vierling

Lewiston PD
Lewiston PD
Lewiston PD

Harrington, Thomas
(uninjured)
Harrington, Thomas
(injured)
Moulton, Thomas
(injured)

Hicks

York SO

Dow

State Police

McCaffrey
Roche
Hanlon
Edes

Westbrook PD
Westbrook PD
Westbrook PD
State Police

Hainey

State Police

2004 = 4
01/21/2004 Limerick
Wednesday York

04/22/2004
Thursday

Westbrook
Cumberland

05/21/2004
Friday
06/09/2004
Wednesday

New Gloucester

Androscoggin
Fryeburg
Oxford

Bean, Robert
(injured)
Michaud, Taylor
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2005 = 3
11/17/2005
Wednesday
12/13/2005
Monday
12/27/2005
Monday

Brunswick
Cumberland
Portland
Cumberland
Portland
Cumberland

Niederman, Kim
(killed)
Brown, Jessica
(uninjured)
Giroux, Donald
(uninjured)

Hansen
Brunswick PD
Carlton
Sagadahoc SO
Sauschuck, Michael Portland PD
Sauschuck, Mary

Portland PD

Jefferson
Lincoln
Sanford
York
Jay
Franklin
Portland
Cumberland
So. Portland
Cumberland
Westbrook
Cumberland
So. Portland
Cumberland

Kelly, Michael
(uninjured)
Daniels, Jillian
(injured)
Burhoe, Richard
(injured)
Duncan, Richard
(killed)
Dubois, Terrell
(injured)
Fenwick, Todd
(uninjured)
Gray, Donald
(killed)

Hatch

Lincoln SO

Foisy
Bucklin
Keaten

Sanford PD
Sanford PD
State Police

Martin

Portland PD

Connors
Doherty
Robinson

So. Portland PD
Portland PD
Westbrook PD

Cogswell
Sargent

So. Portland PD
So. Portland PD

2006 = 7
01/17/2006
Tuesday
05/26/2006
Friday
06/06/2006
Tuesday
08/26/2006
Sunday
10/11/2006
Wednesday
11/03/2006
Friday
11/29/2006
Wednesday

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2007 = 6
03/30/2007
Friday
09/22/2007
Saturday
09/23/2007
Sunday
10/27/2007
Saturday

Auburn
Androscoggin
Rumford
Oxford
Waldoboro
Lincoln
Gorham
Cumberland

11/03/2007
Saturday
12/21/2007
Friday

Limington
York
Gardiner
Kennebec

Peters, John
(killed)
White, Scott
(killed)
Jackson, Gregori
(killed)
Luong, Andrew
(uninjured) (killed:
suicide)
Ronfeldt, Peter
(injured)
Wentzell, Jason
(killed)

Hare
Cropper
Black

State Police TT
State Police TT
State Police TT

Curtis

Waldoboro PD

Hannon

Gorham PD

Feeney

Cumberland SO

Gioia
Rogers

Gardiner PD
State Police

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2008 = 9

2008-044-21P

02/16/2008
Saturday

Harmony
Somerset

McDowell, Daniel
(killed)

05/03/2008
Saturday
05/12/2008
Monday

Portland
Cumberland
Indian
Township
Washington

Kittrell, Albert
(killed)
Kelly, Douglas
(killed)

06/28/2008
Saturday

Mexico
Oxford

08/04/2008
Monday

Albion
Kennebec

08/25/2008
Monday
09/15/2008
Monday
10/22/2008
Wednesday
11/24/2008
Monday

So. Portland
Cumberland
Auburn
Androscoggin
Sebago
Cumberland
Parsonsfield
York

LaPointe,
Lawrence
(uninjured)
Sullivan,
Johnathan
(killed)
Norton, Michael
(killed)
Ford, Bartolo
(injured)
Tenczar, Douglas
(injured)
Sanborn, Jesse
(uninjured)

Brunette
Putnam
Ross
Goodman

State Police
Somerset SO
Somerset SO
Portland PD

Nicholas

Wing

Indian
Township PD
Passamaquoddy
Warden Service
State Police

Record

State Police

Sutton
Macisso
Bouchard

So. Portland PD
TT
Auburn PD

Hall
Welch
Worcester

Cumberland
County SO
State Police

Francis

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2009 = 4

2010 = 5

03/24/2009
Tuesday
04/25/2009
Saturday
12/01/2009
Tuesday
12/17/2009
Thursday

Biddeford
York
Portland
Cumberland
Lewiston
Androscoggin
Searsport
Waldo

Stewart, Barbara
(killed)
Okot, David
(killed)
Cookson, Kristy
(injured)
Sylvester, Matthew
(injured)

Green

Biddeford PD

Roper
Wiseman
Vega
Caouette
Smith, Corey

Portland PD

Incident Date

Location

Assailant

Officer(s)

Department(s)

04/23/2010
Friday
06/15/2010
Tuesday
07/08/2010
Thursday

Cyr Plntn
Aroostook
OOB
York
Augusta
Kennebec

Begin, Neil
(killed)
Mayne, Thomas
(killed)
Popkowski, James
(killed)

Flynn, Robert
Kipler,
3 ATF agents

State Police
Border Patrol
ATF
Togus Police
Warden Service

10/04/2010
Monday
10/18/2010
Monday

Skowhegan
Somerset
Clinton
Kennebec

Lybrook, Kemp
(injured)
Rood, Jessica
(uninjured)

Park, Thomas
Dunham,
Ronald
Sperrey, Mark
Belanger,
Jeffrey

Clinton PD

Lewiston PD
State Police

Incident
Review
Report?

State Police TT

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2011 = 9
01/15/2011
Saturday
03/27/2011
Sunday
04/10/2011
Sunday
06/08/2011
Wednesday
09/24/2011
Saturday
11/08/2011
Tuesday
11/10/2011
Thursday
11/19/2011
Saturday
11/29/2011
Tuesday

Lyman
York
Kennebunk
York
Portland
Cumberland
Belfast
Waldo
Farmingdale
Kennebec
Lewiston
Androscoggin
Rumford
Oxford
Farmington
Franklin
Dover-Foxcroft
Piscataquis

Landry, Andrew
(killed)
Paulson, Katherine
(killed)
Mitchell, Jonathan
(injured)
Thompson, Ben
(injured)
Fritze, Paul
(killed)
Corey, Kyle
(injured)
Richard, Eric
(killed)
Crowley-Smilek, Justin
(killed)
Curtis, Michael
(killed)

Kassa, Kyle

York County SO

Morneau, Joshua

Kennebunk PD

Miller, Robert

Portland PD

Fitzpatrick, Dan

Belfast PD

Black, Timothy

State Police TT

Meserve, Nicholas
Lovering, Travis
Judd, Jeremy

Lewiston PD
Androscoggin SO
Warden Service

Rosie, Ryan

Farmington PD

Brown, Jon

State Police

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2012 = 7
01/17/2012
Friday

Portland
Cumberland

LItalien, Arien
(injured)

06/23/2012
Saturday
07/01/2012
Sunday
08/14/2012
Tuesday
09/15/2012
Saturday
10/23/2012
Tuesday
12/22/2012
Saturday

Jackman
Somerset
Hermon
Penobscot
Edinburg
Penobscot
Scarborough
Cumberland
Lamoine
Hancock
Minot
Androscoggin

Robinson, Charles
(killed)
McKay, Michael
(injured) (killed: suicide)
Dome, Warren
(injured)
Cole, Matthew
(uninjured)
Tilden, Leon
(killed)
Callahan, Michael
(uninjured)

Gill, John
Tenuta,
Michael
Tierney, J.
Demanski, C.
Roy, Gregory

Scarborough PD
U.S. Marshal

Hashey, Chris

U.S. Border
Patrol
State Police
Tactical Team
State Police

Wells, Kyle

State Police

Keaten,
Randall
Casey, Paul

State Police
Tactical Team
State Police
Tactical Team

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2013 = 9
05/24/2013
Friday
06/08/2013
Saturday
06/09/2013
Sunday
07/03/2013
Wednesday

Minot
Androscoggin
West Paris
Oxford
Hampden
Penobscot
Calais
Washington

08/17/2013
Saturday
09/20/2013
Friday
10/9/2013
Wednesday
10/14/2013
Monday
12/12/2013
Wednesday

Grindstone
Penobscot
Searsmont
Waldo
Old Town
Penobscot
Stratton
Franklin
Hollis
York

Callahan, Michael
(uninjured)
Reynolds, James
(injured)
Arrigoni, Cameron
(killed)
Pinney, Daniel
(injured) (killed:
suicide)
Bellfleur, Robert
(killed)
Maker, Leonard
(injured)
Ouellette, Christopher
(killed)
Wittke, Zachary
(uninjured)
Knudsen, John
(killed)

Samson, Dennis

Androscoggin SO

Wing, Jason

State Police

Bailey, Christian

Hampden PD

Preston, John
Bartlett, Joseph

Calais PD

Burnes, Seth

E.Millinocket PD

MacDonald, James

State Police

Meserve, Barry

State Police

Talbert, Christopher

Border Patrol

Stevenson, Tyler

State Police
Tactical Team

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2014 = 10
03/18/2014
Tuesday
04/12/2014
Saturday
06/01/2014
Sunday
06/06/2014
Friday
08/03/2014
Sunday
08/17/2014
Sunday
09/27/2014
Saturday

Rumford
Oxford
Windham
Cumberland
Ellsworth
Hancock
Howland
Penobscot
Lagrange
Penobscot
Mexico
Oxford
Chester
Penobscot

Byrn-Franciso, Jessica
(injured)
McKenney, Stephen
(killed)
Barnard, Jeffrey
(injured)
Saucier, Dale
(injured)
Conlogue, Lewis
(killed)
Piirainen, Steven
(killed)
Gerken, Shad
(killed)

10/12/2014
Sunday
10/24/2014
Friday

Ludlow
Aroostook
Lewiston
Androscoggin

Gillotti, Alan, Sr.

(killed)
Crowley, Albert
(injured)

12/04/2014
Thursday

South Berwick
York

Moller, Karin
(killed)

Higley, Tracey

Rumford PD

Mangino, Nicholas

Cumberland
County SO
State Police
Tactical Team
State Police

Duff, Scott
Campbell, Benjamin
Hamilton, Scott
Casey, Paul
Benson, Dean
Grass, Nicholas
Shead, Donald
Mitchell, Gregory
Haines, Joshua
Burgoin, Brian
Dumond, Michael
Provost, Zachary
Burbank, Chris
Lizanecz, John

State Police
Tactical Team
State Police
Mexico PD
State Police
Tactical Team
State Police
Lewiston PD

South Berwick PD
York PD

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2015 =
01/12/2015
Monday
02/08/2015
Sunday
02/10/2015
Tuesday
03/12/2015
Thursday
05/20/2015
Wednesday
06/28/2015
Sunday
09/24/2015
Thursday
12/01/2015
Tuesday

Augusta
Kennebec
Bangor
Penobscot
Smyrna
Aroostook
Monson
Piscataquis
Lovell
Oxford
Carmel
Penobscot
Naples
Cumberland
Bangor

Begin, Jason
(injured)
Condon, Nicholas
(uninjured)
Kreyssig, Kenneth
(killed)
King, Quinton
(injured)
Buffington, Dennis
(injured)
Lannon, Alexis
(injured)
Penraese, Melissa
(uninjured)
Jozefowicz, Joshua
(killed)

Drouin, Laura

Augusta PD

Smith, Brian
Townsend, Dennis
Fuller, Chad
Kennedy, Stewart
Wilson, Kyle

Bangor PD

Cayer, George

Oxford SO

Kurth, Kari

Penobscot SO

Smolinsky, Todd

Bridgton PD

Jones, Ryan

Bangor PD

State Police
Aroostook SO
Piscataquis SO

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2016 = 6

Pending
Pending
Pending

Incident Date
01/07/2016
Thursday
04/02/2016
Saturday
05/07/2016
Saturday
08/15/2016
Monday
09/12/2016
Monday
11/27/2016
Sunday

Location
Caribou
Aroostook
Westbrook
Cumberland
Presque Isle
Aroostook
Jefferson
Lincoln
Auburn
Androscoggin
Naples
Cumberland

Subject of DF
Plourde, Norman
(uninjured)
Grossman, Sean
(injured)
Sam, Derek
(killed)
Prior, Shane
(killed/suicide)
Vehicle (two juveniles)
(uninjured)
Strobel, Norman
(killed)

Officer(s)
Cochran, Chad

Department(s)
Caribou PD

Hall, Ben

Westbrook PD

Hafford, Lucas

Presque Isle PD

Madore, Jason

State Police

St. Laurent, Derrick

Lewiston PD

Feeney, Andrew
Brill, Derek

Cumberland
County SO

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