STETSON, Maine (WABI) - Maine State Police is seeking the public’s help to find a burglary suspect. State Police would like to question a man in regards to a burglary on January 8th in Stetson. The incident happened around 2:00 p.m. on Hughey Road. No other details are being released.

A father-son pair of commercial fishermen went missing Saturday night off the coast of northern Maine, authorities said.

Maine State Police paid out record overtime in 2024, as new data shows officers took home more than $10 million just in overtime last year. In 2023, that number was over $8 million dollars. State troopers had the largest chunk of overtime last year,

Agency leaders say the costs are 'inevitable' as staffing issues and demands on the agency force troopers to work long hours, with some accruing 6 figures in OT in addition to their regular pay.

GARDINER, Maine (WGME) -- A Maine man is dead after a crash on I-95 in Sidney. Maine State Police say a Nissan pickup truck driven by 69-year-old Philip Marson of Gardiner went off the road and crashed into some trees in the median on I-95 southbound around 7 a.m.

A Maine man was killed in an explosion Friday while using a propane torch to thaw a frozen water tank on a commercial truck, according to Maine State Police. Kerry Holmes, 66, was pronounced dead at the scene of the explosion in Molunkus, a township in Aroostook County in northern Maine, State Police said in a statement.

Maine State Police topped $10 million in overtime payouts last year, setting another record amid staffing challenges agency leaders hope will let up in the next year. The agency paid about $8.5 million to its staff for overtime work in 2023.

MAINE, USA — Slippery travel conditions caused several slide offs and crashes on the Maine Turnpike and Interstate 295 Saturday morning.

A retired police officer who lives in Sanford has been selected as the next chair of the Maine Republican Party. Jim Deyermond spent 37 years in the Massachusetts State Police and moved to Maine upon his retirement,

Speed appears to be a factor in a deadly crash that killed a 69-year-old man on Interstate 95 in Maine on Thursday morning, state police said.

The crash involving two tractor trailers caused traffic delays and led to hospitalization of one of the drivers.

New data compiled by Maine State Police show that there were 35 homicides in the state in 2024. The year before, state police recorded 53 homicides — the most on record — including the 18 people who died in the Lewiston mass shooting. There were 40 in 1989.