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Read Article VASSALBORO — When he saw the stopped vehicle along Interstate 295 one day last November and approached the driver, Trooper Connor Willard knew something was not right. Behind the wheel sat a young man in distress. “Usually the first words out of my mouth are, ‘hi, I’m Connor, are you all set? Are you OK?,’ ” Willard said. No, the driver said. He was not OK. So Willard, 27, invited the man into his Maine State Police cruiser, and for 45 minutes they talked about life, family and relationships. The interaction did not register for Willard as extraordinary. “We all ...

Maine State Police Trooper John Darcy Cleared of Racial Profiling An investigation into alleged comments made by Trooper John Darcy before a traffic stop has cleared him of racial profiling. Maine State Police were made aware of the incident in August of 2020, when the U.S. Attorney's Office notified them of the alleged remarks. The report claimed that a microphone in Darcy's cruiser recorded him making a racial comment about the driver of a vehicle he was about to pull over. According to the Portland Press Herald, they claimed that Darcy said the suspect looked 'like a thug.' Colonel John Co...

Trooper John Darcy was the 2019 "Trooper of the Year." An internal investigation by the Maine State Police has found no evidence of wrongdoing by a trooper accused of racial profiling. The U.S. Attorney's Office notified the agency in August 2020 about concerning recorded comments Trooper John Darcy made as he prepared to stop a Black motorist on the Maine Turnpike. Nearly 900 counterfeit prescription pills, cocaine, and a loaded firearm were seized from the vehicle, but the U.Ss Attorney dismissed charges after a video of the stop was released publicly. State Representative Jeff Evangelos m...

S.F. building inspector under investigation by the city has resigned FacebookTwitterEmail The property at 3005-3007 San Bruno Ave., in San Francisco, is listed in documents for an investigation into Senior Building Inspector Bernard Curran, who is under scrutiny after admitting that he had accepted a $180,000 loan from a person with connections to a local developer.Google Street View A senior San Francisco building inspector who had been placed on administrative leave after he allegedly failed to report a loan from a politically connected developer has resigned. Senior Building Inspector Bern...

“I didn’t go through my career to be a Legendary Trooper,” Williams reflected on a recent sunny afternoon. “I went through it because I love the state police.”