9, Houlton: (207) 532-5400 The program is designed to meet people in need where they are, and works to ensure the community is aware of how to access help for their loved ones, the chief said. On an afternoon in late June, Sun Journal reporter Joaquin Contreras was on Howe Street in Lewiston looking for a person he wished to interview for a news story he was working on. Create a commenting profile by providing an email address, password and display name. 3Christopher Schario and Janet Mitchko, co-artistic directors of The Public Theatre in Lewiston, have . I was assaulted doing my job, asking them about a story I was reporting on. Example video title will go here for this video. Lewiston is by and large safe, said Mayor Carl Sheline. But thats a tough sell because theyre afraid of repercussions.. The reporter considers the assault a learning experience. Which is not to say that there are not problems police need to address. A palpable hostility, he said, where people are on edge, angry or asking for a handout. Mohamed Liban, 24, has been charged with one count of reckless conduct with a firearm, according to a news release from the Lewiston Police Department. Please wait for the page to reload. Pour en savoir plus sur la faon dont nous utilisons vos donnes personnelles, veuillez consulter notre politique relative la vie prive et notre politique en matire de cookies. Media Center The man, whose identity police are not disclosing, was taken to Central Maine Medical. Maybe my questions or our encounter irritated them, but the violence it provoked is a learned response; a violence which citizens foster when they react with apathy and do nothing instead of discouraging it from the start.. Edward Little took a 2-0 lead into the locker room when Doughty saved an Andrew Clements shot, but the rebound came out to Peyton Dyer. In Lewiston, some crimes are up, and significantly so. Login. Anyone with information can contact the Lewiston Police Department at 207-513-3001, ext. Police responded to a report about a shooting at a first-floor apartment on Walnut Street shortly before 4 a.m. and upon arriving found three people injured with apparent gunshot wounds, Lewiston Police Department spokesperson Lt. Derrick St. Laurent said Tuesday in a news release. PSY recognizes that many people who are arrested suffer from mental illness and substance misuse disorder, and need access to treatment, and an opportunity for recovery, to improve their quality of life and to avoid inappropriate incarceration.. As I walked away, I felt as though it was not over, the reporter recalled, and I turned around just as a hand swiped across my face, throwing my glasses across the street. All I can say is there is a distinct negative vibe whenever walking around downtown, the photographer said. Headlines tend to back those people up. After almost two hours, the suspect exited a house a few doors down from the alleged crime scene at 30 Howe St. and surrendered to police. Witnesses said he was shot several times in the head and died on the spot. When the incident was first reported, police were told that a . Tyler Martin at 513-3001 ext. //