Independent Rep. Jeffrey Evangelos of Friendship says that residents urged him to act after allegations of misconduct, and that there’s been no accountability at the state level.
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Agent in sting seeks probe, says legislator plotted to ‘go after’ Maine Warden Service
Rep. John Martin helped fabricate a news story on the Allagash operation and abused his power, Bill Livezey says in a complaint to the ethics panel.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Panel’s agenda keeps warden service’s evasion in the spotlight
Resistance to legitimate public records requests deserves continued scrutiny.
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Public-records panel will take up Maine Warden Service’s handling of requests
The Press Herald has not received public documents requested months ago related to an agency undercover operation in Allagash.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Stings indicate thin line between entrapment and just prosecutions, Yarmouth legislator says
The question arises: Are the Maine Warden Service’s practices a fair way to conduct criminal investigations?
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Eves asks panel to examine warden service response to public records requests
House Speaker Mark Eves wants the Right to Know Advisory Committee to consider allegations that the Maine Warden Service failed to comply with the Freedom of Access Act.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: ‘Hearing’ on Maine Warden Service conduct a one-sided sham, legislator says
Only two people were allowed to testify, and the oversight committee lobbed them only soft questions.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Pair of sham hearings left no room for listening
Politically managed fact-finding does nothing to foster dynamic discussion on a national monument and undercover warden operations.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
State lawmakers to question Maine Warden Service officials
Commander Joel Wilkinson is among those set to be interviewed Wednesday.
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Maine Warden Service disputes latest story on sting operations
The agency also serves a ‘cease of harassment order’ on one of the hunters featured in the article, accusing him of making ‘repeated harassing phone calls’ to a game warden.