LEWISTON — The City Council’s agenda for Tuesday night also includes an update from police officials on the continued investigation into the death of Donald Giusti in June after a violent altercation near Kennedy Park. According to the council memo, Lewiston Police Chief Brian O’Malley will “provide an overview of the enhanced policing efforts undertaken […]
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Chief: Change in gun law has ‘unintended consequence’
LEWISTON — The city’s police chief said Monday a change in state law three years ago allowing concealed gun carry without a permit has triggered a spike in reports of gun-related crimes. Police Chief Brian O’Malley called the effect an “unintended consequence” of the 2015 law change. “I’m seeing people who wouldn’t carry in the […]
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Children need high quality child care
As law enforcement officials, we know we won’t always be in the right place at the right time to stop a crime as it is committed. It is a hard reality that much of our work happens after someone has been hurt or something has been lost. That is why it is important to have […]
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Lewiston police chief looks back on first year
LEWISTON — Since he was sworn into office as the city’s new police chief in January, Brian O’Malley has overseen a number of policy changes, some driven by him, others necessitated by events in the community, he told the Sun Journal recently. Among those policies O’Malley brought to local law enforcement were the creation of […]
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Lewiston police chief credits youth outreach for lower crime rate
LEWISTON — The city’s top cop on Monday credited youth outreach efforts for a sharp drop in the rate of burglaries. Lewiston’s residential burglary rates dropped more than 10 percent from 2015 to 2016 and nonresidential burglaries plummeted 38 percent during the same period. It’s a trend. Since 2012, residential burglaries in the city have […]
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Brian O’Malley sworn in as Lewiston police chief
LEWISTON — Brian O’Malley is officially the city’s new police chief. At a swearing-in ceremony Tuesday at City Hall, City Administrator Ed Barrett said an eight-member hiring committee had fielded 22 applicants from across the country for the position. “The consensus was that we had the best candidate right here in our current department,” Barrett […]
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Deputy chief Brian O’Malley named Lewiston police chief
LEWISTON — Brian O’Malley was tapped Thursday as the city’s police chief. A swearing-in ceremony will be held Tuesday, Jan. 24, at City Hall. O’Malley had been serving as interim chief since Michael Bussiere resigned last year to take an administrative post in a Dallas suburb. O’Malley had served as his deputy chief. The city […]
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Lewiston police say Solomon apartment raid not as lawsuit claims
LEWISTON — In the surveillance video, Tanisha Solomon is seen standing over a stabbing victim as he lay on the ground in a pool of blood. “That’s what you get for pulling a knife on my son,” Solomon yells at the man, according to witnesses. Shortly after, Solomon and her son — the man later […]
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Lewiston names new deputy police chief
LEWISTON — Why wait? On the very first day of the new year, a new face will appear in the deputy chief’s office at the Lewiston Police Department. Not entirely new, however. Brian O’Malley, announced Wednesday as the new second in command, has been with the department for 25 years, much of that time serving […]
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Lewiston fire investigation continues; experts point to arson types
LEWISTON — Police and fire investigators continued their search Friday for clues that might lead them to suspects in four arsons and one attempted arson from a day earlier in the city’s downtown. Sgt. Detective Brian O’Malley said police detectives were reviewing hours of video from surveillance cameras in the area of the fires, beginning […]