by Sarah Craighead Dedmon

Machias Police Chief Grady Dwelley presented to the Machias Board of Selectmen at their bi-weekly meeting held Wednesday, Jan. 23. Dwelley submitted a report for his department’s activity between July and December 2018.

“During that time we issued 37 criminal summons, including terrorizing, theft, criminal mischief, assault, burglary while armed and criminal threatening with a weapon,” said Dwelley.

In total, the Machias Police Department took 676 calls in six months, for an average of 112 calls per month.