Mental health crisis welfare check reported near Bog Road in New Portland

Heard on: Kennebec, Somerset, and Waldo County Fire Departments

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This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

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Starts New Portland, (number withheld) Bog Road.

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Originally started as a welfare check.

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Calling party is out of state in Colorado, and his mother lives at the above address.

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And his brother, older brother, is having some sort of a mental crisis.

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He's not supposed to be in the New Portland address.

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However, the calling party can see on his mother's Facebook page that he is in fact there.

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He's having some sort of mental health crisis.

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Or does not know if there are any weapons in the residence.

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Residents, however, the brother about a week ago pulled a firearm on his younger brother who lives in Massachusetts.

7/15/2026 07:23 PM

Medical Emergency

Bog Rd, New Portland, ME 04961

Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, deputies were sent for a welfare check near Bog Road in New Portland after an out-of-state caller reported his older brother appeared to be at their mother’s residence and was having a mental health crisis. The caller said he did not know whether there were any weapons in the home; earlier radio traffic also referenced a prior firearm-related incident, but details were not repeated in the second transmission.