Two law enforcement officers who were allies when they faced tough questions about their interactions with an Army reservist who last year killed 18 people in…
Neither four-term Democratic incumbent Sagadahoc County Sheriff Joel Merry, nor his Republican rival, patrol Sgt. Aaron Skolfield, want their career to be defined by the Lewiston mass shooting. But it’s impossible to escape their connection on the verge of a grim one-year anniversary that will be marked less than two weeks ahead of Election Day.
Merry, who as Skolfield's boss also faced scrutiny by the independent commission, empathized. “I felt I defended him to the extent that I could,” the incumbent sheriff said. As sheriff, Merry served on the board of Maine Behavioral Health and worked to get a mental health liaison, shared with the Brunswick Police Department. That person was already hired at the time of the Lewiston shootings, but had not yet begun working. He now realizes that there was too much work for one individual, so he’s working to get an individual to fulfill that specific role for the county.
Skolfield said he feels the governor politicized the race when she repeatedly singled him out at a recent news conference to discuss the independent commission's findings. That made Skolfield feel freer to defend his actions more aggressively.
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