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A prosecutor raised concerns last year about the candor and competence of a Maine State Police trooper at the center of a recent excessive force lawsuit in a pointed letter to the agency’s head of internal affairs.

On March 19, 2024, District Attorney Maeghan Maloney wrote a two-page letter to Capt. Jeff Love, who oversees the state police’s Office of Professional Standards, detailing concerns about Trooper Hunter Belanger, who was sued last week by a Chelsea woman for alle

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