Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site on September 24, 2026.
Aroostook County, Maine, has about 67,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Aroostook County Sheriff's Office and seven city agencies. An arrest leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the county jail, and, if the District Attorney files charges, a case in the Aroostook County Superior Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts each agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Aroostook County public records, Maine arrest records, Maine inmate search and Maine criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Aroostook County
The Aroostook County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Aroostook County. It reported 201 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside two of the county's cities are reported to the FBI by an agency of the city's own, listed here with the Census population and what each reported:
- Presque Isle, 8,728 residents: 389 arrests reported for 2025.
- Caribou, 7,328 residents: 218 arrests reported for 2025.
A city on that list is reported separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Aroostook County
Each agency reports its arrests to the FBI by month, and the FBI publishes them on the Crime Data Explorer. These are the full-year totals, all offenses, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026; a year with months missing or not reported is left out.
- Presque Isle: 389 for 2025, 441 for 2024, 464 for 2023, 468 for 2022, 394 for 2021 and 568 for 2020.
- Houlton: 276 for 2025, 223 for 2024, 235 for 2023, 234 for 2022, 419 for 2021 and 517 for 2020.
- Caribou: 218 for 2025, 297 for 2023, 297 for 2022, 205 for 2021, 796 for 2020 and 571 for 2019; 2024 is missing months.
- Aroostook County Sheriff's Office: 201 for 2025, 222 for 2024, 318 for 2023, 303 for 2022, 272 for 2021 and 319 for 2020.
- Madawaska: 95 for 2025, 137 for 2024, 163 for 2023, 93 for 2022, 81 for 2021 and 63 for 2020.
- Fort Fairfield: 92 for 2025, 173 for 2024, 171 for 2023, 73 for 2022 and 99 for 2019; 2020 and 2021 are missing months.
- Fort Kent: 59 for 2025, 77 for 2024, 75 for 2023, 90 for 2022, 36 for 2021 and 52 for 2020.
- Ashland: 6 for 2025, 7 for 2024, 34 for 2023, 25 for 2022, 2 for 2021 and 25 for 2020.
Together, the eight agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,336 arrests that year. The seven of them with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 1,118 in 2025 against 1,280 in 2024, down 13 percent.
Through May 2026, the six agencies with every month so far on file reported 331 arrests, against 332 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Aroostook County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Aroostook County is held at the county jail, whichever agency made the arrest, apart from the short stay some city departments' own holding cells allow; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked at all. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and the court file takes over from there.
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 120 people, up from about 110 in 2018. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Aroostook County Sheriff's Office at aroostook.me.us/departments/sheriff (page title: Sheriff | Aroostook County Maine), phone 207-532-3471, 25 School St, Ste 216 Houlton, ME 04730, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Maine Department of Corrections lists its inmates at apps1.web.maine.gov/online/correctionssearch.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Aroostook County
Whether someone was arrested in Aroostook County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Aroostook County Superior Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at courts.maine.gov/ecourts/access.html); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at aroostook.me.us/departments/district-attorney-office, phone (207) 498-2557).
Maine is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: conviction records are public and can be requested on anyone by name, through the Maine State Police State Bureau of Identification. That record shows what agencies reported to the state, which is wider than one county's court index but can lag it.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Aroostook County
The report of an arrest is released by the agency that made it; the jail and the court hold their own records of the same event, but not the report. Under the Maine Freedom of Access Act the agency must answer within a reasonable time, after acknowledging the request within 5 working days, and it may charge staff time after the first two hours, plus copying.
- An arrest by the Aroostook County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 207-532-3471.
- An arrest in Presque Isle or Caribou: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, (207) 498-2557, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Aroostook County Superior Court, through the court records page at courts.maine.gov/ecourts/access.html.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Aroostook County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for every one of the two cities in Aroostook County: Presque Isle and Caribou. The FBI's list also carries the Fort Fairfield Police Department, the Fort Kent Police Department, the Houlton Police Department and two more as city agencies in Aroostook County; Fort Fairfield, Fort Kent, Houlton and two more are not among the cities above.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Aroostook County Superior Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Aroostook County each year?
Presque Isle reported 389 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the eight agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 1,336 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Aroostook County?
Ask the Aroostook County Sheriff's Office at 207-532-3471; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at aroostook.me.us/departments/sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Aroostook County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Aroostook County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Aroostook County?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Maine State Police State Bureau of Identification: conviction records are public and can be requested on anyone by name. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Maine Freedom of Access Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Aroostook County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Aroostook County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Maine Freedom of Access Act the answer is due within a reasonable time, after acknowledging the request within 5 working days.
Is this the official Aroostook County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.