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 between September 24, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Piscataquis County, Maine, has about 17,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Piscataquis County Sheriff's Office and three 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 Piscataquis 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 and common questions.
Related guides: Piscataquis County public records, Maine arrest records, Maine inmate search and Maine criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Piscataquis County
The Piscataquis County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Piscataquis County. It reported 126 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Piscataquis County
The FBI publishes every agency's monthly arrest counts 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.
- Piscataquis County Sheriff's Office: 126 for 2025, 157 for 2023, 151 for 2022, 178 for 2021, 204 for 2020 and 164 for 2019; 2024 is missing months.
- Milo: 53 for 2025, 35 for 2024, 46 for 2023, 40 for 2022, 39 for 2021 and 43 for 2020.
- Dover-Foxcroft: 46 for 2025, 25 for 2024, 38 for 2023, 48 for 2022, 47 for 2021 and 42 for 2020.
- Greenville: 9 for 2025, 3 for 2024, 4 for 2023, 17 for 2022, 24 for 2021 and 12 for 2020.
Together, the four agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 234 arrests that year. The three of them with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 108 in 2025 against 63 in 2024, up 71 percent.
Through March 2026, the three agencies with every month so far on file reported 32 arrests, against 49 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Piscataquis County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Piscataquis 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 2019 the jail held about 30 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 30 beds, and it ran at 100 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Piscataquis County Sheriff's Office at piscataquis.us/sheriff/county-jail (page title: County Jail | Piscataquis County), phone (207) 564-9083, 52 Court Street Dover-Foxcroft, ME 04426, 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 Piscataquis County
An arrest in Piscataquis County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Piscataquis 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/courts/superior/piscataquis-sc.html, phone (207) 564-2240); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at piscataquis.us/da, phone (207) 564-2181).
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 Piscataquis County
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. 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 Piscataquis County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (207) 564-9083.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, (207) 564-2181, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Piscataquis County Superior Court, through the court records page at courts.maine.gov, phone (207) 564-2240.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Piscataquis County each year?
The Piscataquis County Sheriff's Office reported 126 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the four agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 234 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Piscataquis County?
Ask the Piscataquis County Sheriff's Office at (207) 564-9083; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at piscataquis.us/sheriff/county-jail.
Where are people arrested in Piscataquis County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Piscataquis County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Piscataquis 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 Piscataquis County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Piscataquis 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 Piscataquis 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.