Welfare check conducted after suicidal text in Portage Lake, Portage Lake ME
Medical EmergencyPolice performed a welfare check near Ranger Street in Portage Lake after a person sent a text message expressing suicidal thoughts. The caller was unsure if the person had access to a gun. Officers advised the person that ending their life was not the solution. The caller also mentioned the person had lost family members. No phone number was available to contact the individual directly.
Audio|Source: Aroostook/Houlton Area Public Safety
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Transcript:
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The welfare check near Ranger Street Portage Lake ME cards calling in on a (name withheld)
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concerned in part name Gary's the difference they're starting to kill himself
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Yeah, forward to that one person load it to that it's fast in life
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copy
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1614 will be 11 years old.
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(name withheld), born 1222,
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2014.
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Caller is also going to be a trial born in 2012,
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both attended after high school.
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Say, how is Reynolds going to do it?
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Just know that (name withheld) texted a friend, it's not worth it,
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but I have a great life man.
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That work.
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Before game, we're asking about weapons now.
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Caller advice, (name withheld) did not advise on how he would do it.
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the possibility of a gun in the resident caller isn't sure.
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The ANVOR.
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The history of that funds residence or no.
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No.
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No, for.
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looks like for an elderly person and one who referred to PD from 8 of 24 I was just a 911 style hang up
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break up.
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Collar is trying to advise him that it's not a big deal.
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It's not worth ending his life.
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Caller also advised that (name withheld)'s brothers passed away, not quite who else was there, or if anybody's home.
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That's over.
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Fourteen, we don't have a phone number for (name withheld).
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Your caller is contacting him to Snapchat.
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Location mentioned:
Ranger St, Portage Lake, ME 04768
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