Arno is new MDEA commander
By Joseph Cyr
Staff Writer
HOULTON — Changes are under way at the Aroostook County Sheriff’s Department, Aroostook County Jail and Maine Drug Enforcement Agency.
Darrell O. Crandall Jr., a lieutenant with the Aroostook County Sheriff’s Department and commander of the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency, was named the new chief deputy for the department.
Houlton Pioneer Times photo/Joseph Cyr
SWEARING IN — Peter Arno, right, of Dover-Foxcroft gets congratulated by Doug Beaulieu, County administrator, during a July 17 meeting of the Aroostook County Commissioners. Arno replaces Darrell Crandall Jr. in the position. Crandall was also recognized as the new deputy chief for the Aroostook County Sheriff’s Department.
He succeeds Craig Clossey, who was named as the new Aroostook County Jail Administrator during a July 17 meeting of the Aroostook County Commissioners in Houlton.
Commissioners also recognized Peter Arno of Dover-Foxcroft as the new commander of the MDEA. Arno, a 25-year member of the Bangor Police Department, retired as deputy chief from that department in August, 2012.
He returned to the Bangor Police Department in October 2012 to serve as the interim police chief, a post he held until April, 2013, when a full-time chief was named.
County Administrator Doug Beaulieu explained that even though Arno has already been sworn in as the new MDEA commander, Aroostook County was sponsoring him as its home base of operations.
“We are hopeful that since we are sponsoring you there will be some fond attachment to Aroostook County,” Beaulieu said. “We hope you will have a soft spot in your heart for our needs up here.”