Michael Curtis

Deadly force

Curtis, a dispatcher for the Piscataquis County Sheriff's Office, left his home after an argument with his wife and drove to the Hilltop Manor in Dover-Foxcroft where his wife's ex-husband, Udo Schneider. Curtis shot and killed Schneider. He drove to Piscataquis Valley Fairgrounds where a standoff ensued. While Sheriff Goggin walked toward Curtis across a field to negotiate, a trooper shot and killed Curtis.