Police, wardens search for possible drowning victim at Range Pond in Poland

SUN JOURNAL • June 2, 2026

Police were using boats, drones and scuba divers in an attempt to locate a 51-year-old man who went under water at Range Pond on Thursday afternoon and never came to the surface. Police and fire crews were called to Range Pond State Park shortly before 2 p.m. for a report that a man on a paddleboard fell into the water and never surfaced. Southern Maine has been hit by a spate of drownings recently, including an 18-year-old who drowned in the Androscoggin River last week and a Biddeford man who drowned in Sabattus on Wednesday night. In June, the Maine Warden Service recovered the body of a Rockland man from Chickawaukie Lake, a 4-year-old from Boston died after a drowning incident in a hotel pool, and a Westbrook woman died while looking for golf balls in a pond.