The city is the first in Maine to sign on to a new Web-based crime-mapping application.
David Hench
RAIDS website shows recent crime patterns
RAIDS stands for Regional Analysis & Information Data Sharing. The raidsonline.com website allows a user to select an address, a range of dates and the type of crimes sought. The site shows serious crimes, such as assaults, robberies and burglaries, that have been submitted by officers in their reports, as well as other crimes. For […]
Men invade apartment, steal money at gunpoint
Police are searching for the three intruders who tied up the victims and left with cash and a briefcase.
Search yields no trace of missing Standish woman
State game wardens and Cumberland County sheriff’s deputies searched Friday in the area where a missing Standish woman was last seen, walking along the Saco River. Using dogs in the search, they found no trace of Paula Cote, 55, of 345 River Road, said Chief Deputy Kevin Joyce. He said officials will consider further searches […]
Portland sells old fireboat for $25K
The new owner plans to renovate the storied craft, which was bought in 1959 for $259,000, for personal use.
Masked gunmen tie up, rob woman and children
The 40-year-old woman reported that she and her children, ages 9 and 11, had been sleeping when the attackers burst into the apartment, fired a gunshot and demanded money,
Authorities search for missing Standish woman
Paula Cote, 55, was last seen leaving her home on foot, wearing a light blue sweatshirt, blue jeans and white and green sneakers, police say.
Maine has a new U.S. marshal
Noel March, a former chief deputy and university official, plans to focus on interagency cooperation.
Feature Obituary: Stuart Spink, 53, loved family, outdoors, flowers
GORHAM – For Stuart Spink, who died Wednesday at age 53, being around family was as natural as the flowers encircling the home he shared with his father. Mr. Spink reveled in family get-togethers, beach parties, pig roasts and holiday gatherings. He enjoyed cooking meals for them as well, whether it was roasting the pig […]
Man charged in Florida with Portland carjacking
Florida authorities have arrested a man on charges he stole an elderly Portland man’s car at knifepoint last month.