Oxford police reserve officer Joseph Correia was in surgery Tuesday night after he was hit by a car on Crockett Ridge Road in Norway, according to Maine State Police.
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South Portland teen awaits judge’s decision on his alleged school shooting plot
The judge said he plans to announce his decision in about 3 weeks.
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Portland landlord says tenant Ethan Strimling, a former mayor, was ‘dominating’ over rent issues
In the second day of the former mayor’s eviction trial, his landlord took the stand, giving Ethan Strimling’s attorney a chance to ask him about his history of rent control violations with the city.
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Police: Lewiston woman showed ‘depraved indifference’ in death of 90-year-old Litchfield man
When he was found in his Litchfield home on May 18, Gerald Marin had been dead more than a week, police say in the criminal complaint charging Shari Allimah with murder.
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Girlfriend of Biddeford landlord says tenant shot him after getting eviction notice
Randal J. Hennessey, 33, is accusing of killing his landlord Douglas ‘Doug’ Michaud Jr. in 2021 on their building’s front porch.
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Biddeford man doesn’t deny killing his landlord, but refuses multiple plea deals
If convicted, prosecutors said they will request a life sentence for Randal J. Hennessey. He doesn’t dispute shooting Douglas Michaud Jr. at least 6 times on their apartment building’s front porch in 2021.
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South Portland teen accused of planning school shooting on trial in juvenile court
The former South Portland High School student has pleaded not guilty to a charge of criminal solicitation for murder.
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A judge committed these Maine patients to a hospital. Some say they’re being sent to prison.
Maine has been quietly sending people found not criminally responsible for their crimes to a controversial, for-profit facility in South Carolina where they say they are not getting mental health treatment.
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Limington man accused of killing mother and her boyfriend enters insanity plea
Matthew Cote, 23, is pleading not guilty and not criminally responsible to two counts of murder and one count of arson in the June 2021 slayings.
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Augusta to use opiate settlement funds to pay for mental health worker on police calls
The worker would be hired by the city in the hopes of connecting people with substance use disorder with help.