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Cops & Courts
Police, crime and courts news from the Portland Press Herald.
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Leeds man charged with murder in connection with Windham man’s disappearance
Police have been searching for nearly a year for Alex Jackson, 34, who was reported missing on May 12.
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Bus driver accused of stalking boy, 8, sentenced to nine years in prison
The boy told investigators the bus driver used a story about a group of criminals he called ‘The Team’ who would kill his family, kidnap him and torture him if he did not comply with his demands.
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Maine lawmakers scrap bill to decriminalize drug possession; opt for study instead
The original proposal sought to treat substance use as a public health issue and would have set up receiving centers to help people dealing with a crisis.
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Lawsuit alleges founder of Special Olympics Maine sexually abused child for decades
An Augusta man says Melvin ‘Mickey’ Boutilier, who died in 2012, starting abusing him when he was a child in the 1960s.
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Washington County man accused of killing his father dies at Portland jail
Darren Laney Jr. was found dead at the Cumberland County Jail on Friday. The medical examiner’s office said it is still investigating his cause of death.
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Man sentenced to 40 years in prison for killing partner on York beach
Jeffrey Buchannan, 36, pleaded guilty to murder this month for killing his longtime partner, 35-year-old Rhonda Pattelena, on March 26, 2021.
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Portland police arrest 3 teens in alleged ‘sophisticated’ drug scheme
Portland police said what began as an investigation into a reported shooting near Woodfords Corner last month has turned up evidence of a ‘significant drug trafficking network’ involving teenagers in Portland, Gray and New Gloucester.
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Sheriffs bust 3 more illegal cannabis operations in Somerset County
More than 1,000 marijuana plants, over 30 pounds of processed cannabis, and other “drug paraphernalia and documentation” was confiscated when authorities executed search warrants at two residences in Norridgewock and one in Madison, according to Somerset County Sheriff Dale Lancaster.
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Man from Strong dies after driving a vehicle over spike mats and into a tree in Farmington
Joshua Burdin, 32, of Strong was a suspect in a sexual assault investigation.