Two people who were previously in a relationship were found dead this week, police said.
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Police, crime and courts news from the Portland Press Herald.
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March trial scheduled for Wells man accused of attacking NYPD officers
Trevor Bickford, 20, was charged in January with attacking 3 New York City police officers with a machete on New Year’s Eve.
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Rumford man charged with manslaughter is shot and killed by police
Police say the man, accused of fatally shooting his brother last year, had a rifle and ballistic vest when he was confronted by a trooper.
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Lewiston man brought up on federal charge for 2022 racially motivated threat
Charles Allen Barnes, 47, of Lewiston faces up to five years in prison for an alleged racially motivated threat toward a neighbor in August 2022.
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Chelsea man who killed 3 pedestrians in 2021 Augusta crash loses appeal to state’s high court
Robert Santerre, the driver who struck and killed two women and a baby walking alongside Cony Road in 2021, had appealed his nine-year license suspension to the state Supreme Judicial Court.
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Anonymous Zoom callers harass Hallowell officials, unleash hateful rants during council meeting
The city plans to change how it handles remote participation in response to the ‘absolutely disgusting’ incident, said City Manager Gary Lamb.
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Augusta man arrested for murder of 34-year-old found on side of road
Andrew Redmond, 34, was arrested in Mississippi following a police chase on Monday.
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Man sentenced to 11 years for 2011 slaying in Portland
Abdi Awad, 37, pleaded guilty to felony murder in the death of 41-year-old Allen MacLean.
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Man charged with kidnapping after hourslong police standoff in South Portland
Route 1 was closed for several hours early Tuesday morning while police negotiators tried to persuade a 40-year-old man to let a woman leave a motel room.
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Rumford man charged in brother’s December death fails to show up for arraignment
Police said the shooting death followed Shay L. McKenna’s argument with his mother over payment to his older brother for shoveling snow.