A person was hospitalized Wednesday after being shot inside the Country Kitchen Bakery Outlet at the corner of Kennedy Memorial Drive and Airport Road, according to police.
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Jonesboro man accused of threatening neighbors with gun disputes charges
Dale O’Brien, 52, is the subject of civil and criminal filings alleging he made racist remarks and threatened his Black neighbor with a gun.
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Former Kennebec County deputy headed for jury trial on charges he assaulted wife, threatened to shoot child
Daniel Ross of West Gardiner is accused of over a dozen crimes. Jury selection is scheduled to begin in October.
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State police investigating death of woman in South Portland
Authorities say the woman’s body was found Tuesday afternoon in woods near the Home Depot on Clark’s Pond Parkway.
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Lewiston police union president speaks out against new community safety committee
Lewiston’s mayor and a city councilor announced the advisory committee last week following public forums to field concerns and feedback from residents regarding recent violence in the city.
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Driver indicted on manslaughter charge in crash that killed good Samaritan on icy I-95
Bradford L. Enos of Atkinson could face up to 30 years in prison if convicted in the death of a nurse who had stopped to help a motorist in Waterville.
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Down East man pleads guilty to murder in girlfriend’s death
Paul DeForest, 67, pleaded guilty to murder and criminal solicitation and is expected to serve 32 years in prison for the death of 58-year-old Eva Cox in January 2022.
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Juvenile accused of firing gun into Portland apartment
Portland police say the shooting was reported Sunday evening at Kennedy Park.
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Maine’s gun laws couldn’t stop 2 deadly shootings this year. Are more laws the answer?
Violent incidents in Bowdoin and Westbrook have been used by advocates on both sides of the gun control debate to argue that the current laws don’t work as intended.
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Man pleads guilty to murder in 2011 shooting in Portland
Abdi Awad was already serving time at the Maine State Prison when he was indicted in the death of Allen MacLean.