The Rumford Police Department said officers had attempted to stop a ‘suspicious vehicle’ on Eaton Hill Road. After it crashed, at least four men fled.
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3 teens apprehended several hours after escaping from South Portland youth prison
The boys escaped Long Creek Youth Development Center on Friday afternoon and were found in Saco that night, officials said.
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Suspect in deadly Windham shooting ‘located,’ but police won’t say if alive or dead
Maine State Police said a male victim was killed in the shooting Friday afternoon on Route 302. A shelter-in-place order for Raymond and Windham was lifted just after 7 p.m.
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Maine warns of SNAP benefit thefts impacting hundreds of households
While this type of fraud has occurred in other states, ‘this is the first time we have seen it at this scale in Maine,’ a Department of Health and Human Services official said.
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2 more men charged in relation to deadly 2024 biker gang brawl near Morrill’s Corner
William Holmes and Troy McHugh have been indicted on robbery charges related to an alleged attack that occurred the same day as a fight that ended in the fatal shooting of McHugh’s wife.
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Maine police have revealed few details about Waldoboro homicide
Levern Kelley, 53, was found dead in her home Saturday, but authorities have not shared details about her cause of death or any suspects in her killing.
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Dexter man accused of abusing his 7-month-old child
The 23-year-old man has been charged with assault after police received a report that the infant was taken to a hospital with serious injuries.
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A teen was charged with killing 2 people in Chelsea in June. Why is the state so silent?
After Maine State Police announced a juvenile male was charged with murder in the deaths of 2 family members at their home, authorities have refused to even acknowledge the existence of a case against him.
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Portland man charged after police block off Hanover Street to make arrest
After an hourslong standoff Monday, officers took the man into custody and transported him to the Cumberland County Jail.
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Maine AG rules that Cumberland County deputies justified in shooting of Harrison man
Arthur Lefebvre, 57, was injured after being shot by 2 detectives and a patrol deputy in November.