Michael Mendoza was a passenger in a car that was stopped on Route 302, Maine State Police say.
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Portland landlord begins serving jail sentence for conviction in fire that killed 6
Gregory J. Nisbet, 52, who owned the duplex on Noyes Street that burned in 2014, began serving his 90-day sentence Wednesday.
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‘Tiger Pride’ stolen from newly renovated athletic field in Biddeford
The orange letters were taken off the press box at Waterhouse Field sometime Thursday night, the superintendent says.
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Police say it will take several days to identify body found in Augusta
They say detectives investigating a missing persons case discovered the body on Weeks Mills Road.
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York police investigating fake bomb threat seek public’s help
Police say they found no evidence of a bomb at a house on Shelton Avenue after someone called the threat to a woman’s cellphone while she was out of the house.
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Lawyer for Portland developer Michael Liberty faces his own fraud allegation
Attorney George Marcus is facing a class-action lawsuit alleging he helped his client defraud investors.
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Man who died in police shootout in New Hampshire had multiple wounds
Douglas Heath was wanted on several warrants, including one for fleeing police in Maine.
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Ex-treasurer of Litchfield Fair arrested on embezzlement charge
Police say Ryan Beaudette ‘confessed to stealing over $10,000.’ Donations have made it possible for the fair to go on as usual Sept. 7-9.
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Man wanted in 3 New York killings may be hiding in Maine
Sam Cross is being sought in connection with the shooting deaths in June.
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Sex offender lived in tent inside garage at Albion home of young children, police say
Vincent Robinson, 52, was living in a tent on property where 2 foster children resided and was arrested on a fugitive from justice warrant, authorities said.