Miranda Hopkins was found to have drunk shots of liquor and smoked marijuana on the night her infant son died as a result of head injuries.
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Police, crime and courts news from the Portland Press Herald.
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A judge decided Albert Flick was too old to pose a threat. At 76, he’s now charged with murder.
He could have been sentenced to additional prison time in 2010 for an attack on a Portland woman, and the judge had been warned that his history of violence showed no signs of abating.
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Masked thief steals money from Newport business making bank deposit
Police are seeking the public’s help in finding the man, who made off with an undisclosed amount of money.
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Lewiston chief announces increased police presence to combat spike in violence
Making the announcement the day after a fatal stabbing, Brian O’Malley says he has boosted patrols and expects state police to increase drug arrests and traffic stops within the city.
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Suspect had been ‘stalking’ Lewiston stabbing victim, friends say
The mother of 11-year-old twins was planning to move from a shelter to an apartment – without the man.
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Police arrest 2 after ‘dine and dash’ attempt involving hatchet and box cutter
The staff at Imperial China in South Portland confronted a man and 2 women when they tried to walk out on a $40 tab over the weekend.
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Auburn man accused of fatally stabbing Lewiston woman killed his wife in 1979
Albert Flick was charged with murder Monday in the assault on Kimberly Dobbie in front of her twin sons. He had spent years in prison after stabbing his wife in 1979.
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Hampden man accused of killing sister-in-law missed court appearance on trespass order
Renee Clark, 49, had sought a protection order against Philip Clark, 55, who is charged with murder in her death, but had been denied by the court.
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Woman fatally stabbed in front of her children on downtown Lewiston sidewalk
Kimberly Dobbie, 48, was attacked in front of her two children outside a laundromat, Maine State Police say.
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New York man arrested, accused of trafficking crack cocaine
State police say they found 110 grams of the drug in the man’s vehicle after stopping it on the Maine Turnpike in Oqunquit.