A Maine State Police canine search discovered 263 grams of crack cocaine in the car, police say.
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Limington man charged with operating a meth lab
Deputies say they saw Patrick Gomes try to hide something under a bed. It allegedly turned out to be a container for making meth.
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Eyewitness recalls shock of seeing car barreling through gate at ballpark
Tim Curley, who coaches and sponsors a team in Sanford, says he was close enough to recognize the accused driver, Carol Sharrow, who once was a caregiver for his grandmother.
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Man hit, killed by car at Sanford ball field confessed 5 years ago to a fatal 1968 hit-and-run
Douglas Parkhurst, 68, of West Newfield told police in New York state that he was driving the car that struck and killed a 4-year-old girl.
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Rewards offered in shooting death of bald eagle
The bird was found in Day Block Township about 60 miles east of Bangor.
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Woman accused of killing man with car at Sanford ball field has 2 OUI convictions
Police won’t say whether alcohol was involved in Friday night’s incident, which a mother says traumatized players who saw it.
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Convicted killer given more time outside Riverview
Mark Gessner served 21 years in prison for the shooting death of Bath florist Melvin Henderson.
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Mental health evaluation continues for man who spoke of school shooting
Brandon Luzzi, who was held at Pen Bay Medical Center in Rockport, told his mother that he believed the voices that told him to ‘do a school shooting’ came from a foreign object or device inside his body.
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Eight people charged with using Buxton park picnic table to fuel bonfire
The group, found in the park after hours, includes four juveniles, police say.
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Waterboro man found guilty of attempted kidnapping, assault
Christopher T. Hall, 52, is convicted of trying to kidnap a woman and hold her for ransom.