Van Stevens is held on a charge of gross sexual assault.
Cops & Courts
Police, crime and courts news from the Portland Press Herald.
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Defense argues Fairfield man tried to kill himself, not girlfriend
Jeremy Clement has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder in the shooting of Jasmine Caret in Oakland last April.
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One Maine school evacuated, another locked down
A threatening message found in a Baxter Academy bathroom, and a conversation overheard near Lewiston High School, trigger police responses.
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Orrington boy, 10, steals car, hits cruiser, police say
Neither the Holden officer nor the Orrington boy is injured.
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Skowhegan man who called police for help with his cannon ends up in jail
Police found containers of numerous materials used in making explosives at his home and called in the bomb squad.
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Limerick man arrested on 21-year-old warrant
Deputies responded to a possible domestic assault after being alerted by Colorado authorities, the York County sheriff says.
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Murder defendant’s attorney suggests someone else killed Augusta man
Defense attorney Brad Grant points to Zina Fritze, who later committed suicide in jail, saying she, not Armstrong, participated in the fatal drug robbery.
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Garland man pleads guilty to failing to register as a sex offender
The man moved to Maine in 2016.
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Police say they caught up with trucker who used the Maine Turnpike toll-free for 6 years
Danny Olson, 61, of Turner allegedly affixed other people’s license plates to his truck when he passed through Maine tollbooths.
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Franklin County woman accused of choking 14-year-old boy
Rose Bernard of Industry has been charged with a felony after getting into an argument with a young family member.