Cpl. Eugene Cole, the first police officer to be fatally shot in Maine since 1989, was a 13-year veteran of the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office and the father of four, including a son who is a sheriff’s deputy.
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LePage vetoes extended funding for child abuse prevention program
The governor said the program duplicates others. Lawmakers had passed the extension nearly unanimously.
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Waterville couple indicted on sexual assault charges listing more child victims
Michael and Jennifer Steven remain in jail in lieu of $250,000 bail following new indictments involving children.
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Dresden man with felony convictions sentenced on firearm possession
Michael Burns received 55 months in prison for incident involving domestic assault while he was on probation.
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Berwick mother and son sold heroin and fentanyl in Maine, authorities say
The 2 are charged with trafficking along with an accomplice after a 3-month investigation.
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Manhunt underway for suspect in fatal shooting of Somerset sheriff’s Cpl. Eugene Cole
Law enforcement agencies – including the Somerset Sheriff’s Office, FBI and Maine State Police Major Crimes Unit – are pursuing a suspect identified as John Williams, 29, of Madison.
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Man involved in dramatic Congress Street crash indicted on a dozen charges
Arete Maselli, 26, faces felony and misdemeanor charges stemming from the incident on Jan. 3 near Longfellow Square.
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Powder seized by police after car crash was human remains, not heroin
Kevin Raymond Curtis of Augusta says his father’s cremated remains were in a vehicle’s glove compartment while he awaited arrival of an urn he had ordered.
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Boys charged in Litchfield woman’s killing attended school together
The victim’s son, Lukas Mironovas, now 15, was a student in Ashland, Massachusetts, until the 2009-2010 school year, according to the superintendent there.
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Honduran man appeals federal conviction
He was found guilty of being in the U.S. illegally, but his lawyer has argued that he was initially stopped because of racial profiling.