The suspect, who had a canoe on the roof of his car and a rifle on the back seat, drove on the opposite side of Route 1 in an effort to elude them, police say.
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Armed man robs Topsham tanning salon Tuesday night
A man with his face covered entered Sun Tan City at the Topsham Fair Mall, showed a handgun, demanded money and fled, police said.
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Man charged with Gorham Domino’s robbery also held up cabdriver, police say
Nathan J. Allen, 36, of Portland faces 2 felony counts of robbery after he allegedly confessed to the crimes.
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Nearly 40 years after infant’s death in Brunswick, prosecutors argue that his father murdered him
The cause of Nathan Hagar’s death was initially classified as Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, but Burton Hagar told more than a dozen people that he smothered his 4-month-old son.
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Whitefield woman charged with OUI in crash that damaged cemetery gravestones
Katelyn N. Jacques, 19, has been issued summonses charging her with operating under the influence and other offenses related to the crash on Grand Army Road in Whitefield.
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Pennsylvania man sentenced to 100 days in jail for high-speed chase in central Maine
Robert E. Rohwer, 33, now will be taken back to his home state to face fraud charges alleging the loss of about $500,000, officials said.
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Tiny town of Andover on edge after 2 suspicious fires
The fires, which destroyed large, vacant homes, were arson, state investigators say.
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Teenager charged with threat to shoot up Mount Desert Island school
Police say the former student posted the threat on social media that the shooting would happen Monday.
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Berwick Sewer District employees plead guilty in rare criminal case brought by DEP
The two were charged with criminal violations after fabricating test results and monthly sewage discharge reports to the state, the DEP says.
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Raymond teen pleads not guilty to charges from fatal car crash
Tyonna Adams, 15, was killed when a car driven by 18-year-old Melinda Easter left the road and struck a tree on Windham’s River Road on Dec. 5.