Jessica Rose Rohwer and her husband were arrested in December in China after leading officers on a chase through three towns at speeds up to 100 mph.
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Judge bars state from using school records of woman charged with fatally beating daughter
Sharon Carrillo’s attorneys argued that prosecutors got confidential information by deceiving the school for people with intellectual disabilities that she attended.
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Sanford police seek public’s help in identifying car thief
The man, who was wearing Patriots and Red Sox gear, drove off with a Toyota from a convenience store, police say.
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Bangor man pleads guilty in large, indoor pot-growing operation
Jeremy Duguay was charged with conspiring to grow hundreds of plants with intent to distribute.
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Robbery thwarted near mall just hours after police share video of Westbrook holdup
South Portland police say the Aroma Joe’s coffee shop on Western Avenue is the latest small business to be targeted by a masked man wielding a gun.
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Celebrated Maine chef says she’s not guilty of writing bad checks
Shannon Bard was the chef and co-owner of Zapoteca in Portland and Toroso in Kennebunk and, along with her husband, faces possible prison time.
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Westbrook Subway robber takes $200, but leaves the change
The store manager says a white man with his face covered entered the store with a handgun in his waistband but spoke in a friendly manner.
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Eliot police seek public’s help in finding ‘slipping suspect’
The man stole several bottles of liquor from a convenience store last week and slipped on his way out, police say.
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Augusta man indicted in death of pedestrian at crosswalk
Andrew Bilodeau pleaded not guilty to a manslaughter charge in the death of Emile Morin, 81, of Augusta, in November.
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Canaan couple charged with burglary, assault after allegedly taking child
Police say Emily Hartley and Justin Baker kicked in a door and took another couple’s 4-year-old boy over suspicions something bad had happened to the child.