The woman, Nancy Burrill, was charged with criminal use of disabling chemicals, a misdemeanor, after allegedly spraying a neighbor yelling about the Minnesota Vikings’ NFL playoff victory.
Cops & Courts
Police, crime and courts news from the Portland Press Herald.
Former Maine guardsman gets 90 days in jail for possessing child porn
Anthony Mangin, whose actions cost him a 16-year career with the Maine Army National Guard, is to begin serving jail time at the end of the month.
Farmingdale woman to serve a year in prison for heroin trafficking
Alicia Corrieri, 29, was arrested in a drug raid at her home in November 2017.
Waterville man sentenced to 10 years on child pornography charges
Darin Doe, 41, possessed more than 7,000 child porn images, many of which depicted girls under 12 years old.
Judge limits blood test as evidence in trial of boat captain charged in crewmen’s deaths
Christopher Hutchinson is charged with 2 counts of seaman’s manslaughter in the deaths of Tom Hammond and Tyler Sawyer, who were aboard Hutchinson’s boat when it sank in November 2014.
It’s time to shift away from incarcerating young offenders at Long Creek, researchers say
Rather than a large, centralized detention center like the one in South Portland, youths in Maine would be better served by smaller, community-based treatment centers, a new policy paper recommends.
Easton man charged with murdering Aroostook County man, 79, in his home
Police arrest 37-year-old James Peaslee and charge him in the slaying of Paul Hilenski or Bridgewater.
Maine State Police investigating suspicious death in Aroostook County
Police found a man’s body when they went to the home in Bridgewater in response to a 911 call.
Lewiston police charge driver after woman dragged behind vehicle
Police said the incident was neither an accident nor domestic violence.
Police say Portland officer arrested at Massachusetts nightclub assaulted customers
The police report says Zahra M. Abu pushed crowd members, assaulted the venue’s head of security and refused to leave, then later said she was a victim of racial profiling.