Ricky Thompson, 67, allegedly told police that he was ‘sunbathing.’
Cops & Courts
Police, crime and courts news from the Portland Press Herald.
Car clocked at 115 mph on I-95 crashes during chase; 2 arrested
The driver is charged with criminal speed, failure to stop for an officer, operating without a license, and operating under the influence.
Jay man will face murder charge in death of longtime girlfriend
James Sweeney is accused of killing Wendy Douglass, whose body was found last month in the home they shared.
Three men charged in separate drug arrests
Tremayne A. McWilliams of Biddeford is charged with selling cocaine, and two Connecticut men are charged with selling heroin in Oakland.
Norridgewock man who threatened ‘suicide by cop’ found not guilty on felony gun charges
Donald Bessey had a gun, but evidence at a recent trial showed he did not threaten people at the Cumberland Farms store in December, his lawyer said.
Judge finds woman violated motor vehicle law in fatal Lewiston accident
Laurie Young had been charged with a motor vehicle violation resulting in death when she ran into 13-year-old Jayden Cho-Sargent as he was in a crosswalk.
Baby taken to hospital after rock is dropped from I-95 overpass onto pickup
Everyone in the pickup was ‘covered in glass’ from the broken windshield, state police say.
Two York County men charged in Waterboro Aroma Joe’s robbery
Police say Adam Jalbert and Coty McGahey robbed the drive-through coffee shop on Monday.
Hollis man arrested with machete, clown mask pleads not guilty
Police say Corey Berry, who has one arm, had a machete taped to the stump of his missing arm and was wearing a clown mask when he was arrested.
Bangor man pleads guilty to sexual exploitation of children
Jeffrey Swimm, 38, produced child pornography from 2012 to 2017, some of it by using a camera hidden in his bathroom, authorities say.