The 15-year-old boy set the fires by lighting combustible materials inside the vehicles, authorities said.
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Police to target those who break laws that protect cyclists and pedestrians
The effort aims to raise awareness about behaviors that endanger ‘vulnerable users,’ as the number of fatalities involving people on bikes or foot has doubled in five years.
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Acton man arrested in domestic violence case
Emanuel Slobada, 30, is accused of violating his bail conditions, the York County sheriff says.
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Law enforcement to pay tribute to fallen Fryeburg police officer
Hundreds of officers from around the U.S. are expected to attend the event honoring Nathan Desjardins on Friday in Augusta.
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Two in Augusta Wal-Mart shooting indicted on drug charges
Diana Davis, her brother Frankie Dejesus and eight others are charged with conspiring to distribute heroin, fentanyl and cocaine in central Maine.
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Dresden man pleads guilty to distributing crack, heroin
Daniel Pallis could be imprisoned for as long as 20 years and fined as much as $1 million on the charge.
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Accidental shooting of officer probed at Maine police academy
Matthew Morrison, 33, of Mars Hill, was shot and wounded Monday night by another officer in a vehicle parked outside the Maine Criminal Justice Academy in Vassalboro.
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‘48 Hours’ to air episode tonight on murder of Belfast’s Sonny Grotton
The U.S. Navy petty officer was killed outside his home in 1983.
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Suspect tried to stash drug bag in woods after Shapleigh crash, police say
State troopers with tracking dogs find the large duffel bag full of drugs, including heroin, about a mile into the woods.
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State denies wrongdoing in Sanborn murder case, seeks dismissal of claims
The response is the first extensive answer to wide-ranging claims by Anthony Sanborn’s attorney that police and prosecutors colluded to wrongfully convict him of a 1989 murder.