A woman accused of keeping dogs in squalor is suspected in the practice that often involves the sale of stolen pets.
Cops & Courts
Police, crime and courts news from the Portland Press Herald.
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Three Vassalboro residents charged after drug raid near school
Maine State Police say troopers seized a variety of pills at a home on Webber Pond Road.
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Jail inmate who attempted suicide remains in critical condition
Dante Majeroni, 26, has been on life support at Maine Medical Center since Tuesday night.
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Lobster boat captain charged in crewmen’s deaths arrested after reported overdose
Christopher Hutchinson, 28, of Cushing faces manslaughter charges in the deaths of two crew members after his lobster boat sank in 2014.
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Rhode Island man charged with assault in Sidney home invasion
After release from the hospital for a shot to the chest, he is taken to the Kennebec County jail.
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Wales man arrested – again – on charge of stealing electricity
State police say tipsters told them that Nicholas Gagne illegally connected power lines to a transformer and ran them to his house.
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Man charged with attempted murder in 2015 Old Port shooting will admit to having gun
Moses Okot, who was already on probation in a 2010 murder, was arrested near the site of the stabbing and shooting after a police officer saw him driving fast from the area.
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Bill would create statewide system to track rape testing kits
The sponsor of the bill says having such a system would allow officials to keep track of kits that aren’t tested but are still being stored.
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Hack of state’s job-matching vendor puts Mainers’ personal data at risk
The Maine Department of Labor outsourced its job bank services in July to Kansas-based America’s JobLink, which suffered a data breach.
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Knox County man charged with cruelty in killing deer
Investigators allege that Ronald Mole left a deer to suffer overnight after shooting it illegally.