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Norridgewock man facing animal cruelty charges allegedly contacts family victim

January 13, 2017January 13, 2017

Vance Cayford Jr. was indicted Thursday by a Somerset County grand jury on 10 counts of prohibited contact with an earlier victim, and he also faces federal gun charges.

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Woman fights off attacker in Portland’s West End

by Staff report January 13, 2017January 13, 2017

The woman forces her attacker to flee by screaming, hitting and using pepper spray.

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Rockland woman sentenced for setting fire to her own home

by Stephen Betts The Courier-Gazette January 13, 2017January 13, 2017

Elizabeth Cole had told a neighbor she would not leave the house, but intended to die in it, after a judge ordered the house sold in Cole’s divorce from her husband.

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Would-be robber tells pharmacist ‘Maine mafia’ kidnapped his family

by Colin Ellis January 12, 2017January 13, 2017

The Clinton man placed a shotgun barrel that had no firing mechanism on the counter, police say.

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Portland mother charged with selling heroin

by Dennis Hoey January 12, 2017January 13, 2017

Her children are taken into state custody after the raid on a Grant Street apartment.

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Winthrop couple killed in October died of stab wounds, documents show

by Charles Eichacker January 12, 2017January 12, 2017

An affidavit says that Andrew Balcer, 18, who is accused of killing his parents, is the one who called 911 on the night of the killings.

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Police won’t reopen 1993 investigation into woman’s death in Cape Elizabeth

by Dennis Hoey January 11, 2017January 12, 2017

Police who investigated a murder-suicide in Hebron last month conclude that the death of the shooter’s first wife 23 years ago at Two Lights State Park was an accident.