A Falmouth resident reports the text message to police, who say it’s a variation on a standard theme but they haven’t seen one that ominous before.
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Police, crime and courts news from the Portland Press Herald.
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Lewiston man gets 10 years in prison for accessing child pornography
Douglas Blodgett, 46, was also sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court.
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Town of Dixfield shuts down police force over personnel issue
The department’s two members are put on paid administrative leave amid a probe of what a union official says relates to what the chief does during work hours.
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Presque Isle police report 5 heroin overdoses in 4 hours
A Facebook post by the police department warns heroin users to seek help ‘at the earliest possible moment.’
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Wiscasset man gets nearly 8 years in prison on federal gun charge
Daniel Colby, 34, a convicted felon, threatened a neighbor in 2015 with a stolen revolver, the U.S. attorney for Maine says.
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Man charged with drunken driving after crash that knocked out power in North Yarmouth
Police say Paul Metevier lost control of his car on Gray Road and hit a utility pole Monday afternoon.
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Police seek man suspected of smashing windows at halal market in Portland
Advocates for Muslim-Americans condemn the vandalism at the Ahram Halal Market on Forest Avenue.
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Parsonsfield man arrested twice Monday in dispute over woman
Police say Tyler Laberge intentionally hit another man’s vehicle and then violated the conditions of his release on bail.
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Fairfield man sets fire to wife’s home, fatally stabs himself
State fire investigators and Fairfield police are investigating the domestic violence incident.
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Woman robbed of presents on Christmas Eve in Portland
Police say two armed men robbed her as she was putting gifts in her car on Riverside Street.