Police say Jaclyn S. Rutherford, 28, used a crowbar to access the cash and planned to use it to leave Maine for a warmer climate.
Cops & Courts
Police, crime and courts news from the Portland Press Herald.
Augusta man charged with 7 driving offenses after chase, crash
Blyn Eric Nadeau is accused of leading police on a chase that reached speeds over 100 mph and ended after he crashed into a ditch.
Two Bridges jail administrator pleads not guilty to OUI charge
Mark Westrum was arrested Oct. 8 in Bath after an officer saw him driving without his headlights on, police say.
Second of 3 men sentenced in 2013 Biddeford slaying
Bub Peter Nguany, 29, gets 40 years for intentional murder in the revenge killing of Charles Raybine, who was shot multiple times in the face.
Westbrook officer cleared in man’s shooting
Benjamin Hall shot an armed man, who was wounded but survived.
Former Maine selectwoman loses appeal of extortion, fraud convictions
Carole Swan is serving more than seven years in prison for seeking kickbacks for a plowing contract, among other crimes.
Vandal carves TRUMP into dashboard of car with anti-Trump bumper sticker
Megan Dyke’s car was parked in her Portland driveway when someone also peeled the “#NeverTrump fight hate” sticker from her bumper and slashed her seats.
Colorado man pleads guilty to child porn charge in Maine
Anthony Derrico, 36, sent three child pornography images to a federal agent based in Maine, the U.S. Attorney’s Office says.
Two Augusta parents plead not guilty to child endangerment
The separate cases involve a 2-year-old boy who nearly drowned and a 3-year-old girl who went missing during a suspected overdose at her home.
Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office seeks owners of stolen items
A Waldoboro man is suspected in the thefts from summer homes and camps this fall.