Cops & Courts - Portland Press Herald

Two charged with burning boat in Machiasport

by Staff Report July 12, 2016July 12, 2016

The June 23 fire destroyed a 22-foot-long skiff valued at $25,000.

by Staff Report July 11, 2016July 12, 2016

Timothy S. Klimas, 27, sexually abused three children and used a digital camera and his cellphone to record sexually explicit images of them.

by Staff Report July 11, 2016July 12, 2016

Shawn Wilkie, 41, is charged with aggravated cruelty to animals in the death of his 6-month-old fox terrier.

Robert Burton is accused of killing his ex-girlfriend and leading police on a 68-day manhunt.

MDEA agents are looking into whether Shane Eisener, 40, is connected to the half-dozen people who overdosed in Sanford June 24-25.

Joseph Manganella, 35, is accused of setting fire to a camper-trailer while the family of five was away.

by Staff Report July 10, 2016July 11, 2016

The signs at the intersection of Windham Center Road and Pope Road were stolen sometime Sunday.

Maine songwriter-musician Ellen Bowman writes a song about the lonesome death of Mattie Hackett.

by Staff Report July 8, 2016December 6, 2016

The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency says officers searching a home found 76 grams of heroin, worth about $15,500, and $2,400 in cash.

by Betty Adams July 8, 2016

Russell Truman had pleaded guilty to aggravated trafficking in cocaine base in September 2015.