Stephen Wardman of Lamoine pretended to live in Florida, a state with no income tax, says Attorney General Janet Mills.
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Police, crime and courts news from the Portland Press Herald.
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Questions about evidence mean shorter sentence, early release for convicted murderer
Frank D. Fournier, who was serving 50 years for a 1987 shooting, will leave prison this week because of potentially flawed FBI trial testimony.
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Gunman in unsolved Portland killing collected shell casings before fleeing
Details in the investigation of the March 15 shooting death of David Anderson in a Gilman Street apartment are revealed in newly unsealed court documents.
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Lewiston man with samurai sword charged with threatening store clerk
Police say Joshua Kyle carries the sword around the city ‘all the time.’
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Former Biddeford city councilor charged with resisting arrest
Police say Perry Aberle refused to give his name to an officer investigating a complaint Friday night.
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Armed bystanders credited with breaking up shooting in Augusta
Augusta police recommend caution rather than intervention for bystanders after the incident Sunday in a Wal-Mart parking lot.
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Money dispute may have been at heart of gunfire at Augusta Wal-Mart
A judge likens the incident to an old West shootout, and it’s broken up by armed bystanders.
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Anson clerk’s case spotlights lack of town oversight
A prosecutor called Claudia Viles ‘a fox guarding the henhouse,’ but the situation isn’t unique in Maine.
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Four arrested after shootings in Augusta Wal-Mart parking lot
Police armed with rifles search for a fifth suspect in the wooded area south of the University of Maine entrance on Civic Center Drive.
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Fentanyl worries changing how narcotics officers operate
A tiny speck can kill a person, and it can be absorbed through the skin or inhaled if airborne.