The 73-year-old lobsterman from Yarmouth was convicted last year of murder in the shooting death of Leon Kelley at Brown’s Bee Farm in North Yarmouth.
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Colby students to be charged with arson in campus fire
One student allegedly threw a bottle at two police officers during an incident in which 200 to 250 students burned furniture in a bonfire.
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Boston man gets 30 years for sex trafficking in Portland
Raymond Jeffreys, 28, trafficked women and girls through 14 states, including in Maine, where he was arrested in 2014; set free were 20 victims, some of whom were from Maine.
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Veteran charged in Shapleigh standoff ordered held without bail
Robert W. Ferrera III, a former Army Ranger who served in Afghanistan, is accused of endangering his father with a gun and firing 18 rounds from a semiautomatic weapon.
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Ex-Army Ranger surrenders after tense standoff in Shapleigh
The 26-year-old man, described as ‘out of control,’ had been randomly firing his AK-47 semi-automatic assault rifle, the York County sheriff says.
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Man in Lyman charged after allegedly hiding cocaine in underwear, cruiser
The Maine State Police say he hid a bag with 13 grams of the drug in his underwear and then left it under the rear seat of a cruiser while his car was being searched after a traffic stop in Lyman.
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Florida-based group of thieves may be operating in Waterville area, police say
Members of the organized criminal group, known as the Felony Lane Gang, break into cars and steal purses and handbags.
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Wilton man who escaped police, led chase, indicted on 11 counts
Police say Derek Cook of Wilton escaped from a sheriff’s van, assaulted an officer and a homeowner, then stole a car, leading them on a chase.
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Man stabbed at Portland Denny’s in April dies
Police say the stabbing might have been racially motivated and they are looking for two black male suspects.
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Westbrook police find missing teenager
Police say the 19-year-old left a group home around midnight Thursday and was found in Windham on Friday.