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New Hampshire man accused of assault with brick at York campground

by Staff Reports May 12, 2016May 12, 2016

Police say Michael Johnson, 52, of Manchester continued to punch and kick a 67-year-old man as he lay on the ground.

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Former Portland music hall owner gets 7½ years for drug smuggling, trafficking

by Eric Russell May 12, 2016May 13, 2016

Robert Evon, who owned Port City Music Hall until 2013, orchestrated the smuggling of cocaine from California to Vermont and also ran a trafficking ring in Portland.

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Fairfield police seek man, teen in Circle K robbery

by Doug Harlow May 11, 2016

Police have obtained an arrest warrant for Melvin H. Hubbard IV, 21, of Waterville, and a 15-year-old boy.

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Five charged in alleged Somerset County drug ring

by Kennebec Journal May 11, 2016

Drugs with a street value of $72,000 and a loaded handgun are seized in a raid in Fairfield.

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Man hiding drugs in ‘groin area’ facing felony charges in Kennbunk

by Gillian Graham May 11, 2016May 11, 2016

Police say Matthew Petrucci was arrested after a police dog alerted to the presence of heroin on the man’s body.

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Mental evaluation ordered for Augusta woman charged with child sex abuse

by Betty Adams May 10, 2016May 10, 2016

Loni D. Ingalls, 36, is charged in a case involving a boy who was 14 at the time of the alleged abuse.

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Judge rejects new trial for Augusta man convicted of murdering girlfriend

by Betty Adams May 10, 2016

Justin Pillsbury’s attorney argued that a prosecutor’s comment carried a racial connotation and that the testimony of one witness should have been deemed inadmissible.

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