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Authorities seek motive in Maine arson case

A Canaan man is accused of setting his neighbors’ home on fire in September and killing their pets.

Gary Martin, 58, faces charges of arson, burglary, criminal trespassing and violating his bail conditions.

by The Associated Press March 28, 2016March 28, 2016

Paul Orchard, who was using an insanity defense, will be sent to the Riverview Psychiatric Center instead of prison.

William McNeill, 23, met the 14-year-old Maine girl through an online dating site in 2014.

Joshua Dunston, a 38-year-old registered sex offender, was already on probation for a different child porn charge when he was arrested last year.

A neighbor made an anonymous report that someone was burglarizing the home on West Pleasant Street.

The CARA program hopes to break the link between substance abuse and crimes.

by From staff reports March 25, 2016March 26, 2016

A teenager from New Gloucester and a woman from Gray are arrested in Auburn and charged with robbery.

Alfred Odong, 20, allegedly had $3,303 in marked money that 25-year-old Jimmy Odong had stolen from a Freeport bank.

by From Staff Reports March 24, 2016March 24, 2016

The man tells an employee that he has a gun and demands narcotics.