Brian Merryman is being held without bail in Wiscasset.

From an apartment on Alfred Street, a man and a woman from Georgia used stolen identities to pass fake checks at New England retailers, police say.

Eugene ‘Charlie’ Martineau, 24, is accused of shaking 3-month-old Leo Josephs with enough force to cause the baby’s head to ‘snap back and forth,’ resulting in a fatal seizure.

Judge Robert M.A. Nadeau made the unexpected statement during a hearing in the lawsuit in Cumberland County Superior Court after two of his motions were denied.

A victim called for help multiple times while police figured out what was happening at the house where four people died on Nov. 4.

Police say James Bigos set the fire at a house in Temple where his ex-wife and her daughter were staying.