City councilors voted 5-1 to allow recreational cannabis sales in Augusta, where previously only medical cannabis businesses were allowed.
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Police, crime and courts news from the Portland Press Herald.
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Why do police keep information close to the chest after shootings?
The Portland department defended its hesitation to discuss the Morrill’s Corner shooting, citing concerns it might jeopardize the investigation. The public still doesn’t know whether a shooter is at large or who was shot.
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Kentucky woman sentenced in Maine court for obtaining fraudulent visas for Ukrainian orphans
Colleen Holt-Thompson worked with an unnamed co-conspirator in Maine to falsify hundreds of visa applications for Ukrainian children.
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Woman driving on 2 blown tires crashes car in Burlington
Maine State Police say the crash injured all of the vehicle’s occupants: driver Jennifer Harriman and 3 children. A 1-year-old was flown by Life Flight to Eastern Maine Medical Center.
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Wedding of couple connected to Richmond killing brings probation violation charge
Prosecutors say Chanda Lilly, now 35, who pleaded guilty to robbery in connection to the 2019 murder of Andrew Sherman in Richmond, violated probation by marrying Tyon Shuron, now 47, who was found not guilty of Sherman’s murder.
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Details emerge in manslaughter case involving death of Owls Head toddler
In a hearing to reconsider Aziayh Scott’s bail, prosecutors said Scott made numerous calls to his girlfriend from jail, asking her to tell police that he didn’t kill her 2-year-old son.
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Woman killed, 3 injured in Portland shooting. Police scant on details.
Police say Susan McHugh, 54, of Gray, was killed, but they do not release details about the other people hurt in the shooting near Morrill’s Corner late Tuesday and say they will ‘provide updates to the public as the case allows.’
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Portland man sentenced to 7 years in prison for selling methamphetamine, fentanyl
Tyler Campbell pleaded guilty in February to selling methamphetamine and fentanyl in 2 separate instances, officials said.
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Maine high court considers disciplining Ellsworth probate judge who didn’t pay taxes, child support
William Blaisdell is an elected probate judge in Hancock County and a private lawyer who was recently handling court-appointed cases.
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See a map of how Maine law enforcement responded to the Lewiston mass shooting
More than 750 officers responded to dozens of locations during the 48-hour manhunt for the gunman. Police narratives released this summer show their movements during the key first hours after the shooting.