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Cops & Courts
Feds seek sentence of over 15 years for Jan. 6 rioter Kyle Fitzsimons of Maine
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Cops & Courts
‘Only logical conclusion’ or ‘no evidence’? Closing arguments delivered in Waterville murder trial
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Cops & Courts
Perry woman pleads guilty to manslaughter, sentenced to 25 years
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Cops & Courts
Burglary suspect steals police cruiser and flees scene, police say
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Local & State
For these Maine inmates, parole debate isn’t hypothetical
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Cops & Courts
Richmond man on probation over bank robbery is arrested on warrants while hiding in blueberry field, police say
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Local & State
Charge dismissed against Portland man accused of vandalizing picnic table
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Cops & Courts
Dennis Dechaine seeking new trial after DNA revelations
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Cops & Courts
Gardiner man sentenced to 65 years in prison for murder, attempted killing with machete
More in Maine crime
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Police are waiting to speak to Christopher Utt, who was wounded in the shooting Saturday that left Edward Badeau dead, but Utt remains hospitalized in serious condition.
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Police say 43-year-old Jacob Horwitch was arrested on multiple charges after the incident Monday morning.
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Police have ruled the death of Edward Badaeu, 41, a homicide following a shooting on Saturday morning.
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Benjamin Conroy, 34, took responsibility for the crime at his sentencing Monday, saying he was "tortured" by the harm he caused.
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Two people in the house escaped, but a dog did not make it out, authorities said.
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Travis McCutcheon, 53, has been a teacher in several Maine districts since 1992. He was most recently working in a special education program at Portland schools until February.
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Christopher D. Kelly, 42, was charged with burglary and criminal mischief following the break-in that occurred early Monday, Somerset County Sheriff Dale Lancaster said in a news release.
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Police say the shooter fired into the window of an apartment in Kennedy Park on Dec. 21. No one was injured, but bullets were found in a child's bedroom.
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A Virginia man struck the officer in the face in an 'unprovoked' assault on Monday, police said.
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Travis McCutcheon, 53, worked at Lyman Moore Middle School until February and at Lyseth Elementary School until 2019, as well as Lisbon Community School and Westbrook Middle School.
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Court records say Jedediah Wasilewski, 44, was arrested after police linked him to several burglaries reported in Hallowell and Farmingdale.
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Police found a 20-year-old gunshot victim and a 21-year-old who was hit by a car in a Walgreens parking lot on Forest Avenue Tuesday evening, nearly 2 miles from the site of the shooting.
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The suspect was still at large after the shooting on Congress Street around 8:30 p.m. and the victim was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
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The suspect allegedly assaulted the 6-year-old girl who answered a knock on her door Monday morning.
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More than a year after the former gubernatorial candidate was charged with 4 counts of possessing sexually explicit images and videos of children, he entered a guilty plea Thursday and will spend 9 months in jail.
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Amin Mohamed, 39, is charged with murder in the death of Walter Omal, 31, who was found shot in the chest on Sept. 7. He died later that night.
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Daryan Bryan Saunders is charged with aggravated attempted murder of a police officer.
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Steven Ricci, 59, was again arrested Wednesday after allegedly engaging in indecent conduct on the front porch of his Brighton Avenue home.
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Bethany Kelley's body was found on Nov. 18. A 45-year-old man seen with her on the night she died is charged with killing her.
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The former gubernatorial candidate is expected to plead guilty on Thursday and begin serving his prison term on June 1.
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Police say the 21-hour standoff started after a Gillander Avenue resident fired a gun at a passing car.
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A judge set the bail at $500,000 for the new drug charge, but ordered Jeremy Mercier held without bail pending a hearing on an alleged bail violation.
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A former Maine Maritime Academy student who crashed his sport utility vehicle, killing four fellow students, has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter and other charges.
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Hall Funeral Home of Casco said the truck containing cemetery monuments was apparently stolen between Saturday evening and Sunday morning.
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Abdihamit Ali, 22, was found guilty on 3 charges tied to the September shooting that injured 1 woman and nearly hit a sleeping child.
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Paige Halsey, 25, was critically injured last week during a shooting on Interstate 295. Her father said she will have a lengthy recovery.
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Police said Friday that the threat was made by 41-year-old John Picurro, who was the owner of The Last Unicorn restaurant that was destroyed in a fire last weekend.
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Transcripts of 911 calls made on April 10 reveal James Crow's friends and family believed a message he posted on Facebook shortly after he allegedly shot his wife meant he intended to take his own life.
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Court records provide few details about the 16-year-old who is facing a felony-level charge for arson.
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Along with other drug traffickers operating under the guise of the Maine Medical Marijuana program, Brian Bilodeau's enterprise netted more than $9 million over four years, a prosecutor says.
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Sean Boyd, 46, of Athens, was sentenced Wednesday in Skowhegan following testimony by his victim who said, "He left me silently suffering and with a huge burden to carry."
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The Cumberland County District Attorney's Office confirmed that a South Portland High School student has been charged with the Class A crime but did not provide additional details about the case.
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Prosecutors say that Jonathan Alas, 27, stabbed his neighbor, Christopher Godin, 58, to death.
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Police say a man fired a gun at another man's truck after the two were involved in a fight Friday night.
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The driver of the vehicle was found after the people were struck Wednesday, but it wasn't clear if the motorist is in custody or has been charged in the matter.
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An affidavit charging Joseph Eaton, 34, with murder describes how the sister of one of the victims found the bodies of Eaton's parents and their longtime friends in Bowdoin. Eaton made his first court appearance Thursday.
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Curtis Randy Fogg, 34, faces manslaughter and five other charges from a grand jury indictment.
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'She would do anything for anyone,' Linda Walker said of good friend Patti Eger, 1 of 4 people killed Tuesday in Bowdoin.
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Joseph Eaton, 34, is accused of killing Cynthia and David Eaton, of Florida, and Bob and Patti Eger, who lived in the home in Bowdoin where the bodies were discovered Tuesday.
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The day before Joseph Eaton is accused of fatally shooting his parents and two family friends, he took to Facebook to lament his struggles and question why people 'claim to be Christian and can't forgive somebody or understand what they go through.'
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Two of the guns purchased by Jennifer Scruggs in Auburn and Turner were recovered by Los Angeles police.
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Earth Keeper Cannabis was one of five businesses reportedly burglarized early Monday morning.
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State police say 34-year-old Joseph Eaton of Bowdoin has been charged with murder. Investigators are still processing multiple crime scenes in southern Maine.
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Interim Waterville police Chief Bill Bonney said Saturday that the youths will have a court date but will first see a juvenile community corrections officer.
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Police believe two men were racing along Route 4 on Dec. 11 in the seconds before the crash that killed 79-year-old Carol Ivers, who was delivering Christmas cookies to her loved ones.
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Mark Cardilli Jr., who was convicted of manslaughter in 2019 after shooting his sister's boyfriend, returned to court Thursday seeking a new trial.
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Kyle Hendrickson is accused of showing a gun in front Portsmouth High School and threatening to 'shoot up the school.'
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Abdullahi "T" Issak faces up to 15 years in prison for the felony crimes for illegally purchasing 36 guns.
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South Portland police have not identified the teen or released details about specific charges or what led to the arrest.