Jessica Trefethen, 35, is charged with depraved indifference murder in the death of Maddox Williams in June.

The incidents during the weekend downtown and in the Old Port came about a month after vandals shattered windows of businesses in Monument Square.

The Maine Attorney General's Office has determined that Deputy David Bellows acted in self-defense and in defense of others when he shot and killed Jacob E. McClure in December.

Two incidents on Wharf Street are being treated as possible burglaries, and on Congress Street, shattered windows are reported.

Benjamin Conroy, who is accused of sexually exploiting a child, wouldn't have been excluded from hiring by his two convictions for operating under the influence, according to the Maine Department of Education.

Jamie Mondragon, 40, allegedly grabbed the officer's throat while being taken into custody following a hit-and-run crash.

The two men from Connecticut had been drinking together at the Fryeburg Fairgrounds earlier that night, witnesses told police.

Benjamin Conroy's past convictions include two counts of operating under the influence in 2018, though it was unclear Friday whether that should have excluded him from working in a school.

Edward C. Hyman, 42, faces counts of criminal threatening and resisting arrest, police said.

Portland's chief said the incident might have had a far more serious outcome if officers had not been trained in crisis intervention techniques.

Nicholas Meserve, the late Lewiston police officer involved in Norman "Bo" Thompson's arrest, later died from an apparent drug overdose.

Officers arrest Derek Poirier, 40, on Sunday at his Winter Street house. A day later, police searched the house again and arrested another three suspects.

Benjamin Conroy is accused of victimizing a student in the autism spectrum program where he works at Ocean Avenue Elementary School.

Authorities said deadly force was used in the Wednesday night incident after a man threatened residents at the Bread of Life Shelter.

The 65-year-old received more than $80,000 in illegal benefits, prosecutors said.

Maine State Police detectives have arrested another Connecticut man and charged him with murder in the killing early Wednesday.

Police said the vandals targeted the St. Anthony Church on Brown Street.

The man could face up to 10 years in prison on the visa fraud charge and a fine of $250,000.

People housed in the jail in Portland say suicide attempts are up and their mental health is deteriorating during what is effectively solitary confinement.

Police found crack cocaine and methamphetamine at a Bemis Street apartment.

Linn is accused of threatening a campaign staffer in a dispute over cryptocurrency and unproven COVID-19 drugs.

Mark Penley is being tried for murder in the deaths of his ex-girlfriend and the father of her two daughters.

Portland police charged a man with randomly firing multiple gunshots near Maine Medical Center on Tuesday evening.

Charles Manning, who in 2017 reportedly dumped a cup containing about 100 bedbugs at Augusta City Center, has declined a plea deal and will go to court later this month on charges of assault and obstructing governmental administration connected to that incident.

Shawna Gatto asked a judge Tuesday for a post-conviction review, which if granted, could result in a reduction of her 50-year sentence

Portland police say no one was injured and they recovered a gun.

Thomas Bonfanti will be tried in Waldo County rather than Washington County to avoid any potential of bias on the part of jurors.

The stabbing occurred during a dispute between 2 men, police say.

An Oxford County man is being tried on 2 counts of murder in the killings of his ex-girlfriend and her boyfriend.

Kennebec County Sheriff's Office confirms Alan Tibbetts received court summons last month on assault charge.

Police have charged Eddie Roberts, 20, of Portland with elevated aggravated assault and reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon.

Steven Case Jr., 29, of Bucksport was shot and killed by a member of the Maine State Police's Tactical Team after a five-hour standoff at an Auburn apartment building.

Nathan Libby, 32, will not serve any time in jail but was ordered to pay $17,500 in restitution.

Three people were sentenced to prison in the 2017 home invasion in which 59-year-old Wayne Lapierre and his wife were both shot in the head, prosecutors said.

Joseph Arbour, 36, was shot after officers responded to a report of a woman being held against her will at the Value Inn on Center Street.

Neighbors who spotted the fire at the Portland New Church on Stevens Avenue used buckets of water to try to put it out before firefighters arrived.

In denying Kyle Fitzsimons' release, U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras says 'he has demonstrated a disregard for the safety of others and the rule of law.'

An Etna woman called in two threats Thursday directed at Puritan Medical Products, disrupting manufacturing operations for a day, authorities say.

Maine State Police say Ethan Chase of Durham was driving while intoxicated when he lost control of his car and crashed into the tollbooth early Thursday.

Jean Fournier, 41, of Turner was shot twice in the back July 27, 2019, in the parking lot on Mount Auburn Avenue.

The brother of victim Kenneth Zernicke raised $10,000 for information about the unsolved case.

Gage Dalphonse is on trial in Augusta for killing Jean Fournier following a confrontation in 2019.

Detectives and the medical examiner recovered remains that will undergo postmortem examination.

Police say a man pointed a gun at a clerk in the Irving Circle K on Route 1 before fleeing with cash early Sunday.

Gage Dalphonse, accused of shooting Jean Fournier in the parking lot of Walmart in Auburn in 2019, is on trial for murder in Augusta.

The girls, both from Bangor, are suspected of painting racial slurs on the car of a Pakistani-American and person of color.

The fire on July 28 caused about $25,000 in damage at the Dunkin' on Roosevelt Trail in Windham, according to the Maine State Police.

Douglas Michaud Jr. loved to ride motorcycles, and his friends will stage a fundraiser Sept. 26 to recognize his passion and raise funds to support his girlfriend and their child.

Gage Dalphonse, who shot and killed Jean Fournier in the Auburn Walmart parking lot in 2019, is on trial at the Augusta courthouse for murder.

Richard J. Ellis is accused of holding a woman against her will for more than a week and sexually assaulting her.