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More in Maine crime
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The charges stem from what the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office described as a confrontation over a drug debt in 2019.
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Christian Richards, 27, of Strong was arrested on two charges of terrorizing.
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Daniel Hall, 32, distributed cocaine and marijuana last year to a confidential informant at his then-medical marijuana store, Green Thumb Organics, in Waterville, according to court records.
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Tyler Garnett, 23, also was ordered to pay $12,000 in restitution to four victims.
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The owner of the home at 30 Turner Court in Unity said his money was stolen by the sister of Derek Creasy, according to a police affidavit.
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Police believe that a man driving a pickup truck chased two robbers he saw fleeing from a Cumberland Farms last week.
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Kyle Edwards, who police said attempted to reverse a stolen truck into a Lewiston PD sergeant, faces five charges.
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Police say Elliott Fama, 44, of Wilmington, Massachusetts, died after an argument over a cigarette behind a South Portland hotel led to a confrontation in October.
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Anthony J. Redfield, 34, has been charged with unauthorized use of property
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Kyle Edwards, 26, was shot and subsequently arrested after he attempted to back a stolen vehicle into a Lewiston police sergeant.
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Maine State Police reported 20 cases of murder or manslaughter last year, slightly lower than in recent years, except 2018.
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Derek Creasy, 38, was arrested and taken to the Waldo County Jail in Belfast, according to the State Fire Marshal's Office.
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The district attorney says new information in the case was behind the decision.
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Frank Tripp, accused of assault, won a motion for a speedy trial, but pandemic concerns mean jury trials likely won't start up until spring.
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A police dog tracked the suspects to the Western Promenade before losing the scent.
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Crime trended downward for an eighth straight year in 2019, although there was an increase in violent incidents, according to statistics released Monday.
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Joseph A. Cleaves Jr., 32, of Windham was a suspect in a domestic violence, terrorizing incident, police say.
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Police allege that two women forced a motorist out of their car and then drove away.
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The incident began Sunday afternoon when a 30-year-old woman called police to say that her ex-boyfriend was threatening violence toward her and her parents.
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Nathon A. Taylor, 41, was sought on an outstanding warrant from Androscoggin County, leading to a standoff on Middle Road.
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Jacob E. McClure, 41, was shot after police entered a home in Jefferson to intervene in an assault early Friday morning, the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office says.
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Zachary Titus faces a maximum of 12 years in prison in the strangling death of Dana R. Bartlett at the Bolduc Correctional Facility in Warren in 2018.
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Officers raid two South Portland motels after an investigation into a break-in where the homeowner reported several guns were stolen.
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Trista Reynolds, the mother of the 20-month-old toddler who was reported missing by her father, says that the anniversary of her disappearance gets harder every year.
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Alice Sweet, 26, of Portland, was captured by police after allegedly chased the restaurant manager in the parking lot, damaging two vehicles and stealing food and a drink.
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The name of the victim is being withheld until next of kin are notified.
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John Siciliani, 34, was charged with aggravated assault and assault on an officer, both felonies.
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Ivan Keith fled Massachusetts in 2003 and was arrested in Seal Cove, Maine, in August 2019, in a house that belonged to his ex-wife, authorities said.
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Court documents show that the prosecutor will recommend leniency for Sherri G. Walsh partly because her plea is easing the burden on the court system during the pandemic.
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Police are asking for help from the public in finding the driver of a dark-colored Toyota sedan with tinted windows and a Texas license plate.
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The judge describes the case as a modern American tragedy.
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The Capital Judicial Center, closed for about two weeks after at least three employees tested positive for COVID-19, was back open Monday.
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Steven Primavera pleaded guilty manslaughter, drug charges.
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‘Thank you to the DA's office for never giving up. Thank you to the judge who made the right decision,’ said Sheila Porfirio, whose son Tommy Porfirio was one of the three youths killed in a February car crash.
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No one was injured, and the 2 incidents appear to be unrelated, police said.
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It was the third such robbery since October, Portland police say.
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Alexander Meader, 28, was sentenced to serve 18 months of two concurrent, five-year sentences. The sentences will be served at the same time.
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Austin McDevitt's attorney and a prosecutor agreed to a sentencing recommendation of 29 years in prison.
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A woman who recently moved to Biddeford is charged with attempted murder in Florida after an alleged machete attack.
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Lawyers for Anthony Leng argued before the state's highest court Wednesday that the 40-year sentence he got for killing his longtime partner, Sokha Khoun, was incorrectly decided.
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Police officers and a suspect exchanged gunfire around 4:30 a.m. Later, they surrounded a Horton Street apartment building for about four hours, arresting two men in the afternoon.
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Police say a small, clean-cut man in a black Cadillac Escalade with New York plates picked the cash up from the woman.
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The Maine Supreme Judicial Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in the appeal by Sharon Kennedy, who was convicted of killing Marissa Kennedy in 2018.
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Bruce Akers was convicted of killing Douglas Flint with a machete and trying to hide his body.
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Katrina F. Preble left threatening voicemails at two of Collins' offices after the election, at one point threatening to shoot and decapitate her, federal authorities say.
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Nicholas Whitman, 25, was arrested on charges of displaying a handgun in a 'threatening and reckless manner.'
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Attorneys for Sharon Kennedy appeal to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, claiming that she was the victim of abuse by her former husband.
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No one was injured when someone fired several rounds into an apartment building on the city's Main Street, police said.
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Three transport officers at Androscoggin County Jail test positive for the virus, prompting the state agency to step in to assist.
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Yarmouth police say they believe two of the teenagers may be connected to a racial slur scrawled on a Yarmouth roadway last weekend.