The trial of Noah Gaston began Monday but has been interrupted by an unexplained legal issue.

Such schemes accounted for more lost money than any other consumer fraud in 2018.

The program is part of a statewide initiative launched by U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank.

They conspired to illegally manufacture, package and distribute marijuana from a facility in Waldo County, according to the U.S. attorney.

Phillip Nelson Campbell, 65, of Harmony faces up to 10 years in prison on a charge of unlawful sexual contact with a child under 12.

Superior Court Justice Michaela Murphy sends jurors home after a closed-door discussion Tuesday morning, interrupting the trial of Noah Gaston.

The suspect slips on the ice across from the Bangor Savings Bank in the parking lot of a Waterville restaurant, where a state police lieutenant happened to be parked.

Michael Middleton, 43, of Old Orchard Beach is being held pending an extradition hearing on Friday.

James Millette was arrested in Reading, Pennsylvania, after investigators found hundreds of images of child pornography stored on his computer, according to court documents.

Noah Gaston is charged with murder and manslaughter but says he mistakenly shot and killed Alicia Gaston in January 2016.

Noah Gaston shot his wife in their home. Now a jury will decide whether Alicia Gaston's death was a crime.

Michael Middleton of Old Orchard Beach, who failed to appear in court last week in New Hampshire, is awaiting extradition.

The front door of the library was forced open.

The Knox County Sheriff's Office is searching for two men.

The case is the last one pending in federal court in which the former governor is a named party.

Ashley Ouellette was just 15 when her body was discovered on a road in Scarborough early on February 10, 1999. Every parent's nightmare, the homicide case hasn't been closed, but authorities insist it's far from cold.

Officer Nicholas Meserve's body was discovered Friday night in his residence on Webster Street.

Adam Masucci, 39, is indicted on charges related to a brush fire Dec. 9 in South Berwick.

Bicycle Coalition of Maine advocates express disappointment that James M. Mayo, who ran into and killed Dr. Carol Eckert after being blinded by the sun, didn't face more severe punishment.

Documents filed by Sharon Carrillo's attorneys allege that her husband physically and sexually abused her and her daughter, Marissa Kennedy, who was beaten to death in February 2018.

Dennis Ayala and Andrea Hoffman are two of four people who are accused of conspiring to distribute, and possess with intent to distribute, the highly addictive opioid in Maine.

It contained cash and checks sent to the cable company by a few dozen customers, police say.

Former Select Board member David Barton is accused of sending anonymous letters to Planning Board members that were perceived as threats and harassment.

Alicia Gaston, of Windham, died from a gunshot wound to the chest.

Arnold Nash pleads not guilty to escaping from a Charleston facility.

An arrest warrant is issued for Michael Middleton, who was scheduled to appear at an arraignment in Dover, N.H.

Police in Portland, Saco and Biddeford are investigating reports from at least 9 women who say they believe that something in their drinks incapacitated them and made them violently ill.

Jennifer L. Stevens and Michael A. Stevens, indicted previously on multiple counts of gross sexual assault, agreed to plead guilty to lesser charges.

Randall Weddle of Tennessee was sentenced to 25 years in prison for the crash in 2016 that killed two people in the town of Washington.

Fifteen people who were arrested in May, including Senate candidate Zak Ringelstein, had their charges dropped Thursday in an agreement with prosecutors.

Kennebec County District Attorney Maeghan Maloney said there is no way the driver could have avoided striking the pedestrian.

Running back Ramon Jefferson, who led the Black Bears in rushing last fall, is also charged with criminal mischief.

Edward Lapore was wanted on harassment and stalking charges, police say.

Travis Card's attorney calls him ‘a face of the devastation and destruction that medically prescribed opiates can have.’

Skowhegan police and state animal welfare agents arrested a man at a Waterville Road home Wednesday as part of an investigation and found excrement all over the floors and walls.

A Cornville man was taken to the hospital after the crash, which occurred on Madison Road and destroyed two vehicles.

Eric Campbell turned himself in to police the next morning, authorities say.

Police allege that the blood-alcohol level of Christian J. Parlin was more than twice the legal limit when he crossed the centerline on a road in Turner.

Detective Don Avery has pleaded not guilty to domestic violence assault on his former wife on Father's Day 2017, and the judge has ruled that previous uncharged allegations are not admissible at trial in May.

The man approached the owner of Mi Sen Noodle Bar with a knife and ran off with the cash register drawer.

Jeremy Carr maintains his innocence in an alleged assault against his former girlfriend.

Darit Chandpen, 31, who has run Mi Sen Noodle Bar on Congress Street for nearly 6 years, says he pretended not to know how to open the cash register.

Christopher E. Williams pleaded guilty and said the robberies, as well as a burglary and prior convictions, were all related to his drug addiction.

Zachary Titus, 34, is charged with murder in the death of Dana Bartlett, 28, last year at the Bolduc Correctional Facility in Warren.

A grand jury in New Hampshire indicts the 44-year-old, alleging he was married to at least one other woman when he tied the knot with a woman in Dover six years ago.

The armed robber, described as a white man with facial hair, fled down High Street, police say.

The suspect is described as a white man, about 5 feet 8 inches tall and 170 pounds.

Wayne Lapierre was shot and killed during a home invation in December 2017.

James E. 'Ted' Sweeney had used an insanity plea, but the judge rejected it.

A lobster boat built specifically for a paraplegic lobsterman from Friendship was destroyed in the blaze in Waldoboro in 2012.