A Portland man suffers wounds to an arm.

James "Ted" Sweeney was convicted of killing his former girlfriend with a baseball bat and sentenced to 38 years.

A Long Island, N.Y., man faces extradition to Maine for allegedly making explicit threats of violence in messages exchanged on social media, state police said.

Gregory Vance, 62, will be sentenced in December for killing Patricia Grassi, with a plea agreement capping his prison term at 35 years.

At least 63 minors attended the party Saturday on Portland Road, and two men were arrested, police said.

Police said Emmanuel Nkurunziza threw a rock that struck Donald Giusti, who later died from related injuries.

Inside the apartment at 24 1/2 Gold Street, police found 4.3 grams of Fentanyl, 5.3 grams of crack cocaine, more than two pounds of marijuana and approximately $1,000 in cash.

A legislative committee is considering ways to reduce jail populations and increase the likelihood that inmates will find stability and support when they are released.

At least 15 businesses in Portland alone have been burglarized in less than 3 months, and police released security photos Tuesday in the hope that someone can identify those involved.

Richard E. Tanguay, 68, has no recent record of driving infractions, but was involved in a minor collision while driving a district school bus in 2011.

Based on a sampling of tablets seized nationwide between January and March of 2019, the DEA found that 27% contained potentially lethal doses of fentanyl.

Suzanne Muscara said the letter, which claimed to contain anthrax, was a joke. A jury thought otherwise.

Authorities won't say if the 15 crimes are connected, but there are similarities.

Investigators analyzing devices seized at Christopher Raiche's Skowhegan home say he may have taken dozens of sexually explicit photos of Maine children under the age of 12.

An attorney for Praneeth Manubolu argues that police erred in taking a state-mandated blood sample because the accident that killed his 3 passengers occurred on federal land.

Police received reports of a verbal threat made to Hall-Dale High School in Farmingdale and a note was discovered on a bathroom mirror at Nokomis Regional High School in Newport.

Melissa Sousa, 29, of 32 Gold St., was killed last week, allegedly by Nicholas Lovejoy, 28, her longtime live-in boyfriend and the father of the couple's 8-year-old twin daughters.

Joshua Bell of Medway also faces a drug possession charge.

Drug trafficking items were seized from West Paris home as part of the operation.

A Minot woman had a loaded pistol in her purse when she went through TSA security at the Portland Jetport on Wednesday, according to the security agency.

A burglar climbed on the roof to cut the internet connection at Elsmere BBQ on Stevens Avenue so its security cameras wouldn't record the break-in.

Thomas Stewart, 31, faces a prison term of at least 5 years.

Police said donation canisters at three Dunkin' Donuts shops in Waterville to benefit the family of Melissa Sousa were stolen over the weekend.

Three people, including 2 New York City men, are charged with aggravated drug trafficking following a routine traffic stop in Kennebunk.

James Pak shot 3 tenants he had allegedly threatened just minutes after police officers left his apartment building in 2012.

Douglas Gordon, 52, of Mattawamkeag was found guilty Wednesday of mail fraud and 2 counts of copyright infringement for illegally copying and selling more than 48,000 movie DVDs from an online store.

Barry Grant Jr., 38, robbed one store in February, and another three in July, in Augusta.

An accounting firm was sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court in Portland for failure to file cash transaction forms related to an illegal marijuana growing operation.

Timothy Harmon, who allegedly choked a victim in Scarborough before fleeing on Oct. 12, is scheduled to be in court Wednesday.

Terran Morrow, 44, of Millinocket was wanted by authorities in Oklahoma on charges of kidnapping and forcible rape.

Gardner Scott Stover, 59, pleads guilty to criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon and aggravated criminal mischief.

Police arrested Everett Meserve, 62, in August after finding Rodney Cleveland severely beaten in his apartment. Cleveland later died of his injuries.

The body of Melissa Sousa, a 29-year-old mother of twins, was found Wednesday. Her longtime boyfriend, Nicholas Lovejoy, 28, is charged with murder.

Newly released court documents provided more details Friday supporting the murder charge against Nicholas Lovejoy, whose brother called him a ‘loose cannon.’

Police say Timothy Harmon of Raymond has a violent history and should be considered dangerous.

Police in York County are looking for whoever cut down and stole a solar-powered stop sign early Friday morning.

The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency says a drug investigation led to the arrests of a woman and 4 men.

Family and friends of Melissa Sousa, 29, say her boyfriend and the father of their children, Nicholas Lovejoy, 28, was mentally unstable and could not take knowing she was leaving him.

Yue Li Liang of Orono was indicted by a grand jury last week.

A friend said Melissa Sousa had been threatened by her boyfriend and she had been planning to leave him and take their children with her.

But the number of reported rapes remained higher than usual in 2018, following a trend identified the previous year.

Money, drugs, firearms and tools are among items recovered and more arrests are expected, Somerset County Sheriff Dale Lancaster says.

Any restrictive housing placement will now require a disciplinary finding and a finding of a serious act of violence or a threat, an official says.

Andrew Sherman, 48, was found dead Oct. 11 at his Richmond house. Authorities are asking the public for help from anyone who saw, talked to or heard from Sherman after Sept. 25.

Kandee Collind, 49, who stabbed Scott Weyland in front of their children in 2017, gets the maximum penalty allowed by her plea agreement, at a hearing in which their 11-year-old son's frantic 911 call is played.

Police say Dominic Romero burned a family member's belongings in the driveway of a Lebanon home during domestic dispute.

Police officers wrote 232 tickets under the new ban on using devices while behind the wheel.

The men and two juveniles are accused of redeeming false reward points at Gould's Service Station.

Police arrested Tyler Malmstrom of Sebago on unrelated charges this week, and Sanford police have charged him with stalking and criminal threatening.