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People say they paid Zacheriah Adams, most recently a Smithfield resident, thousands of dollars for home improvement projects that he never finished, and now authorities are concerned he may have fled the state.

Daniel Ross, 29, of West Gardiner was indicted in October on 15 charges alleging he abused and sexually assaulted his wife.

Bethany Kelley's body was found on Nov. 18 on Kennebec Street.

George Loder is suing state police, alleging he suffered professional retaliation when he refused to share information with the FBI, but two of his supervisors say they never asked him to break the law.

Christopher Watkinson resigned from the Brunswick Town Council on Nov. 18 and is on leave from his job at Bowdoin College.

Judge Tammy Ham-Thompson ordered a mental evaluation to determine whether Justin Butterfield, 34, is competent to stand trial on the murder charge.

Kyle King, 27, who reportedly took the cruiser from the Augusta police station, contacted a dispatcher from the Shaw's Plaza, where a Farmington family said it had a confrontation with him. There is no indication King attempted to use the rifle, which was secured with a gun lock.

Police say Ann Sinclair, 32, died after her car was struck head-on by Cody Michaud's Jeep Wrangler on Country Club Road in Sanford.

George Loder of Scarborough says the Maine State Police retaliated against him for reporting alleged illegal activity by the agency.

Police say an Otisfield man who rear-ended a vehicle and drove off was later found dead after crashing into a tree.

Police say display cases were broken and emptied at Sweet Dirt, but nothing that was stolen contained marijuana compounds.

A Farmington couple was reportedly terrorized by a man Saturday at the Shaw's Plaza when he followed them into a store and in the parking lot before police arrested him.

The cruiser, reportedly stolen from the police station parking lot, was used by man during an incident at Shaw's Plaza.

Attorneys staffing the struggling indigent defense program say the solutions they're seeing can't keep up with the systemic problems.

Justin Butterfield, 34, accused of killing his older brother in a grisly Thanksgiving Day slaying in Poland, has been in and out of mental health facilities for schizophrenia treatment, those close to him say.

Justin Butterfield, 34, of Poland was charged after the body was discovered Thursday morning, police say. Family and friends say they have been trying for years to get help for Butterfield. Killed Thursday morning was 38-year-old Gabe Damour.

Peter Curtis, 35, is accused of smuggling in the drugs that killed James Mannion, 30, inside the Cumberland County Jail.

The 2 women filed a civil lawsuit against Judge Charles Budd saying he made repeated, unwanted sexual advances toward them.

State police were searching a home in Addison connected to a homicide investigation when they found 'several destructive devices.'

Matthew Adams, 36, of Whitneyville, was found dead inside a Cherryfield home following a reported home invasion, state police said.

Amin Mohamed, 38, was charged with intentional or knowing murder in September for the death of 31-year-old Walter Omal.

Edward Kalinoski, 66, was taken into custody early Friday following a standoff that began when police say he damaged a neighbor's home with a tractor and slashed the neighbor's tires in an unprovoked attack.

Christina Shea, 45, could serve up to five years in prison, according to U.S. District Court records.

The former gubernatorial candidate is facing four counts of possession of sexually explicit material of a minor under 12.

Liza Morgan, the mother of Natasha Morgan, says she saw Jaquille J. Coleman pointing a gun out of the window of his car in the direction of her daughter as he fired it.

Maine State Police and other law enforcement agencies are looking for Diego Martinez, 31, after he fled authorities.

Attorney General Aaron Frey says the results do not shake his confidence in the state's conviction of Dennis Dechaine in Sarah Cherry's 1988 killing.

Dr. Merideth Norris is unable to prescribe opioids while facing federal charges. She was treating hundreds of patients with substance use disorder and chronic pain who now don't know where to get their medications.

The domestic disturbance Sunday closed New Dam Road to traffic Sunday night as police investigated.

Maine State Troopers responded to a domestic disturbance at about 7:50 p.m.

Diego Martinez, 31, was involved in a police standoff and series of high-speed chases Friday, police say, and still remains at large.

The 20-year-old was pulled over near Portsmouth with an open bottle of alcohol, New Hampshire police said.

The order comes in response to a lawsuit Lester Feltis filed against Attorney General Aaron Frey seeking investigative records about the slaying of his son, Roger Feltis.

The district attorney for Hancock and Washington counties was previously represented by the same attorney who now is defending the two-time independent gubernatorial candidate.

Xavier Pelkey, 19, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists and possession of unregistered destructive devices.

A Gouldsboro man who is accused of sexually assaulting a 21-year-old woman in 1996 was arrested without incident on Wednesday.

The state's highest court said an Aroostook County prosecutor was wrong to criticize the defendant for not testifying during his own trial and for implying the jury had a 'duty' to find him guilty.

Christopher W. Veillieux, 34, is also required to pay $14,600.20 in restitution.

The state's highest court has found an anonymous tip is not enough to justify stopping and questioning a person.

Washington County courts were unable to appoint defense attorneys for three people arrested over the weekend.

A lawyer for Dechaine, who was convicted of murdering 12-year-old Sarah Cherry 34 years ago, says he will ask for a new trial based on state-of-the-art DNA tests.

The 15-year-old Lewiston male faces several charges in connection to recent shootings at Walton Elementary School and 72 Whitney St. in Auburn.

Bates College President Clayton Spencer said the crimes included two sexual assaults and nine burglaries, and that many of the thefts involved people not affiliated with the college.

Gregory Pelletier was paid nearly $140,000 over roughly three years at the illegal marijuana manufacturing operation, federal prosecutors said.

This is not the first time the Maine Supreme Judicial Court has considered an appeal from Marcus Asante, whose overturned murder conviction in 2020 was the first since 2004.

Men from Greene and Lewiston appeared Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Portland.

A Houlton man linked to two of the guns used in Canada’s deadliest mass shooting, could not bring himself to testify in front of a commission investigating the 2020 rampage.

One woman was arrested recently on felony murder charges in the shooting death of Joshua Martin in a Winthrop mobile home in 2020 while another woman arrested on that charge previously pleaded guilty to a lesser charge Tuesday.

Marcus Trusty, 46, is accused of setting fire to a Pembroke Street apartment building on Sunday night.

Classes were canceled for Monday after a threatening text message prompted officials to close the high school and middle school campus on Halloween.