Multiple law enforcement agencies are seeing an increased number of 911 hang-ups this year and are advising people who mistakenly alert emergency responders to stay on the line.

The victim, who was pregnant, also says he kicked her in stomach, according to an affidavit.

The 35-year-old mother was convicted in December of depraved indifference murder.

Leeds and Auburn residents were in the supply chain of the fentanyl sold to 29-year-old Jesse Cleveland.

Jeremy Rogers, who was arrested in Rockport, pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

Akram Ibrahim has been charged with two counts of aggravated assault with a dangerous weapon.

Frederick Allen, 40, is charged with the murder of his wife, Anielka Allen, 37, whose body was found in their home by Newport police in January.

Her original sentencing date earlier this month in the death of Marissa Kennedy was postponed due to bad weather.

Andrew Forbis, 44, was taken into custody after an eight-hour standoff in Buxton on Monday.

No one has been arrested in connection with the shooting, which critically injured a Saco man, according to Maine State Police.

Michael Marble of New Sharon faces several charges from a police pursuit that passed through Sanford early Saturday.

Police say the shooter and a female who was with him knew the man who was wounded in the store's the parking lot, which was cordoned off with crime scene tape and scoured by investigators, including state police detectives.

Lewiston police say a man was bleeding after he was struck by a hatchet during a fight Wednesday night. In an unrelated incident Thursday afternoon, another man with a hatchet reportedly threatened a tow truck driver in Lewiston.

Strong man accused of firing a handgun in the parking lot of a gas station.

Nancy Ludwig defrauded MaineCare at her Lewiston mental health counseling business.

Last year a judge ordered Ronald Paquin to serve 16 years in prison for sexually abusing a boy on trips to Maine in the 1980s.

The body of Shawn W. Metayer, 60, was found Tuesday morning at his Litchfield house after deputies from the Kennebec County Sheriff's Office responded to a report of an unattended death.

An Apple iPad that John P. Cella, 54, took from an Augusta restaurant had a tracking device that led police to his girlfriend, to whom he had given the tablet computer and a stolen laptop.

An Augusta Police Department's Facebook post mentioned the incident Monday night, saying it was an unusual occurrence in the winter.

Brittany R. Boivin must serve two months of a three-year sentence.

Ernest M. Patti will face as much as 5 years in prison if he's convicted of leaving the scene of the accident last summer in which Wayne Harwood was killed.

Seth Carey of Rumford agrees to obey the law, undergo therapy.

Detective Sgt. Kelly Hooper, who has worked in law enforcement for 30 years, will attend a weeklong course at which she will receive training in forensic analysis and investigative methods.

Tyon K. Shuron, who is accused of killing Andrew Sherman on or near Sept,. 29, 2019, is being held without bail at Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset.

Robert Pavao, 20, is charged in connection with the suspicious death of a woman in Stratham, New Hampshire.

Caribou police had been searching for Adrian Covington since Jan. 11, when he allegedly shot and wounded a man on River Road.

Tyon Shuron, 42, was arrested Friday afternoon and charged with the murder of Andrew Sherman at Sherman's home in Richmond.

Maine courts, like all state offices, were closed on Friday because of the storm.

Police had been looking for a masked man who robbed the Family Dollar store while wielding a hammer.

The woman's teenage son tried to defend his mother with stun gun, police say.

Derek Soucy was found not criminally responsible for the 2001 beating death of an 88-year-old man in Portland.

Westbrook police said Timothy Grubb was impaired when he wove through a congested school zone Wednesday morning nearly striking several oncoming vehicles.

Shawn Purvis, who is facing criminal charges for a worker's death on a roofing job in 2018, was in court Wednesday for a hearing about his alleged bail violations.

Hunter S. York was charged with aggravated drug trafficking and was being held on $100,000 bail at the Cumberland County Jail.

A 4th person was critically wounded in the shootings at multiple locations.

Regina Long Hall, 49, was in critical condition at Maine Medical Center in Portland on Tuesday night following the Monday's attack that killed 3 people.

Dustan Bentley, 31, faces 25 to 40 years in prison for killing William Popplewell, 65, who died last year in the apartment the two men shared.

Jeffrey A. Tyler, 48, of Augusta denied allegations he sexually assaulted a female victim at least three times, beginning when she was a minor.

Police arrested Henry Brackett, 58, of Old Town, on the Maine Turnpike on charges that he violated terms of his parole.

Thomas Bonfanti of Northfield was arrested and charged with murder in the shootings in Machias and Jonesboro that also wounded a fourth person and put 2 schools in lockdown.

Jason Gora, 44, had been reported missing Friday by his family, concerned he was "potentially a danger to himself," according to police.

Maine State Police apprehended Levar Green, 42, during a traffic stop in West Gardiner.

Two adults and one juvenile have been charged in the theft of the vehicles from the Avis Rent a Car lot at the Portland International Jetport.

Police would not immediately release names of the schools involved or details of the threat, which was also directed at U.S. Sen. Susan Collins.

Bruce Akers faces to 25 years to life in prison for killing Douglas Flint and hiding his body under a pile of deer hides in June 2016.

A resident of the Beech Street residence told police he heard what sounded like an infant crying and found Andrew H. Williams downstairs in the house holding the child and an armload of his belongings.

Former yoga instructor Linda Dolloff, who is serving a 16-year sentence, drew national attention a decade ago when she was convicted of attempted murder and other crimes for beating her husband with his favorite softball bat.

The would-be restaurateur claims his false arrest and bail conditions dashed his dreams of launching a barbecue restaurant.