Police say they arrested Muhamud Said Abdullahi, 27, Friday after reports that he threatened a homeowner with a handgun.

Dorothy McKellick, 68, of Rumford died at the scene on U.S. Route 2

Two men escaped injury after their car was hit by bullets early Friday morning.

William H. Shackford Jr. is charged with assault with a weapon.

Portland police say John Wedge assaulted a clerk during a robbery at the Maine Smoke Shop on Washington Avenue.

Police say an AR-15 rifle stolen in June 2018 from a state police cruiser was recovered in Boston over the weekend.

Stephen Gurney is accused of breaking into an apartment and threatening the tenant with a gun.

Authorities are seeking the public's help in identifying the man responsible for the incident early Sunday.

Michael Pierce, 43, eventually pulled over in Falmouth, state police say.

They're looking for the occupants of two four-door sedans in connection with the incident Friday night at York and Essex streets.

Christopher Terrero, a member of the Coast Guard, was ordered held on $5,000 cash bail.

The 3 are all New Hampshire residents who were operating in Maine, police say.

Clarence I. Rider, the suspect in a high-speed motorcycle chase on Sunday, turned himself into Pittsfield police, Somerset County Chief Deputy Mike Mitchell said on Wednesday.

White powder in a folded napkin blew into the officer's face during a traffic stop Monday, resulting in a dose of Narcan and a trip to Maine Med.

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court rejected Shawna Gatto's claims that the evidence was insufficient to support the conviction.

Deputies from the Somerset County Sheriff's Office and a wrecker driver were allegedly punched by family members of a motorcyclist who led a deputy sheriff on a high-speed chase Sunday night through Canaan and Pittsfield.

Officials argue for and against summonses versus arrests.

Mark Dunlop, 43, of Plymouth, was later charged in connection with the robbery at the AE Robinson convenience store at 60 Newport Road in Corinna.

Anthony Boisvert, 33, refused to pull over for an officer and later got physical with the Buxton police chief before surrendering, according to the chief.

Christine Belanger, 29, of Acton produced a false lease agreement after she was found in the home on Jim Grant Road, Maine State Police say.

Maine State Police say both drivers were from out of state, and one was charged with drunken driving.

Barbara and Elmer Young were seriously injured when a suspect tried to swerve around a police spike mat and slammed into their car and another vehicle in 2018.

No one was injured when a masked man brandished a handgun and robbed the 7-Eleven on Forest Avenue near the Westbrook line early Friday morning, police said.

Daniel Brown of Auburn was found in woods in Turner with a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said.

Police say Muka Kabala drove to the jail around 11 p.m. Sunday and pushed another car into the building because he was upset that someone was being released on bail.

He robbed a cashier at the Shaw'a Supermarket on Auburn Street, but never displayed a weapon, police say.

Reed Rickabaugh, 59, was fatally wounded by two state troopers following a 12-hour standoff that ended late Saturday morning, the state police chief says.

Police say someone fired a bullet into an apartment through a window late Friday, striking a woman in the back.

The pursuit happened after Paul Grandmaison was accused of head-butting his girlfriend, also of Portland. He remained at large Thursday night.

Maine State Police arrested Andrew Bleyl of Lebanon and charged him with criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon.

The justices affirm 10 of the 11 convictions against Ronald Paquin, 77, a former Catholic priest from Massachusetts, leaving his 16-year prison sentence unchanged.

Sarah Richards, 38, of South Thomaston admits that she beat and strangled Helen Carver in February 2019.

Police charged a Bangor woman and a Connecticut man after witnesses said they saw them drive away toward Livermore Falls in a white SUV after the shooting on Otis Street in Jay.

Joseph Chamberlin, 29, of Lyman is being held without bail and is due in court Thursday.

Police say a man who accidentally shot himself faces drug and weapons charges, as well as a misdemeanor charge that he violated Maine's stay-at-home order.

The trial of Gage Dalphonse had been scheduled for June, but has been postponed, possibly until next year.

Robert Lindell Jr., 55, who's serving a 10-year sentence at the Maine State Prison, appealed his conviction for stealing more than $3 million from two elderly widows.

A gunman disguised as a police officer went on a 12-hour rampage in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, shooting people in their homes, setting fires and killing at least 18 people in the deadliest such attack in the country’s history

The decision will end the case unless the mothers of two teenagers slain by James Pak file an appeal.

The governor's office would not respond to questions Wednesday evening.

Steven H. Downs, 45, is accused in the brutal death of a 20-year-old woman.

Portland Police said Eric Cohen, 25, had a history of mental health problems and was in the midst of a crisis when the incident occurred Sunday.

The homeowner held the suspect at gunpoint while waiting for officers to arrive, authorities say.

Maine State Police say he continued to make phone calls from jail to a woman he is accused of choking.

Thomas W. Hackett pleads guilty to burglary, theft and criminal mischief in connection with his disappearance in March.

Sarah Richard is accused of beating and strangling 83-year-old Helen Carver.

Police are asking anyone with information about the break-in to call them.

David Obert, 51, was summonsed on a charge of manslaughter seven months after he was involved in a car crash that killed Joyce Gipson, 85, and her husband, Keith Blackwell, 80.

Kennebec County has been working with the district attorney's office to identify inmates with 30 days or fewer left on their sentences to be released early.