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Lewiston-Auburn
Woman charged with abducting daughter from foster parents’ home
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Cops & Courts
New Hampshire man sentenced to 14 years for role in violent home invasion
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Cops & Courts
Portland seeks more applicants for police chief opening
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Cops & Courts
Man who escaped police custody in Belfast found, arrested
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Cops & Courts
Man escapes police custody after being brought to Belfast hospital
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Cops & Courts
Person in custody after shots fired near Congress Street, police say
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Local & State
Four men acquitted on charge of conspiring to fix wages for their workers
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Local & State
Wells man becomes 7th Mainer charged in connection with Capitol riot
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Cops & Courts
Judge hears arguments in case of contractor accused of bilking scores of Maine homeowners
More in Maine crime
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David Bowring, 32, was being sought by officers Monday following an altercation with his girlfriend when he caught a ride with the passing train, Clinton police Chief Stanley "Rusty" Bell said.
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Aaron Chadbourne was serving time for arson.
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The report calls for expanding diversion and treatment programs, which researchers say can help offenders avoid developing criminal records.
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Authorities found the woman's 11-year-old child unharmed, but there is an arrest warrant for her mother.
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A group of out-of-state travelers may be behind two Portland burglaries last week, along with 'many more' similar cases in New England and New York, police said.
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Police arrested 40-year-old Matthew Plummer at an apartment complex in Boothbay Harbor early Monday morning, more than 10 hours after Plummer allegedly shot a man in a nearby parking lot.
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The victim was taken by Lifeflight helicopter to Maine Medical Center in Portland.
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The postal carrier was charged with a felony in New York last month for allegedly giving people advice about how to best ship drugs throughout the country.
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Andreanna Politano pleaded guilty to Social Security fraud and theft of public money in September, after concealing her husband's income and presence in their home for more than a decade.
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Paul F. Fay III, 38, told a judge he has been unable to get help for mental illness that causes him to lash out during manic episodes.
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Officials say the suspect accused of firing a gun at a party had been hit with a bottle by a man with whom he had fought before.
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Derik Broox Wight allegedly held a knife near the throat of a federal officer before he was shot by another officer at the Edmund S. Muskie Federal Building in Augusta last year.
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Todd Tilley is also required to complete 60 hours of community service and pay $500 in restitution.
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Jennifer Strugar, 53, was being held at the Cumberland County Jail on domestic violence charges.
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Aaron Aldrich, 46, is charged in the deaths of a Massachusetts man and a Lewiston teenager.
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Andrew Gifford, 24, was charged by police in connection with the early Saturday morning incident at the Alfond Apartments at Colby.
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Terrence Talbot, who was employee with a U.S. Geological Survey office in Augusta, faces up to 20 years in prison.
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The Maine Supreme Judicial Court in a ruling Thursday said the judge who oversaw the trial of Richard Murray-Burns erred in the way he imposed the sentence against Murray-Burns for the 2019 shooting.
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Police are investigating the incident at Monroe Elementary School.
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Deputy Levi Johnson shot 30-year-old Tyler Woodburn during a fight outside a house in Waterboro on Sept. 7, 2022.
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Reginald Walker, 58, of Thomaston, was charged on March 1 after state police say he helped his son, who is facing domestic violence charges, hide from investigators.
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Hyunkook Korsiak, 41, was arrested in New York this week after planning to kill a man in exchange for $50,000.
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Acting Waterville police Chief Bill Bonney said the seizure of cocaine, crack, crystal methamphetamine, fentanyl and heroin put "a significant dent in the drug trade in our community."
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Visitors to the historic building that houses Kennebec County District Attorney's Office and Probate Court office are now being screened by security.
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A judge’s comments about the sentencing presented a problem because defendants are not supposed to be punished for exercising their constitutional right to a trial, the state's high court found.
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Benjamin Conroy's defense attorneys are requesting he serve 18 years, while prosecutors are pushing for 25 after he pleaded guilty to sexually abusing an autistic student.
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Robert Santerre has paid $5,000 as part of his sentence for committing a motor vehicle violation resulting in death. That money has been turned over to the city of Augusta to create a memorial to the crash victims.
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First Amendment advocates across New England say the sweeping decision sets a dangerous precedent.
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Stephen B. Richardson III pleaded guilty Friday to aggravated assault in connection with a crash on Oct. 31, 2021, that killed Julie Clark, 19, of Troy.
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Eric Dore, 44, is serving the sentence in Somerset County Jail after authorities say he took an inappropriate photo of a woman without her knowledge last summer.
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The Maine Supreme Judicial Court on Thursday swept aside the appeal by Duane Marquis, who had argued that the state definition of gross sexual assault didn't apply to him.
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Aaron Aldrich is charged with murder in the deaths of a man and a teen in Poland on Feb. 21.
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Gerald Goodale, 63, who's already serving a 75-year term, entered his plea Thursday in a Skowhegan courtroom and was sentenced to 32 years.
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In a plea deal struck Thursday, Jon L. Westerlund was instead sentenced to nine months in prison on an aggravated assault charge.
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The Maine Legislature's recent hike in pay for court-appointed private criminal defense attorneys is aimed at combating a chronic backlog of cases clogging up the state's courts.
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The crimes were committed over nine days in February.
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Frederick Johnson, 45, is accused of killing 23-year-old Bethany Kelley in November, but police are not releasing information about how she died.
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Aaron Aldrich, 46, is being held in New Hampshire for unrelated crimes, officials announced Monday. Aldrich must face extradition to Maine to face two charges of murder.
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Graffiti sprayed-painted on hiking trails could confuse hikers and lead them off established trails, the park service says.
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Luke Pomerleau, 42, surrendered to police late Sunday morning after a two-hour standoff, and was charged with domestic violence assault and obstructing report of a crime.
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Lewiston School superintendent calls Mohamed Aden a "beloved member of our community." No arrests have been made.
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Defense attorneys for Jesse W. Morang said police failed to properly investigate the allegations against him.
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An unspecified amount of money was taken from Longfellow Books while the store was closed between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning.
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Authorities say they were sent Tuesday to a Poland address to conduct a welfare check.
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Tyon Shuron, who is accused of fatally shooting a Richmond man, has spent three years in jail awaiting his trial.
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Residents of the apartment building at 263 Cumberland Ave. said they called 911 after they heard fighting and cries for help.
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Police arrested Frederick Johnson, 45, on Tuesday in the death of 23-year-old Bethany Kelley in November.
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Attorney Scott Fenstermaker's lengthy civil complaint in federal court references a September altercation at a Washington County towing lot that resulted in criminal charges against him.
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Jonathan Alas, 27, was still in the hospital Tuesday during his first appearance in Friday's death of 58-year-old Christopher Godin.
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The victim, Christopher Godin, was well known in Portland as the founder of Granny's Burritos.