Abdirahman Mahmoud, 36, is charged in the death of Raoul Mapendo Tshiyka, 30, police said Sunday.
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A police chase in Fryeburg landed 5 in the hospital. Who’s investigating remains a mystery.
On Jan. 30, authorities in Maine ultimately shot and killed a driver after a high-speed pursuit had been abandoned by New Hampshire police. Why did Fryeburg and Oxford County law enforcement make a different calculation?
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Bangor 10-year-old suffered months of abuse before his death, police say
Braxtyn Smith was zip tied, injured and denied food, court records state. His mother, father and grandmother are charged with depraved indifference murder in the Feb. 18 killing.
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Police say South Portland teen accused of planning school attack glorified Columbine shooters
A judge is considering if the 17-year-old will be tried as an adult after his friend told police he was plotting a school shooting and had racist beliefs.
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Sheriff: Three arrested in bust of illegal cannabis grow in Skowhegan
Ying Xia Liao, 54; Xi Qiang Zhao, 56; and Yao Bin Cheng, 41, all of New York City, were arrested Friday when a search of a residence on Waterville Road uncovered a ‘substantial’ amount of cannabis, Sheriff Dale Lancaster said.
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Father alleges former Maine DHHS caseworker sexually assaulted him
The federal lawsuit names Morgan Polky, who admitted to sexual misconduct with the father when the state revoked her social worker license in 2018.
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Parents and grandmother charged in the death of Bangor 10-year-old
Joshua Smith, Jem Bean and Mistie Latourette were charged with depraved indifference murder in connection with the death of a boy in Bangor last week.
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Attorney General lodges Maine Civil Rights Act complaint against Lewiston woman
Andrea Ouellette, 65, of Lewiston faces a Maine Civil Rights Act complaint from the Maine Attorney General’s office.
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Sabattus man seeks new murder trial, presents DNA expert
Daniel Roberts is hoping a new method of analyzing DNA evidence will help him get a new trial in the 2005 slaying of his ex-girlfriend.
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Camp Kieve says it should have cut ties with former counselor accused in sex abuse suits
Three men now are suing William McCook Jr., 83, who was a counselor at the Nobleboro camp from the 1950s to 1976 and volunteered with the organization until 2007.