The Maine State Police said they were assisting the Waterville Police Department in investigating the fatal shooting Monday morning on South Grove Street.
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Police, crime and courts news from the Portland Press Herald.
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Suspects in Springfield shooting arrested after hourslong standoff
Deputies arrested Matthew Vandine, 45, and Noel Wilson, 32, on Saturday following a 6.5-hour standoff in Prentiss, authorities said.
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A rapidly changing landscape for first responders leaves many firefighters, EMTs unprotected
With most of Maine’s fire departments and emergency medical services responding to potentially violent situations, many of Maine’s non-law enforcement first responders are investing in ballistic personal protective equipment. Many of those who aren’t investing in the equipment would like to.
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Minot man gets $1 million bail in shooting of sheriff’s deputy
Deputies respond to disturbance in Minot on Valentine’s Day, discovering a home on fire and a man with a gun.
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A week after Saco shooting, suspects still at large, police tight-lipped
Police said releasing any information about the shooting on Elm Street last Friday could jeopardize their investigation into several suspects who remain at large.
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Judge denies motions to throw out evidence, statements before Standish man’s murder trial
Attorneys for Brandon Libby argued this month that prosecutors couldn’t use statements he made to police before he was read his Miranda rights. Superior Court Justice MaryGay Kennedy, however, ruled those statements were fair game because they were made voluntarily.
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Federal appeals court upholds dismissal of 2017 lawsuit against Biddeford police
Susan Johnson and Jocelyne Welch alleged that a Biddeford police officer’s actions led landlord James Pak to shoot and kill their teenage children in 2012.
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Video shows Lewiston gunman’s paranoid behavior months before mass shooting
In a 15-minute video from July released by New York State Police, Robert Card repeatedly tells officers that people are calling him a pedophile everywhere he goes and warns that he’s ‘capable’ of doing something about it.
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Missing Iowa child found safe on Peaks Island
Police say the mother took her 6-year-old out of state in violation of a court order.
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Sheriff: One arrested in Norridgewock after third bust in the last week of an illegal marijuana grow in Somerset County
Multiple law enforcement agencies, led by the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office, executed a search warrant at a home on Betterment Road in Norridgewock, leading to the arrest of Zunjie Wu, 26, of Brooklyn, New York.