The former gubernatorial candidate is expected to plead guilty on Thursday and begin serving his prison term on June 1.
Cops & Courts
Police, crime and courts news from the Portland Press Herald.
Posted inCops & Courts, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine
Overnight standoff in Auburn sparked by online feud, police say
Police say the 21-hour standoff started after a Gillander Avenue resident fired a gun at a passing car.
advertisement
Posted inCops & Courts, Lewiston-Auburn, News
High bail set for Auburn man charged with importing $3 million in fentanyl
A judge set the bail at $500,000 for the new drug charge, but ordered Jeremy Mercier held without bail pending a hearing on an alleged bail violation.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
Driver pleads not guilty to charges in crash that killed 4 fellow Maine Maritime students
A former Maine Maritime Academy student who crashed his sport utility vehicle, killing four fellow students, has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter and other charges.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
Casco man accused of stealing vehicle full of gravestones from funeral home
Hall Funeral Home of Casco said the truck containing cemetery monuments was apparently stolen between Saturday evening and Sunday morning.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
Man convicted of aggravated assault in Riverton shooting
Abdihamit Ali, 22, was found guilty on 3 charges tied to the September shooting that injured 1 woman and nearly hit a sleeping child.
Posted inCops & Courts, Lewiston-Auburn
Three arrested in commercial burglary ring investigation
AUBURN — Three area people were arrested Thursday and charged in what police describe as a spree of commercial burglaries that stretched across Androscoggin County and possibly beyond. Arrested were: • Charles York, 46, listed as transient, on four counts of burglary, five counts of theft and charges of criminal mischief and a charge of […]
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine
Woman shot on I-295 now in stable condition
Paige Halsey, 25, was critically injured last week during a shooting on Interstate 295. Her father said she will have a lengthy recovery.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine
Waterville man arrested after threat to MaineGeneral causes lockdown
Police said Friday that the threat was made by 41-year-old John Picurro, who was the owner of The Last Unicorn restaurant that was destroyed in a fire last weekend.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine
Friends of Alfred man accused of killing wife feared he would commit suicide
Transcripts of 911 calls made on April 10 reveal James Crow’s friends and family believed a message he posted on Facebook shortly after he allegedly shot his wife meant he intended to take his own life.