The Office of Chief Medical Examiner said Ariah Jacques, 24, was shot in a homicide and John Neff, 57, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
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Portland man charged for drug possession, illegally possessing firearm
The man was arrested after police answered a call of suspicious activity on Woodford Street on Wednesday.
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Portland man charged with assaulting three deputies in Bethel
The Sheriff’s Office received a call at 8:45 p.m. Thursday from the homeowner at 339 West Paris Road for a reported unwanted, out-of-control person.
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Man who stabbed Turner couple to death in 2021 granted supervised time in Augusta
Patrick Maher was found not criminally responsible for stabbing Troy and Dulsie Varney to death in 2021.
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Maine attorney general says officers were justified in 3 separate shootings
The shootings occurred in Limerick, Lewiston and Newport. The AG’s office has never found an officer-involved shooting in Maine to be unjustified.
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New Hampshire man arrested in Berwick slaying
Daniel Lefrenier, 31, is charged with murder in the death of Mark Forest, who was found with a gunshot wound to the head Thursday morning in Berwick.
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Judge dismisses protection from abuse order filed by slain Edgecomb toddler’s mother
A Wiscasset District Court judge dismissed the order, filed by Makinzlee Handrahan’s mother on Wednesday.
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Man sues former Maine camp counselor for alleged sexual abuse in the ’70s
The 58-year-old ‘John Doe’ filed a complaint against William Cameron McCook Jr. alleging that the then-counselor at Camp Kieve invited him into his home and sexually abused him.
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Former Cumberland woman sues Portland diocese, former priest, alleging sexual abuse
Mary Banks says she was assaulted and raped by a former Bangor priest while she was a member of a Catholic Youth Organization in 1972.
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Convicted murderer dies at state correctional facility
Dennis Vanwart, 71, of Hiram died early Tuesday morning at the Mountain View Correctional Facility in Charleston.