Liza Morgan, the mother of Natasha Morgan, says she saw Jaquille J. Coleman pointing a gun out of the window of his car in the direction of her daughter as he fired it.
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Police, crime and courts news from the Portland Press Herald.
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Police still searching for Sabattus man who fled Friday
Maine State Police and other law enforcement agencies are looking for Diego Martinez, 31, after he fled authorities.
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Maine AG says new DNA tests insufficient to overturn 34-year-old murder case
Attorney General Aaron Frey says the results do not shake his confidence in the state’s conviction of Dennis Dechaine in Sarah Cherry’s 1988 killing.
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Hundreds of patients searching for help as Kennebunk doctor faces opioid charges
Dr. Merideth Norris is unable to prescribe opioids while facing federal charges. She was treating hundreds of patients with substance use disorder and chronic pain who now don’t know where to get their medications.
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Man dies, woman wounded in Waterboro shooting
The domestic disturbance Sunday closed New Dam Road to traffic Sunday night as police investigated.
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Man charged with threatening family with machete, police say
Maine State Troopers responded to a domestic disturbance at about 7:50 p.m.
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Multiple police agencies still searching for man deemed ‘armed and dangerous’
Diego Martinez, 31, was involved in a police standoff and series of high-speed chases Friday, police say, and still remains at large.
Posted inCops & Courts, Nation & World
Portland man charged with reckless driving after clocking 137 mph on I-95
The 20-year-old was pulled over near Portsmouth with an open bottle of alcohol, New Hampshire police said.
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Judge orders AG to provide records surrounding 2020 stabbing death on Vinalhaven
The order comes in response to a lawsuit Lester Feltis filed against Attorney General Aaron Frey seeking investigative records about the slaying of his son, Roger Feltis.
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DA recuses himself from Eliot Cutler’s child porn case
The district attorney for Hancock and Washington counties was previously represented by the same attorney who now is defending the two-time independent gubernatorial candidate.