Colleen Holt-Thompson worked with an unnamed co-conspirator in Maine to falsify hundreds of visa applications for Ukrainian children.
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Woman driving on 2 blown tires crashes car in Burlington
Maine State Police say the crash injured all of the vehicle’s occupants: driver Jennifer Harriman and 3 children. A 1-year-old was flown by Life Flight to Eastern Maine Medical Center.
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Wedding of couple connected to Richmond killing brings probation violation charge
Prosecutors say Chanda Lilly, now 35, who pleaded guilty to robbery in connection to the 2019 murder of Andrew Sherman in Richmond, violated probation by marrying Tyon Shuron, now 47, who was found not guilty of Sherman’s murder.
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Details emerge in manslaughter case involving death of Owls Head toddler
In a hearing to reconsider Aziayh Scott’s bail, prosecutors said Scott made numerous calls to his girlfriend from jail, asking her to tell police that he didn’t kill her 2-year-old son.
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Woman killed, 3 injured in Portland shooting. Police scant on details.
Police say Susan McHugh, 54, of Gray, was killed, but they do not release details about the other people hurt in the shooting near Morrill’s Corner late Tuesday and say they will ‘provide updates to the public as the case allows.’
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Portland man sentenced to 7 years in prison for selling methamphetamine, fentanyl
Tyler Campbell pleaded guilty in February to selling methamphetamine and fentanyl in 2 separate instances, officials said.
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Maine high court considers disciplining Ellsworth probate judge who didn’t pay taxes, child support
William Blaisdell is an elected probate judge in Hancock County and a private lawyer who was recently handling court-appointed cases.
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See a map of how Maine law enforcement responded to the Lewiston mass shooting
More than 750 officers responded to dozens of locations during the 48-hour manhunt for the gunman. Police narratives released this summer show their movements during the key first hours after the shooting.
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Former Gray finance director pays back $53,000 after pleading guilty to theft
Katy Jewell pleaded guilty to misappropriating town funds between 2020 and 2022.
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Former Hancock music teacher pleads guilty to assault and disorderly conduct
Seth Briggs, 37, pleaded guilty to assault and disorderly conduct after rubbing a student’s leg on the bus ride back from a field trip to Funtown-Splashtown in Saco.