maine crime Archives - The Portland Press Herald

Farmingdale man charged in 2012 pharmacy robbery

Investigators say Dustin DeGreenia wore a fake beard and twice entered the Rite Aid on North Belfast Avenue in Augusta.

A man was reported to have tied up a woman and kept her in his basement for a day, police say, but the purported victim has not been cooperative.

Michael Brown was wanted by Maine police in connection with a sexual assault investigation.

by Staff Report June 2, 2017June 2, 2017

Preston Cooper, 52, faces several drug charges following an early morning traffic stop Thursday.

by Staff Report May 29, 2017May 30, 2017

A second officer is released from the hospital, and the search for a canoeist, now considered a recovery effort, will resume Tuesday.

No police or neighbors were injured in the shooting Friday night at an Oakland Road mobile home, the Kennebec County sheriff says.

Timothy Bellavance, 47, is being treated for head trauma and other injuries in a Bangor hospital.

Automated sales calls, hard to block and usually from scammers, are on the rise and tend to peak during the summer months.

by Staff Report Staff Report April 24, 2017April 24, 2017

Todd Shorey, 52, pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute more than a kilogram of heroin.

Carol Murphy, 72, is appealing her 364-day jail sentence for contempt of court for possessing animals after being forbidden twice to do so.