The crash damaged the fence around the Cleeves and Tucker Memorial, the first public monument sited in Portland.
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Court appearance delayed again for Portland man held on murder charge in father’s death
Abdallah Salim Al Siraj, 22, who is accused of killing his father, is being held without bail and was ordered to undergo a mental evaluation.
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Embden man arrested on assault charges after fleeing on snowmobile, getting stuck in river, police say
Brandon R. Grant, 34, of Embden, is charged with refusing to submit to arrest or detention and three counts of assault.
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Portland man held without bail on murder charge
Police have released few details about the death of his father, 50-year-old Salim Al Siraj, and a judge agreed Friday to impound the affidavit for now.
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Grand jury, prosecutors decline to bring charges against man in Somerville shooting death
Joel Williams, 48, was shot and killed June 30, 2021, at a Somerville residence following an altercation with Kyle Hunt of Jefferson.
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Police investigate shooting in Old Port Thursday night
A man was shot on Wharf Street in Portland after he was ejected from a bar and returned, police said.
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‘He was dropped at my door with a face full of blood’: Two teens injured in Lewiston attack
Jennifer Banton, mother of an injured 14-year-old, said the attackers armed with bats, machetes and metal pipes “beat my son and another boy nearly to death.”
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Former Mt. Ararat school resource officer accused of sexually touching student pleads guilty to an assault charge
The plea deal means Randy T. Cook, 47, will spend seven days in the Cumberland County Jail. Cook resigned as a police officer in November 2020.
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A practice that brought scrutiny to the Anson-Madison Water District seen as common elsewhere
Selling old water lines to scrap dealers and divvying up the money among employees is done by water districts in many parts of the state, water officials say.
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Manchester fire chief pleads guilty to drunken driving, but charge could be dropped in a year under deal
Francis R. Wozniak, 39, has kept his driver’s license despite being charged with operating under the influence in Portland in 2020.