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Published
February 10, 2019

20 years later: A Saco teenager’s murder remains unsolved

Ashley Ouellette was just 15 when her body was discovered on a road in Scarborough early on February 10, 1999. Every parent's nightmare, the homicide case hasn't been closed, but authorities insist it's far from cold.
Published
January 22, 2019

Whiteout conditions in Aroostook County cause 11-vehicle pileup, injuries

Van Buren's police chief and a Maine DOT plow truck driver both were hit by vehicles in the aftermath of the crashes along Route 1 in Cyr Plantation, Maine State Police say.
Published
January 18, 2019

Massachusetts man charged with stealing handgun, rifle from Maine state trooper

James Burns, 23, is accused of taking the firearms from the trooper's cruiser in Norway last June.
Published
January 15, 2019

Man charged with murder in shooting death of girlfriend in Penobscot County

Dwight Osgood Jr., 37, was arrested Tuesday, one day after the body of Kary Dill, 35, was found at their home in Clifton, Maine State Police say.
Published
January 13, 2019

Maine State Police investigate death of man in Penobscot County

A 51-year-old transient died after a physical altercation was reported at a home in Alton, a state police spokesman says.
Published
January 2, 2019

Two children were inside apartment where bodies were discovered in South Paris

Police identify the victims as Heather Bickford and Dana Hill, both 31, but don't release how the couple died or whether it was a murder-suicide or a double homicide.
Published
December 30, 2018

Speeding car flips over I-295, lands on Marginal Way in Portland

The man at the wheel was not seriously injured but will face several charges, according to Maine State Police.
Published
December 29, 2018

Maine State Police to step up enforcement of ‘move over’ law

The crackdown comes after two state police cruisers were rear-ended while in breakdown lanes of the Maine Turnpike.
Published
December 28, 2018

Another Maine trooper is injured in rear-end turnpike crash

Trooper Ryan Keller was parked in the breakdown lane of the Maine Turnpike with his emergency lights flashing when his cruiser was struck from behind.
Published
December 24, 2018

Maine State Police consider charging woman in turnpike crash

Witnesses say the driver of a Mitsubishi Eclipse was traveling more than 100 mph and weaving in and out of traffic before crashing into a pickup truck in Biddeford.