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PublishedJanuary 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.
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PublishedJanuary 7, 2019
Two suspected meth labs found in Maine, one of them after a death on Indian Island
Penobscot Nation Police discovered a lab Saturday when responding to a report of a death on the island near Old Town; the other lab was found Sunday in Bucksport.
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PublishedDecember 11, 2018
High court upholds murder conviction of killer who led Maine’s longest manhunt
Robert Burton, who challenged decisions of the presiding justice in his appeal, was convicted by a jury in October 2017 of murdering his girlfriend, Stephanie Gebo, having shot her in the back three times.
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PublishedDecember 6, 2018
Two men arrested in connection with crack cocaine, heroin sales in Corinth
Police, drug agents and sheriff's officials searched a Corinth home Wednesday, seizing drugs, guns and cash.
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PublishedNovember 13, 2018
Ex-Maine lawmaker convicted of stealing $3 million from widows he ‘groomed for years’
Robert Kenneth Lindell is found guilty on 15 counts of securities fraud in what authorities call one of Maine's worst cases of elder financial abuse.
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PublishedOctober 22, 2018
Crime spree tracked from Vermont to three central Maine counties
Reports of high speed chases, car burglaries and auto thefts have been taken from Franklin, Somerset and Penobscot counties.
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PublishedOctober 15, 2018
Penobscot County woman pleads guilty to drug trafficking charge
Erica Oliveira, 29, of Hermon conspired with others to distribute heroin, fentanyl and crack cocaine, the U.S. attorney says.
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PublishedOctober 6, 2018
Winslow man killed in first fatal moose-car crash of 2018 in Maine
The collision that took the life of Donnie Wilcox, 54, occurred late Friday night on I-95 in Penobscot County, a state police spokesman says.
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PublishedOctober 2, 2018
Maine man, woman plead guilty to lying to federal firearms dealer
The pair, both from the Penobscot County town of Levant, face up to five years in prison.
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PublishedSeptember 26, 2018
Maine duck hunter rescued from mud after 12 hours
Wardens find him standing atop his boat in waist-deep water that was too mucky for him to swim to shore.
