Police standoff at Richmond mobile home park ends after man taken to hospital
Authorities were called to a home off Hatch Street on Friday after a relative reported the man had made suicidal statements and had a firearm.
View ArticleCentral Maine arrest log: Aug. 26-Sept. 2
Augusta- and Waterville-area arrests for Aug. 26-Sept. 2, 2022.
View ArticleWoman shot, wounded in Portland early Saturday
Portland police responded to two separate shootings in Riverton Friday night and Saturday morning. In one case, a bullet rang through the wall of a bedroom where a mother and her young child were...
View ArticleHalf of Maine indigent cases are being defended by just 33 lawyers, analysis...
Gubernatorial candidates Janet Mills and Paul LePage chart different paths to improve indigent defense.
View ArticlePolice: Four arrested, Cambridge home searched as part of investigation into...
Authorities seized nearly 4 pounds of suspected fentanyl and $13,000 in drug proceeds that were part of an effort to distribute the drug in Somerset, Penobscot, Hancock and Washington counties,...
View ArticlePolice investigate shooting of man in face on Gardiner street
Police say the man was shot Wednesday and taken to the hospital in an incident that remains under investigation.
View ArticleAugusta man charged with stealing Pride flags in Hallowell
Caleb Braginton-Hoyt, 28, arrested after allegedly stealing flags from two residences and the NAMI Maine building at 52 Water St.
View ArticlePolice provide no update on Gardiner shooting, but more details emerge from...
Wednesday's shooting, which remains under investigation, caused buses from the Gardiner Regional Middle School to be rerouted around the area where the shooting occurred.
View ArticleCentral Maine arrest log: Sept. 2-9
Augusta- and Waterville-area arrests for Sept. 2-9, 2022.
View ArticleGirlfriend of man killed by York County sheriff’s deputy says he was tasered,...
Tyler Woodburn was tasered several times and shot twice following an altercation with the deputy that apparently stemmed from a burnout while Woodburn was driving home, according to his fiancé.
View ArticleTwo people shot, seriously injured in Portland’s Old Port
The early morning shootings are the latest in a violent crime wave that prompted police to increase patrols.
View ArticleUMF police investigate burglaries, vandalism and a vehicle theft
UMF classrooms and offices, and Mt. Blue Community Access TV studio were entered. An SUV was stolen from a campus parking lot.
View ArticleFormer Maine Med official facing new charges in fraud case
Joshua Frances, who impersonated a Homeland Security employee in order to buy 2 boats, faces new charges of submitting falsified testimonial letters to the court before his sentencing.
View ArticlePolice investigate threat at St. Michael School in Augusta, say there is no...
A student allegedly posted a video containing threats against the Catholic school's staff, and city police responded around 7 a.m. on Tuesday.
View ArticleTwo 14-year-old boys charged in connection to theft, vandalism at UMF
Reports of theft of camera and production equipment, a car and damage done to classrooms and offices were reported Sunday and Monday.
View ArticleDrug money was behind Auburn shooting Monday, according to police
Auburn police say a man shot through the door of his Washington Street home when three others attempted to force their way in.
View ArticlePolice: Man subdued after aiming loaded gun at local boxer at West Forks store
Police responded to a disturbance early Wednesday to find Edward Baker, 28, had been restrained on the ground by three people, including Brandon Berry, a local pro boxer who's risen to fame in that...
View ArticleBates College student reportedly assaulted on Lewiston campus
The victim was struck by an unidentified man Wednesday in what was described as an unprovoked assault.
View ArticlePlea deal reached with Maine National Guard soldier accused of rape
David Cyr, who maintains his innocence, is serving 90 days in jail after pleading no contest in exchange for prosecutors dropping 2 counts of gross sexual assault.
View ArticleAs need for autopsies increases, plans approved for bigger medical examiner’s...
The $18.8 million facility would help the state perform more autopsies and meet the needs of the Office of Chief Medical Examiner for the next 30 years, officials say.
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