Six people arrested in apparent home invasion in China
An Oakland man and five others from New York were involved in the incident Wednesday on Alder Park Road, the Kennebec County Sheriff's Office said.
View ArticleBoston man arrested on drug charges from Waldo, Knox counties
Bernard Holmes-Fox, 29, has been charged with three counts of drug trafficking.
View ArticleCentral Maine arrest log: Sept. 9-16
Augusta- and Waterville-area arrests for Sept. 9-16, 2022.
View ArticleMan who killed father in Gardiner granted some unsupervised time in Augusta...
Leroy Smith III was found not criminally responsible by reason of insanity for the 2014 killing of his father at their Gardiner apartment and officials say medications have been effective in...
View ArticleRumford police charge Mexico teen with gun, drug violations
Police encountered the 16-year-old on Lincoln Avenue and said he was "acting suspiciously."
View ArticleGardiner man on trial for murder shot former friend, attacked another with...
A defense attorney for Dylan Ketcham said he had been threatened and feared for his life.
View ArticleJudge declares mistrial in case of Gardiner man accused of killing friend,...
Gruesome police body-camera footage that disturbed jurors led the judge to declare Dylan Ketcham's murder trial a mistrial.
View ArticleRome man arrested on warrant, refusing to submit to arrest in Kingfield
Lucas Burnham, 27, was reported to be in an emotional crisis and carrying a .357 Magnum revolver in a sweatshirt. He had a warrant out for his arrest.
View ArticleTwo injured in Skowhegan motorcycle crash after driver eludes police
A Topsham man with a passenger on his motorcycle fled from a state trooper late Wednesday, racing through downtown Skowhegan and crashing at the intersection of U.S. Route 2 and Malbons Mills Road,...
View ArticleFairfield man arrested on drug charges after his home is searched
The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency searched the Hardwood Lane home Thursday, arresting Justin Lacroix, 35, and seizing drugs worth about $65,000.
View ArticleCentral Maine arrest log: Sept. 16-23
Augusta- and Waterville-area arrests for Sept. 16-23, 2022.
View ArticlePandemic shortages limit OUI arrests, but numbers still climb
The number of OUI arrests has jumped dramatically in some southern Maine communities, a trend public safety officials say traces back to the pandemic.
View ArticlePublic bathrooms in Winthrop damaged by fire
The incident at Norcross Point was reported as an arson and is under investigation by the Maine Office State Fire Marshal.
View ArticleWaterville man faces charges after firing gun in downtown vehicle, police say
Nathaniel Rector, 27, was arrested early Sunday and charged with reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon, a Class C offense, and violating conditions of release, a Class E offense, according to...
View ArticleAugusta man pleads guilty to assaulting federal officer
Derik Broox Wight, 41, could face up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine after allegedly holding a knife near the throat of a security officer at the Edmund S. Muskie Federal Building in April.
View ArticleContractor who bilked dozens of central Maine homeowners, many elderly,...
Tony J. Glidden, 34, continued to take deposits from homeowners after he was arrested on theft charges, providing them with excuses, but no work, while stealing more than $130,000 from two dozen clients.
View ArticleStone Street Big Apple robbed, again, in Augusta
Police are seeking a male who showed a gun during Tuesday night robbery of convenience store.
View ArticleCrews search for occupant after fire destroys West Gardiner home
Firefighters from West Gardiner and several southern Kennebec County towns have responded to a house fire off Lewiston Road in West Gardiner.
View ArticleMan in longstanding dispute with Readfield charged for allegedly harassing...
Robert Bittar, 81, allegedly violated a protection order by harassing Town Manager Eric Dyer, but the resident's lawyer says the matter is 'a classic example of government overreach attempting to crush...
View ArticleCentral Maine arrest log: Sept. 23-30
Augusta- and Waterville-area arrests for Sept. 23-30, 2022.
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