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Southern Maine robbery spree intensifies with 4 hold-ups in last 2 days
A man held an Amato’s employee at gunpoint Wednesday night in Brunswick during the fourth armed robbery in a little more than 24 hours in southern Maine. The cluster of robberies Tuesday and Wednesday...
View ArticleKennebec Journal April 12 police log
IN AUGUSTA, Wednesday at 10:13 a.m., a caller from Bennett Street reported an assault. 10:36 a.m., a Northern Avenue caller reported a protection order violation. 10:45 a.m., a Tall Pines Way caller...
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Map: Police in Greater Portland investigating string of armed robberies
Police in Greater Portland communities are investigating 15 armed robberies in 24 days, including four in a little over 24 hours this week. A suspect was arrested and charged with one of the robberies...
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IN BINGHAM, Wednesday at 8:27 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Main Street. 11:48 p.m., a harassment complaint was taken on Main Street. IN CANAAN, Thursday at 1:51 a.m., a disturbance was reported...
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Defense attorneys try to remove prosecutors from case of child beating death
BELFAST — Attorneys for the Stockton Springs mother accused of participating in the beating death of her 10-year-old daughter continued a campaign Thursday to get two state prosecutors, and potentially...
View ArticlePolice trying to identify man whose skeletal remains were found in Falmouth...
Maine State Police are trying to determine the identity of a man whose skeletal remains were found Sunday by a couple walking in the woods in Falmouth. The state police issued an update Thursday saying...
View ArticleSouth Portland bank robbery suspect, 70, released from jail
A judge agreed Thursday to release from jail a 70-year-old South Portland man who was charged last month with robbing a bank with a water gun. Donald Sturton, 70, has been held at Cumberland County...
View ArticlePolice arrest Athens man for allegedly trafficking cocaine, pills
ATHENS — Police say they arrested a man on possession and trafficking charges early Thursday morning after finding $8,000 worth of drugs, cash and paraphernalia during a bust that was the result of a...
View ArticleMuslim family receives donation, show of support following attack on business
TROY — A Muslim family that was the target in a incident in which someone apparently shot a gun at a newly built sign for their business has received what they called “a sizeable donation” from another...
View ArticleBiddeford man charged with shooting out window at Saco business
Saco police say they have arrested a young man suspected of using a BB gun to shoot out a window at a business in Saco last weekend. Emil Girard, 18, of Biddeford has been charged with one count of...
View ArticleSouth Thomaston woman sentenced in crash that killed passenger
ROCKLAND — A 20-year-old South Thomaston woman will serve no more than a year in jail for a crash last year that claimed the life of one of her passengers. Kelsey R. Campbell pleaded no contest...
View ArticleRobberies become more dangerous as business owners resist, get weapons ready
OLD ORCHARD BEACH — Ilias Sigkas was smoking a cigarette Wednesday evening outside his cousin’s variety shop in Old Orchard Beach when a man put a gun to his back. The man pushed Sigkas inside the...
View ArticleSuspect arrested in wake of armed robbery spree across southern Maine
Westbrook police arrested a suspect with a history of theft and burglary convictions in one of the recent armed robberies targeting small businesses across southern Maine. Travis Card, 38, was arrested...
View ArticleMorning Sentinel April 13 police log
IN CANAAN, Thursday at 9:01 a.m., threatening was reported on Tuttle Road. IN CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Friday at 1:07 a.m., a disturbance was reported on Grand Summit Lane. IN CLINTON, Thursday at 9:51...
View ArticleJudge won’t remove prosecutors from Stockton Springs child murder case
BELFAST — A judge has rejected a request by defense attorneys to prove prosecutors handling the case of a Maine mother accused of beating her 10-year-old daughter to death with her husband’s help....
View ArticleKennebec Journal April 13 police log
IN AUGUSTA, Thursday at 8:18 a.m., disorderly conduct was reported on Mount Vernon Avenue. 9:07 a.m., theft was reported on New England Road. 9:47 a.m., a mental health and well-being check was done on...
View ArticleLitchfield man charged with fraud over camp repairs
A Litchfield man has been arrested on felony charges after he allegedly received more than $55,000 to repair a woman’s camp damaged in a wind storm last October yet completed little of the work he had...
View ArticleAugusta man accused of violating probation for OUI manslaughter
AUGUSTA — Some 30 months after being released from prison, an Augusta man who was convicted in a drunken-driving crash that killed another person is back behind bars on an allegation that he violated...
View ArticlePolice issue arrest warrant for suspect in Unity Pharmacy robbery
Police have issued an arrest warrant for a man who is suspected of robbing Unity Pharmacy Monday and taking an undetermined amount of prescription drugs. Andrew Sousa, 33, of Brooks, is wanted on a...
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Inmate dies at Maine State Prison
Maine State Prison officials said a prisoner died at 8:45 a.m. Friday at the state prison in Warren. Jeremiah F. Young, 48, died at the jail. The Maine State Police and Maine Medical Examiner’s office...
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