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Joe Charpentier
Staff Writer
Joe Charpentier came to the Sun Journal in 2022 to cover crime and chaos. His previous experience was in a variety of rural Midcoast beats which included government, education, sports, economics and analysis, crime, and environment. He loves surprising his editors with spontaneous enterprising stories and prides himself on mastering the ability to slip the odd Oxford comma by the copy editors. When not on the beat, Joe enjoys spending time with family, writing fiction and woodworking.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime
High speed chase Monday night in Turner, Auburn ends with arrest
Brayden Laliberte, 18, of Auburn faces five charges after his arrest following a high speed chase from Turner into Auburn, officials said.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, Maine Crime
Safe Voices holds vigil for Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Dozens turned out for Safe Voices’ vigil for Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
Posted inMaine Crime
Sabattus man arrested after fleeing two traffic stops in Paris
Daniel R. Laflamme, 54, of Sabattus was arrested Monday morning after pulling away from officers of John Henry Road in Paris.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Maine, News
Teenage driver killed in Wales logging truck crash identified
Sophie Blomsma, 17, of Lincoln, crossed the centerline and collided with a logging truck while traveling Route 132 in Wales on Sunday morning.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Lewiston-Auburn
Two hospitalized after crash on Route 4 in Auburn
Albert Deschaine, 36, of Peru was traveling north in his 2007 Chevrolet pickup truck when he hydroplaned into oncoming traffic, colliding with a 2022 Toyota SUV driven by James Halliday, 78, of Auburn. Both remain hospitalized, Halliday in critical condition.
Posted inNews, Oxford Hills
Sheriff: Maryland man arrested after 4-hour standoff in town of Sweden, charged with domestic assault
James Godfrey Shepherd, 65, of Chesapeake Beach, Maryland, was arrested and charged with elevated aggravated domestic violence assault and creating a police standoff, according to officials.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, News
Woman killed in crash with unloaded logging truck in Wales
The Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office said Sunday a woman was killed in a head-on collision on Route 132.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime
Local police, state and federal agents arrest 6 in Lewiston
Lewiston police and agents from the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, arrested six after serving search warrants at residences on College and Fairmount streets.
Posted inAndroscoggin County
Driver dies in single-vehicle crash in Poland
Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office said a crash on Summit Springs Road claimed the life of an unnamed man Tuesday afternoon.