The U.S. Marshals Service arrested 34-year-old Matthew Gallagher on warrants charging him with theft of a firearm, possession of a firearm by a felon and criminal threatening with a firearm.
Mark LaFlamme
Staff Writer
Mark LaFlamme is a Sun Journal reporter and weekly columnist. He's been on the nighttime police beat since 1994, which is just grand because he doesn't like getting out of bed before noon. Mark is the author of eight published novels and rides a dual sport motorcycle everywhere he goes. Unless it's winter, in which case he just sulks a lot.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
College Street fire being investigated by state, local officials says city of Lewiston
Two firefighters were hurt when the burning garage collapsed around them. The cause of the blaze remains unknown.
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Posted inMaine
‘It’s what a fair should be’: Volunteers in overdrive a week before Litchfield Fair
The fair runs Sept. 6, 7 and 8.
Posted inThings to Do
Upcoming fairs
A list of still-to-come Maine fairs from the Maine Association of Agricultural Fairs
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Lewiston house and garage burn on College Street
The home has been the site of numerous police raids and drug arrests in recent months.
Posted inMark LaFlamme
Mark LaFlamme: 4-wheeler thieves no match for community sleuthing
Ethan Dumont didn’t just want to get the stolen four-wheeler back home; he wanted to do it in such a way that his boy would never even know it was missing in the first place.
Posted inbPlus, Lewiston-Auburn, Mark LaFlamme
Mark LaFlamme: You won’t BELIEVE what I sat in this time . . .
Yes ma’am, I’m sorry, ma’am So they’re completely repaving Farwell Street in Lewiston and it’s just awesome. For one thing, this project features the most fearsome flag lady I’ve ever witnessed. She not only yells at stupid drivers, she makes them pull over and wait their turn. I swear, she’s just one bad day from […]
Posted inbPlus, Lewiston-Auburn
Drones: Ignoring privacy laws can get you in trouble
Three days after a drone flight, Carl Shane was visited by Androscoggin County sheriff’s deputies who advised him he might have broken privacy laws.
Posted inbPlus
Flying eyes in the skies get local drone operators high
As of this writing, more than 1 million drones are registered in the U.S., a whopping 900,000 of them listed as hobbyist drones.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime
Two shootings reported Friday night in Lewiston; police question 3 juveniles
The first report came in just before 7 p.m., police said, when rounds were reported fired behind a mosque on Bartlett Street. At the time, a community event with hundreds of people was taking place at Mike McGraw Park in the same area.