Police said 40-year-old Gabriel Sanchez, last known to be living in Lewiston, had approached another person while displaying a gun that was tucked into his waistband at 21 Center St. Wednesday night.
Mark LaFlamme
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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, Maine Crime
Lewiston police arrest New Jersey man on drug, weapons charges
Rios is no stranger to criminal activity in downtown Lewiston, according to court records. In 2020, he was one of three people charged in connection with a shooting at Walnut and Pierce streets.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime
Man arrested, woman summonsed in recent church vandalism, thefts in Lewiston
Church statuary was stolen and damaged at Holy Family Church, and a window was broken at Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul.
Posted inMaine Crime, River Valley
Three suspects charged with drug trafficking in Mexico
Investigators said out-of-state drug traffickers had been traveling from Massachusetts to Mexico, where they distributed illegal drugs with the assistance of a woman who lives on Main Street in Mexico.
Posted inbPlus, Lewiston-Auburn, Mark LaFlamme
Mark LaFlamme: Put on your galoshes and dungarees, boys, Hurricane Bruce Lee is a’comin’
Talk of the town: Where combining late-night shopping and a curiosity for bygone clothing is done right!
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Three cars and a motorcycle collide on Center Street in Auburn
Four-vehicle crash on Center Street sent two people to the hospital.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime, News
Lewiston police capture 2 out-of-state murder suspects in 8 days
Police arrested two murder suspects in connection with unrelated cases out of New York and Vermont. One suspect led police on a foot chase for several blocks before he was captured.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime
Juvenile injured in Lewiston shootout on Pine Street
A teenager suffered non-life threatening wounds in the shooting and was taken to a hospital by a family member.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Mark LaFlamme
Mark LaFlamme: Latest findings: Lewiston and Auburn crawling with ghosts. Maybe
Street Talk: No matter where in the Twin Cities you live, chances are good, apparently, that you’re uncomfortably close to a bona fine haunted house.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime
Shots fired in Lewiston; no arrests reported
At about 2 p.m., several witnesses reported that shots have been fired on Bradley Street. No injuries were reported.