Duck! So, I was happily riding my motorcycle out in the boonies of Minot, or possibly Buckfield, when I spotted two huge ducks at the side of the road. Now, you may think of ducks as innocuous creatures, but when you’re doing 55 on a bike, you definitely don’t want Daffy and co. waddling out […]
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 inFranklin, Maine Crime
Kingfield man to serve 20 years for possessing child sexual assault material
According to court records, between May 2009 and April 2010, Hinkley coerced a minor child to engage in sexually explicit conduct through online video chat communications.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Delivery truck hits Bates College student on campus
According to the campus newspaper, the student was on Alumni Walk when she was struck by a W.B Mason truck.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Sabattus man charged in fatal crash in Lewiston
Ryan Curran is accused of causing the June 8 wreck that killed Shari Williams of Auburn.
Posted inbPlus, Lewiston-Auburn
‘Get dirty going fast:’ Grown-up toys and the ‘kids’ who play with them
More adults have toys, or at least admit to it. One possible reason: With calamity seemingly just around the next corner, if we don’t have something to occupy our minds now and then, why we might go collectively mad, and there’s no fun in that at all.
Posted inAndroscoggin County
Back-to-back crashes snarl traffic in Lisbon
Several motorists reported traffic back-ups in several areas as police sought to divert commuter hour traffic around the River Road crash site. A short time later, another crash was reported near the intersection of Upland Road and Route 9.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime
Auburn man sentenced to 10 years for trafficking in cocaine, fentanyl
When he was arrested by drug agents in June of 2021, Vincent Steed was already on supervised release having been recently released from prison after a 2016 conviction for similar drug charges.
Posted inRiver Valley
Rumford, Mexico police involved in shooting
The unidentified victim is expected to survive.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Massachusetts woman charged after Lisbon Street rollover wreck in Lewiston
Police said speed and impairment were factors in the wreck that occurred Tuesday night in front of Grimmel’s Service Station and injured two people.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Car flips on Lisbon Street in Lewiston, trapping 2
Early reports were that portions of the SUV caught fire after striking the pole at about 8:30 p.m. in front of Grimmel’s Service Station at 679 Lisbon St.