Prosecutors drop four charges, inclluding felony assault on an officer.

Xavier J. Pelkey was indicted this week in Somerset County on a count of aggravated assault and authorities say he used a chair to injure another inmate at the county jail, where he was being held prior to pleading guilty to a federal conspiracy charge.

Officer Anthony Verville fatally shot Christapher Dodge, 47, after responding to a domestic violence shooting at the Summit Terrace apartments early Friday.

Federal agents say Elise Bergeron made false statements about her connection to an alleged scheme to buy guns in Maine and take them in California.

Kailie Brackett, 39, was charged with murder in April 2022 in the death of Kimberly Neptune, who was found stabbed more than 480 times at her apartment in Pleasant Point.

Mark Cardilli Jr., who confessed to shooting 22-year-old Isahak Muse in 2019, will get a new trial after a judge ruled Tuesday that Cardilli's attorneys failed to properly make a self-defense argument.

Investigators say they found 16 guns where Dario Giambro lived.

According to police, two people walked Saturday night into the emergency department at St. Mary's with gunshot wounds, saying they had been shot.

Community safety forums Aug. 22 and Aug. 24 at Connors Elementary School cafeteria.

A grand jury indicts Andrew J. St. George for killing Barbara St. George July 7.

Willie Rembert faces up to 20 years in prison on each charge.

At her arraignment Thursday morning, Noelle Tavares, 21, of Falmouth, Massachusetts, denied responsibility for the December 2022 crash that killed 4 of her Maine Maritime Academy classmates.

Reginald Melvin, 30, was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Wednesday. A state watchdog will now review how Child Protective Services dealt with Melvin before his son died in 2021.

The FBI and Portland police are asking for information about the death of Frank A. Williams III, who was stabbed near Kennedy Park in 2008.

An office building on Western Avenue was significantly damaged and one person was taken to a hospital after the Tuesday crash, officials said.

Michael Brackett was arrested Tuesday on wire and securities fraud charges after he allegedly lied to investors about the financial health of his tech startup, Centricity Inc.

Paige Garrison, 18, is charged with a federal crime.

An undisclosed amount of cash was taken from three businesses. A burglary attempt at a fourth business failed.

Keith Merchant, 43, was arrested Thursday on charges that include gross sexual assault, according to the Somerset County Sheriff's Office.

Lawyers for Damion Butterfield, 23, argued Monday that possibly self-incriminating statements he made to police, friends and family members should be excluded from trial because his decision to offer them stemmed from his mental illnesses.

Theresa York, 59, is expected to plead guilty to theft charges at the end of the month after she was accused of stealing from her former friend and employer, Pamela Anzelc.

Marjorie Perkins, 87, said she's baffled her story has been featured across the globe.

A judge sets bail at $10,000, but holds James "JJ" Bourgoin without bail pending a probation violation hearing.

A Cumberland County grand jury indicted Marcel LaGrange Jr., 24, on six charges, including two counts of murder and one count of aggravated attempted murder.

A Casella truck with a flatbed on which were mounted four portable toilets was stolen early Thursday in Fairfield and ended up in a ditch in Oakland, prompting police from both towns to investigate.

The 38-year-old man charged with several drug-related crimes.

Eleven firearms and various illegal drugs were taken from a Mt. Pisagh Road home after officials executed a search warrant, according to the Kennebec County Sheriff's Office.

Under a plea agreement, Reginald Melvin will likely serve 25 years of a 30-year sentence for the death of his son, Sylus.

Zachary Paradis tells the judge he wants to change his life.

Police say Sean Hutchins was at a campsite in May when he shot at a man.

Daryan Bryan Saunders shot at police during a May standoff, police say.

Justin Butterfield is found competent to appear at his arraignment in Androscoggin County Superior Court in Auburn.

Kevin Gauthier is indicted by an Androscoggin County grand jury.

Saleh Omar Kharfan, 19, and a passenger in his car escaped uninjured and swam to shore Monday night, police said.