The proposal would allow convictions for marijuana cultivation and possession crimes committed prior to legalization to be eligible for sealing by a judge.
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Posted inAndroscoggin County, Maine, Maine Crime, News
Leeds man charged with murder in connection with Windham man’s disappearance
Police have been searching for nearly a year for Alex Jackson, 34, who was reported missing on May 12.
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Posted inBethel, Maine Crime, News, Oxford Hills, River Valley
Oxford County arrest log: March 29, 2024
• Evan B. Allen, 35, of 101 Granite St., Mexico, on charges of violation of condition of release and domestic violence assault, 6:11 p.m. Tuesday, March 26, at that address, by Mexico Police Department. • Danielle N. Burgess, 36, of 45 Lower Sumner Hill Road, Sumner, on a charge of failure to appear after bailed, […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime, News
Auburn couple charged with drug trafficking
Police say the couple had more than 200 grams of fentanyl and 123 oxycodone pills.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime
Bus driver accused of stalking boy, 8, sentenced to nine years in prison
The boy told investigators the bus driver used a story about a group of criminals he called ‘The Team’ who would kill his family, kidnap him and torture him if he did not comply with his demands.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime, News
Lewiston man admits to burglary and assault after conviction on federal gun conspiracy
Abdullahi Issak is sentenced Thursday in state court stemming from four different cases while serving time in federal prison.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, Politics
Maine lawmakers scrap bill to decriminalize drug possession; opt for study instead
The original proposal sought to treat substance use as a public health issue and would have set up receiving centers to help people dealing with a crisis.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime
Lawsuit alleges founder of Special Olympics Maine sexually abused child for decades
An Augusta man says Melvin ‘Mickey’ Boutilier, who died in 2012, starting abusing him when he was a child in the 1960s.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime
Washington County man accused of killing his father dies at Portland jail
Darren Laney Jr. was found dead at the Cumberland County Jail on Friday. The medical examiner’s office said it is still investigating his cause of death.
Posted inMaine Crime, News, The Franklin Journal
Vermont man suspected of having guns taken into custody in Walmart parking lot in Farmington
The store on Wilton Road was locked down, Farmington police Chief Kenneth Charles said.