More than 1,000 marijuana plants, over 30 pounds of processed cannabis, and other “drug paraphernalia and documentation” was confiscated when authorities executed search warrants at two residences in Norridgewock and one in Madison, according to Somerset County Sheriff Dale Lancaster.
Maine Crime
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime, News
Lewiston man denies federal gun charge from Auburn incident
Police said a gun was found in a tent behind an Auburn store where Sanchez reportedly had been staying.
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Posted inFranklin, Maine, Maine Crime, News
Man from Strong dies after driving a vehicle over spike mats and into a tree in Farmington
Joshua Burdin, 32, of Strong was a suspect in a sexual assault investigation.
Posted inBethel, Maine Crime, News, Oxford Hills, River Valley
Oxford County arrest log: March 25, 2024
• Nathan M. Blodgett, 26, of 408 Penobscot St., Rumford, on charges of violation of condition of release and aggravated trafficking of schedule W drug, 12:33 a.m., March 20, in Rumford, by Rumford Police Department. • Dawson S. Bond, 21, of 112 Cheryl Lane, Oxford, on charges of domestic violence assault and violation of condition […]
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, Politics
Maine House advances bill to end 3 strikes law for thefts
Republicans warned that removing a possible felony charge for a 3rd conviction would embolden organized retail crime, while Democrats say the policy is outdated, and that most theft crimes don’t warrant a felony conviction.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime
Washington County lagging behind rest of Maine in use of yellow flag law
A compilation of data by The Maine Monitor found that the county has filed just a single yellow flag order since the law passed nearly 4 years ago.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Maine Crime, News, Oxford Hills
Lisbon woman admits to having stolen guns
Prosecutors say she helped juveniles who burgled gun shop in West Paris.
Posted inMaine Crime, News, River Valley, Rumford Falls Times
Two Rumford men arrested after traffic stop and drugs seized
During a traffic stop Tuesday night, a Rumford police drug-detection K9 was used to conduct an open-air sniff of the vehicle for the presence of illegal drugs.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, Maine Crime, Oxford Hills
Two men indicted in postal robberies, burglaries in Paris, Monmouth and Lewiston
Winston McLeod of New Jersey and Lance Funderburk of New York were charged by a federal grand jury Wednesday in a five-count indictment.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Dennis Dechaine’s attorney alleges prosecutorial misconduct in latest bid for new trial
The defense team says the state ‘brought God into the courtroom’ when he was convicted of murder for the 1988 death of 12-year-old Sarah Cherry, stripping him of his constitutional right to a fair trial.