Paul N. Hatch III, was sentenced Wednesday at the Capital Judicial Center in Augusta after pleading guilty to charges in connection with drug-fueled multicounty chase in a stolen fuel truck in September 2023.
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Sun Journal.
Suspect arrested in Lewiston store robbery Tuesday
Police arrested 25-year-old Ali Abdi Mohamed after investigators used surveillance footage and witness accounts to identify Mohamed as a suspect and track him to an apartment.
Police investigate after shopper was assaulted during carjacking at Auburn Walmart
Police say the owner of the vehicle was approached by a man asking for a ride.
Waterville man charged by FBI over online threats to kill President Biden, immigrants
Benjamin Brown was arrested Monday on a warrant charging transmitting a threatening interstate communication and his Spring Street apartment was searched, according to a U.S. District Court official.
Five Maine fishermen plead guilty in herring scheme
The scheme involved underreporting the herring catch to deceive state and federal regulators and the Internal Revenue Service.
South Portland teen accused in school shooting plot will be tried in juvenile court
Judge Peter Darvin finds that the state didn’t meet its burden in order to prosecute a 17-year-old as an adult on a charge of criminal solicitation for murder for an alleged plot to shoot up South Portland High School.
Police investigate ‘large marijuana grow’ in New Sharon
Police seized evidence from the home, although it was not disclosed what that involved.
Two more Livermore Falls men arrested in connection to Feb. 7 home invasion on Morrison Hill Road in Farmington
Xavior Merchant and Troy Hampton were both arrested over the weekend on two counts of robbery, one count each of kidnapping, theft by unauthorized taking or transfer and obstruction of reporting a crime or injury.
Bridgton man pleads not guilty to killing partner
Eric Knight pleaded not guilty to depraved indifference murder in the death of Benita Preo at his arraignment Monday afternoon.
Lewiston police arrest boy, 14, following gunfire on Pierce Street
Police arrested the boy Saturday evening after responding to reports of gunfire. No injuries were reported.