Maine Crime Archives - Lewiston Sun Journal

No verdict yet in trial of man accused of fatal Woodford Street shooting

by Emily Allen December 18, 2023December 18, 2023

A jury is still deliberating whether or not to convict Damion Butterfield, 24, of murder, attempted murder and robbery in the death of Derald Coffin in April 2022.

Maine, Maine Crime, News

Wayne teen sentenced to 5 years after admitting to murdering his 14-year-old girlfriend

by Dylan Tusinski December 18, 2023December 18, 2023

Aidan Grant, 16, was sentenced Monday to five years at Portland’s Long Creek Youth Development Center. He is accused of killing Brooke McLaughlin last year in Mount Vernon.

Maine Crime

Biddeford cheese shop robbed at gunpoint

by Dennis Hoey December 17, 2023December 17, 2023

No one at the Nibblesford cheese shop was injured, but the suspect remained at large as of Sunday night

Maine, Maine Crime

Emailed bomb threat to Augusta synagogue part of nationwide hoax

by Jessica Lowell December 17, 2023December 17, 2023

Temple Beth El in Augusta, Congregation Bet Ha’am in Sourth Portland and Beth Israel Congregation in Bath are among many Jewish communities across the country that were sent bomb threats Sunday.

Lewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime

Man stabbed during fight at Cumberland Farms in Lewiston

by Mark LaFlamme December 17, 2023December 18, 2023

Police arrested Emerico Palacio, a 45-year-old local man, who was charged with aggravated assault Saturday night.

Bethel, Maine Crime, News, Oxford Hills, River Valley

Oxford County arrests log: Dec. 15, 2023

December 15, 2023December 15, 2023

• Nathan M. Blodgett, 26, of 408 Penobscot St., Rumford, on charges of violating protection from abuse order and possession of firearm when prohibited, 3:33 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 12, on York Street in Rumford, by Rumford Police Department. • Ashlie R. Cotton, 35, of 103 Church St., Hartford, on a charge of unlawful trafficking in […]