Employees at Long Creek Youth Development Center were allowed to sleep in a housing unit meant for female inmates so they could cut down on long commutes.
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Sun Journal.
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Too many cases. Too few lawyers. Maine courts stretch to find available defense attorneys
The state’s chief judge for superior courts says courts are unable to find a defense lawyer with ‘disturbing frequency’ for the state’s poor.
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Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, Schools & Education
Maranacook Community High and Middle Schools closed Monday due to threat
Superintendent announces classes at the Readfield schools are canceled as a precaution after an anonymous text threatening violence at the high school.
Posted inMaine Crime, Nation / World, News, Uncategorized
Maine man killed in Florida in random attack
Police in Clearwater Beach said Jeffrey Chapman, 49, of Bangor, died after being accosted while he was bicycling.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Maine doctor targeted by federal opioid task force is well-known provider of substance use treatment
Dr. Merideth Norris, 52, of Kennebunk, has been an outspoken critic of changes to state law in 2016 that tightened the criteria doctors must meet to prescribe opioids.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime, News
Auburn man charged in Oct. 7 shooting on Whitney Street
Investigators recovered a handgun and ammunition at a home where David Richards Jr. was arrested.
Posted inFranklin, Maine Crime, News, The Franklin Journal
Wilton residents arrested on fentanyl, crack cocaine charges
The arrests came after a two-month investigation by the Wilton Police Department.
Posted inMaine Crime, News, Oxford Hills
Paris man gets five years probation for stealing 20 guns
A federal judge said Scott Irish seems to have turned his life around since the 2020 robbery in West Paris.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Former Kennebec County Sheriff’s deputy indicted on sexual assault, multiple domestic violence charges
Daniel R. Ross, 29, is accused of sexually assaulting, assaulting and threatening a woman. He remains jailed and has been terminated by the county.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime, News
Lewiston murder suspect held without bail
Barry Zollarcoffer, 47, is charged with killing Nicholas Blake on Oct. 19.