Derik Broox Wight, 41, is charged with assaulting federal officer.
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Sun Journal.
Trucking company owner says driver disappeared after Portland crashes
Wayne O. Shaw, of Ridge Road Express Inc., said the employee who crashed a tractor-trailer into three parked cars and a building in Portland has not returned his calls and police are looking for him.
Auburn man pleads guilty in fatal 2020 Halloween shooting
Abdikadir Nur will spend 7 years in prison after admitting to manslaughter of 18-year-old Lewison man.
FBI: Guard shoots man armed with knife at Muskie Federal Building in Augusta
Officials say man with knife assaulted a guard at the building and was then shot and taken to MaineGeneral Medical Center in Augusta.
Police still searching for truck driver who struck cars, building in Portland
Portland police have not released any more information about their progress in identifying the driver of a tractor-trailer that struck cars and a building last Friday but kept on trucking.
Mexican man in federal court after arrest near East Dixfield
The defendant was charged with illegally reentering the country after he’d been deported.
Lewiston man charged with kidnapping in Auburn
Antonio Rembert has an extensive criminal history in the Twin Cities dating back to the 1990s.
Driver of car that crashed into Westbrook Inn is charged with OUI
The driver was treated for injuries and the crash damaged the 9-unit apartment building.
Man arrested after leading police on car, foot chase in Waterville, police say
Tymberlin Peaslee, 18, has been arrested after he led police on a car and foot chase, crashed his vehicle and damaged two other cars just after midnight Saturday morning, police said.
Man arrested after attempting to rob Fairfield bank, police say
A South Dakota man, 47-year-old Mark J. Ryder, was taken into custody Friday following the attempted robbery of Skowhegan Savings Bank on Main Street in Fairfield, according to police.