A prosecutor said the large amont of fentanyl, if sold on the streets, could ’cause untold harm.’
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Man arrested in Gardiner after high-speed chase leads to 2 foot chases
Jason Hewett allegedly fled from police by car, then on foot, across the Gardiner area Thursday night.
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Posted inAndroscoggin County, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime, News
Lewiston lawyer sues over jail phone recordings
Court-appointed attorney Jesse James Ian Archer claims the jail appears to be either violating the privacy of inmates or violating state public access laws.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News, Politics
Maine’s U.S. senators traveling to Poland and Germany
Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King will be part of a bipartisan group of 10 senators planning to meet this weekend with foreign leaders and Ukrainians living in Polish refugee camps.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime, News
Auburn man gets more than 2 years for being felon with a gun
The federal judge told John Scott Edwards he needed to stop drinking and he can’t be around guns.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime
Man charged in Whitefield standoff to make first court appearance
Edward M. Poch is currently being held without bail in Two Bridges Jail in Wiscasset following his arrest early Saturday after a standoff on Hunts Meadow Road in Whitefield.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Courts, prosecutors, BMV agree to fix gap in license suspensions
Spurred by a recent crash in Oxford County, the agencies say they have created a process to make sure criminal conviction information that should trigger a license suspension is communicated to the BMV.
Posted inBethel, Maine Crime, News, Oxford Hills, River Valley
Oxford County arrest log: March 14, 2022
• Jamey L. Howard, 29, of 125 Main St., Eustis, on a charge of unlawful possession of fentanyl powder, 3:10 p.m. Saturday, March 12, in Rumford, by Rumford Police Department. • Patrick J. Lakin, 33, of 138 South Main St., Mechanic Falls, on a charge of theft by unauthorized taking or transfer, 10:01 a.m. Friday, […]
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News, Oxford Hills
Courts, BMV scramble to fix gap in state law that allows some convicted drivers to keep licenses
Top state officials promise to fix a blind spot in the law that did not clearly require the court system to notify the Bureau of Motor Vehicles that a driver had been convicted of killing someone on the roadway.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime
Eight-hour standoff in Whitefield ends in arrest early Saturday
Edward M. Poch, 64, is being held at Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset after he allegedly threatened a woman with a knife and a gun at a Whitefield house, leading to a standoff with Lincoln County Sheriff’s deputies and the Maine State Police.