Police searches turned up drugs and guns, leading to arrests of New Yorkers, as well as those from central Maine.
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Sun Journal.
Oxford man sentenced to three years for furnishing drugs
Brandon Dearborn, 27, pleaded guilty to furnishing scheduled drugs and violation of condition of release.
UMaine student charged with submitting former roommate’s ballot as her own
Alyssa Dau, 19, is accused of signing and submitting the former roommate’s absentee ballot, apparently because of a personal dispute between the two.
Biddeford man sentenced to 10 years for racially motivated hate crimes
A federal judge calls a pair of attacks by 2 men in 2018 ‘among the most serious I have seen.’
Oxford County arrest log
• Larry P. Cunnington, 35, of 206 Main St., Norway, on a charge of failure to appear after bailed, 8:57 p.m. Friday at that address by Norway Police Department. • Zachary O. Downs, 27, of 339 West Bethel, Bethel, on two charges of failure to appear after bailed, 6:26 a.m. Sunday by Oxford Police Department. […]
Oxford County arrest log
• Francis Clark, 30, of 191 High St., West Paris, on charges of operating while license suspended or revoked, assault, two counts of violation of condition of release, fugitive from justice, and two counts of refusing to submit to arrest or detention, 6:14 p.m. Wednesday in Woodstock by Maine State Police. • Matthew Gordon, 33, […]
Former inmate sues over alleged assault by Cumberland County Jail guard
A man who was punched in the face by a corrections officer in July is suing the county, the sheriff and the officer who hit him.
Vandals knock tops off four display headstones in Livermore Falls
Police are investigating the criminal mischief at a display of monuments.
Industry man accused of sexual contact offenses against woman
Eric Hall, 59, turned himself in to the Franklin County jail.
Lewiston man gets more than two years in prison for crack dealing
The war refugee moves to Lewiston after years in Kenyan refugee camp having fled war-torn Somalia with his aunt.