U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is launching a program that seeks to reduce the supply of synthetic opioids in areas with high overdose rates – including Maine – by cracking down on suppliers. Operation Synthetic Opioid Surge, or S.O.S., will involve an “enforcement surge” in 10 U.S. districts that have among the highest drug overdose […]
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Judge rules that infant murder case against Farmington man can move forward
A judge has ruled that a 39-year-old murder case can move forward because a crime was committed when a four-month-old infant died in his crib. Cumberland County Superior Court Justice Thomas Warren ruled this week that evidence that has come to light since Nathan Hagar was found dead in his crib in a Brunswick apartment […]
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Man who killed grandmother with golf club, wrench and knife seeks reduced sentence
ALFRED — A convicted killer’s life sentence for the murder of his grandmother is too severe, his attorney said Tuesday, arguing that the crime wasn’t “the worst of the worst.” Derek Poulin, 29, is asking the court to reduce his life sentence for murder and a concurrent 30-year sentence for arson. When he was 23, […]
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Limington brothers, father arrested after family shootout
Police charged a father and his two sons after a “family shootout” Saturday night in Limington, the York County Sheriff’s office said. No one was injured, although two vehicles were shot and damaged. Officers were called to Boothby Road around 10 p.m. for a report of gunshots. Someone at the home reported that a domestic […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, sj-web
Are Facebook photos of shoplifting suspects ‘shaming’ or deterrence?
LEWISTON — The head of the local chamber of commerce said the rising number of shoplifting at local stores is troubling, and that the Auburn Police Department “is doing a good job” in taking new enforcement to reduce the crime. Beckie Conrad, president of the Lewiston-Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce said she had no problem […]
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Woman’s dog was being rescued from hot car while she was in jail
AUBURN — The owner of a dog found in a sweltering car Sunday afternoon had been jailed the night before on a shoplifting charge. Police said Season Bartley, 37, of Poland never told them about the small dog in her car when she was arrested along with her fiancé Saturday night at Walmart. “She actually […]
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Auburn police boost shoplifting enforcement: ‘It’s out of control’
AUBURN — Saying shoplifting is “out of control” in Auburn stores, the Auburn Police Department has launched an anti-shoplifting campaign with tougher enforcement. “We want people to know that Auburn is open for business but closed to shoplifting,” said Deputy Police Chief Jason Moen. With just about all stores hit, shoplifting has increased by 84 […]
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Auburn man charged in July 1 shooting in Lewiston
LEWISTON — An Auburn man was charged Wednesday in an early morning shooting July 1 on Blake Street. James L. Crump, 41, was charged with attempted elevated aggravated assault, reckless conduct with a firearm and criminal mischief. Crump was already being held at the Androscoggin County Jail on charges stemming from a shooting July 8 […]
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Three indicted in Auburn home invasion
AUBURN — Three men who were allegedly involved in a home invasion on Hampshire Street in April were indicted Tuesday by an Androscoggin County grand jury. Ronald Hinkley, 18, and Raiden Joyner, 21, both of Buckfield, and Brian Krafton, 26, of Monmouth were indicted on charges of robbery, burglary and aggravated assault. Hinkley was also charged […]
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Driver charged in Livermore fatal crash takes plea deal
AUBURN — A Farmingdale woman pleaded guilty Tuesday to aggravated driving to endanger in the 2017 New Year’s Day death of a Livermore Falls man. Charges of manslaughter and aggravated criminal operating under the influence were dismissed as part of a plea deal. Sarah Clark, 31, will serve 90 days in jail, from Aug. 1 to […]