Several motorists, angered by a man they spotted throwing rocks Sunday afternoon at passing cars on the Maine Turnpike in Scarborough, forcibly subdued him until troopers from the Maine State Police arrived. Steve McCausland, spokesman for the Maine Department of Public Safety, in a statement said that David Mullen, 42, who was high on drugs […]
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Fryeburg police: 8 juveniles ran away after SUV crashed into tree
FRYEBURG — A vehicle driven by an unlicensed 15-year-old female and containing seven other juvenile passengers crashed into a tree Friday morning, the 15-year-old fleeing into the woods, according to Fryeburg police. The white 1999 Cadillac Escalade was taken without permission from a residence on Meadow Lane, Fryeburg Police Chief Joshua Potvin wrote in a news […]
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Slain newspaper employees were dedicated to work, community
Four journalists and a sales assistant were killed Thursday in a shooting at a Maryland newspaper. Authorities said the gunman entered the Capital Gazette in Annapolis and “looked for his victims.” The employees killed were Gerald Fischman, Rob Hiaasen, John McNamara, Rebecca Smith and Wendi Winters. GERALD FISCHMAN Gerald Fischman, the editorial page editor at […]
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Crack cocaine: Lewiston man arrested in N.Y.
LEWISTON — A Lewiston man was arrested in New York on Thursday as part of an ongoing police investigation into cocaine trafficking in the downtown area. Everton Jones, 22, was charged with the federal crime of distribution of crack cocaine. According to court documents, a confidential police informant bought crack from Jones on Shawmut Street […]
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Farmington man charged with sexual assault on teen
FARMINGTON — A local man accused of raping two girls in Somerset County was indicted Thursday on charges he sexually assaulted one of them in Farmington while holding a hammer, according to court documents. Joseph Lawrence Magee, 40, of Farmington is charged with two felony counts of gross sexual assault by a Franklin County grand […]
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Man who killed intruder to plead guilty to gun, drug charges
FARMINGTON — A former Rangeley man who shot and killed a burglar in July 2016 is expected to plead guilty in federal court in Bangor on Friday to drug and gun charges. Jordan Richard, 25, of New Vineyard, was indicted by a federal grand jury in September 2017 on two counts of distributing a mixture […]
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Hartford man charged with third OUI
PARIS – A twice-convicted drunken driver who left an accident scene in Hartford on Wednesday was later charged with his third offense. William Adams, 27, of Hartford was arrested on a Class C charge of operating under the influence of alcohol and a misdemeanor charge of leaving the scene of a property damage accident. He […]
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Pennsylvania man charged in nude photo case
FARMINGTON — A Franklin County grand jury indicted a Pennsylvania car salesman Thursday on a charge of using a buyer’s cellphone to send himself nude pictures of her. Kevin P. Rennie, 32, of Philadelphia was indicted on a felony charge of aggravated criminal invasion of computer privacy. Farmington police arrested Rennie on March 20 after […]
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Police say 5 dead at Capital Gazette shooting in Maryland, suspect arrested
4:50 p.m. Police say five people have been killed and several others were “gravely injured” in a shooting at a building housing a Maryland newspaper. Anne Arundel County Acting Police Chief William Krampf confirmed the deaths Thursday at a news conference. Gov. Larry Hogan has previously said that there were “several fatalities and several people […]
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A party with stolen alcohol leads to a fight with bats and a shooting in Newport
NEWPORT — Police say an overnight drunken fracas involving baseball bats escalated into a shooting at a local trailer park — leaving one man wounded and another in jail. Nathan Wheeler, 18, was arrested on charges of aggravated reckless conduct and aggravated assault after he allegedly shot another man with a handgun. Newport Police Chief […]