STRONG — Maine State Police are investigating a burglary at the White Elephant Country Store on Main Street that occurred during overnight hours June 10, according to Trooper Reid Bond. He said forcible entry was made, which caused minor damage. The store owners are offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and […]
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Maine man accused of stabbing man who squirted him with hot sauce
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — Two men have been arrested in connection with a stabbing that began with a hot-sauce squirting incident in a New Hampshire restaurant. Police say the fight began when Nicholas Abraham, of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, squirted Ethan Fishbaugh, of Kittery, with hot sauce and chased him out of the eatery on May […]
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Westbrook man sentenced to two years in halal market fraud
A man found guilty of abusing food stamp programs at a local market was sentenced to two years in prison Monday. Abdulkareem Daham, 22, of Westbrook was convicted in January of conspiracy to defraud the federal government by allowing recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants […]
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Lewiston police investigate reports of gunfire
Police were investigating reports of gunfire in Lewiston late Friday. LEWISTON — Police shut down streets in the neighborhoods behind Central Maine Medical Center late Friday after gunfire was reported in the area. A woman who lives in the area said a Lewiston police officer had been shot at on Spring Street shortly before 11 […]
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Guns, cocaine and kidnapping: Tomaselli back in jail
LEWISTON — Zachary Ryan Tomaselli was back in jail this week, charged with violating probation by smoking crack, burglarizing a home and possessing more than half a dozen firearms, police said. According to court documents, Tomaselli claimed that another man had forced him to smoke crack and to commit burglaries. Tomaselli, 30, was arrested at […]
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Winthrop police search for driver of pickup truck that snapped utility pole
A driver allegedly left the scene after crashing a pickup truck near 190 Winthrop Center Road in Winthrop on Thursday afternoon. The crash, which was reported around 3:15 p.m., caused a utility pole to snap and knocked out power in that section of Winthrop, according to Interim Police Chief Dan Cook. The road had to […]
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Hearing in shooting to feature new witness
AUBURN — A Lewiston man convicted last year of two gun-related felonies is seeking a new trial, claiming new evidence should exonerate him. A hearing is scheduled for next week in Androscoggin County Superior Court, where Malik Hollis, 22, is expected to present a witness who was in the vicinity of the incident with her […]
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Kennedy Park assault victim clings to life
[UPDATE: Lewiston man dies from injuries sustained in Tuesday night fight] LEWISTON — Police said Thursday that a man who was badly beaten two days earlier in a nighttime brawl near Kennedy Park remained in “guarded” condition. A clash of two groups occurred on Knox Street after teens in a car reportedly drove past the park […]
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‘They just started ganging up on us:’ Lewiston residents describe brawl near Kennedy Park
[UPDATE: Lewiston man dies from injuries sustained in Tuesday night fight] LEWISTON — State and local police are investigating a Tuesday night melee near Kennedy Park that left one man hospitalized in critical condition. Several of the victim’s friends told the Sun Journal on Wednesday that the man, said to be in his 30s, had died, […]
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Insurance will cover most of RSU 16 vandalism
POLAND — A month after vandals slashed tires on all 22 of Regional School Unit 16’s buses, the board of directors learned Monday that insurance will pay for the bulk of the damage. Replacement tires cost about $13,000. Insurance will pay for about $11,000 of that. “That was good news for the district,” Superintendent Tina […]