A man who fled police custody Friday morning in Dexter and stole a police cruiser later led officers on a high-speed chase before crashing, according to a Dover police dispatcher. The incident began when police say Tyler Tibbetts, 22, stole a fully marked police cruiser. He was last seen on Garland Road in Dexter headed […]
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Luc Tieman sentenced to 55 years for murdering his wife, Valerie
SKOWHEGAN — A former Fairfield man was sentenced to 55 years in prison Friday for the August 2016 murder of his wife and burying her body in a shallow grave behind his parents’ home in Fairfield. A jury of seven men and five women deliberated for less than an hour April 9 before finding Luc Tieman, 34, […]
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Lewiston man charged with selling fentanyl
LEWISTON — A local man was arrested Thursday on a warrant charging him with selling fentanyl, a highly addictive opioid used to treat pain. Steven Case, 28, of 15 Katie Ave. was indicted this week on charges of unlawful trafficking of scheduled drugs, a crime punishable by up to 10 years in prison. An Androscoggin […]
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Two accused of stealing bottles meant to raise money for cancer research
The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office has charged two people with stealing returnable bottles and cans that had been donated to a popular charitable effort in Baldwin. Police arrested Matthew Colby, 32, of Parsonsfield, and Christin E. Parmenter, 29, of Newfield, on Wednesday. Over the last two weeks, deputies have investigated several reports of thefts from […]
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Five Lewiston men arrested on crack charges
LEWISTON — Five local men were arrested Wednesday on warrants charging they were selling crack cocaine, police said. Local police and state drug agents conducted a six-month undercover investigation that included purchases of crack from the five men at various locations around the city, resulting in their arrests. The investigation is ongoing and more arrests […]
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New York and Wilton men face heroin, cocaine trafficking charges
AUBURN — A Wilton man and a New York man are being held on $50,000 cash bail each, after Maine drug agents and state police seized heroin and cocaine destined for Wilton, according to Stephen McCausland, spokesman for the Maine Department of Public Safety. Agents from the Western District Task Force and state police seized […]
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Jay man gets 90 days for stabbing a man during fight over Aryan tattoos
ROCKLAND — A Jay man will spend 90 days in jail for stabbing a man with a broken bottle during an argument over white supremacist tattoos. Mark McCrillis, 35, was sentenced Monday to five years in jail with all but 90 days suspended and placed on probation for two years for aggravated assault. McCrillis had […]
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Stolen car crashes into Westbrook apartment building; 2 men arrested
WESTBROOK (WGME) — Police arrested two men after a stolen car crashed into an apartment building in Thursday morning. Officers say the car was reported stolen and located at the Cumberland Farms on Main Street. Police followed the car into a nearby driveway where it crashed into the building. Police say two men were in […]
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Driver arrested in 2017 fatal bike wreck
AUBURN — A New Gloucester man was arrested Wednesday and charged with manslaughter in the death of an Anson motorcyclist on Court Street in 2017. Steven Primavera, 34, was indicted earlier in the week by an Androscoggin County grand jury. Primavera is charged in the Sept. 22 death of 54-year-old Reginald Clement, who was riding […]
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Jay man sentenced in heroin case
FARMINGTON — A Jay man was sentenced Tuesday to serve 10 months of a four-year jail sentence after he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to traffic in heroin, according to Franklin County court documents. Jeremiah Dean Paulton, 35, formerly of Wilton, was arrested Aug. 31, 2017, on a felony conspiracy charge and indicted in November after […]