[UPDATE: Manhunt continues for suspect in killing of Somerset sheriff’s corporal] Police continued a massive manhunt Wednesday night for the man they believe shot and killed Somerset County Sheriff’s Cpl. Eugene Cole on Route 2 in Norridgewock earlier in the day, the first time a Maine police officer has been killed in a shooting in nearly 30 years. […]
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Litchfield woman’s son is one of the suspects in her murder
AUGUSTA — A Litchfield woman’s 15-year-old son is among a trio of teenagers charged in connection with her stabbing and strangling death over the weekend, according to documents filed Monday at the Capital Judicial Center. Maine State Police have classified the death of Kimberly Mironovas, 47, as homicide. Juvenile petitions filed in court Monday identified […]
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Police capture suspect in Waffle House killing
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities say they have arrested a man suspected of storming a Waffle House restaurant in Nashville and fatally shooting four people with an assault rifle. Authorities announced that 29-year-old Travis Reinking, was taken into custody Monday. Other details were not immediately available.
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Jay man accused of hitting woman with truck, then striking police cruiser
JAY — A man trying to avoid arrest Friday after hitting a woman with his truck on Bridge Street, backed his truck into a Livermore Falls police cruiser in the parking lot of the Jay Police Department, Police Chief Richard Caton IV said Monday. James Eugene Murphy Jr., 60, of Jay was arrested on felony […]
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Farmington man accused of raping teenager
FARMINGTON — A local man accused of sexually assaulting a teenager was held Monday on $100,000 cash bail at the Franklin County Detention Center. Farmington police arrested Joseph Lawrence Magee, 40, of Farmington on Thursday on a charge of gross sexual assault. Police received information on Wednesday and began an investigation into the complaint. The […]
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State police take 3 teens into custody in Litchfield woman’s death
[UPDATE: Litchfield woman’s son is a suspect in her murder] LITCHFIELD — Maine State Police say they found the body of a 47-year-old Litchfield woman in her home early Sunday and have taken three male teens into custody in connection with her death. Maine State Police identified the woman, Kimberly Mironovas, late Sunday evening, in a […]
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Two men charged with arson in fire that burned Casco historic schoolhouse
Two local men have been arrested and charged with arson in connection with an early-morning fire Sunday in Casco that destroyed a one-room schoolhouse listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Sgt. Joel Davis, spokesman for the State Fire Marshal’s Office, identified the men Sunday night as 22-year-old Devin Richardson-Gurney and 20-year-old Edward Scott, […]
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Four dead in Nashville Waffle House shooting; suspect sought
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A gunman wearing nothing but a green jacket and brandishing an assault rifle stormed a Waffle House restaurant in Nashville and shot four people to death before dawn Sunday, according to police, who credited a customer with saving lives by wresting the assailant’s weapon away. The gunman shot people in the […]
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Luc Tieman murder conviction followed ‘unbelievable’ stories, jurors say
SKOWHEGAN — Rose Gray said she looked over at Luc Tieman at the defendant’s table as the jury entered the courtroom April 9, ready to deliver its verdict on whether the 34-year-old had murdered his wife intentionally. Tieman – accused of shooting Valerie Tieman and burying her in a grave filled with love notes, a […]
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Sapphire Nightclub brawl victims didn’t report assaults to police
AUBURN — A security guard at Sapphire Nightclub was punched, kicked and spat on after falling face-first into the front of a car during a Tuesday night melee in the parking lot, witnesses said Thursday. The 26-year-old suffered a broken nose, a fractured elbow and injuries to both knees when he was attacked by a […]