PARIS — An Industry woman charged with aggravated drug trafficking twice in two months last year had her bail revoked Friday in Oxford County Superior Court after violating bail conditions three times in less than a year. Jessica Pare, 41, and Randy Aron, 41, were among seven people arrested by the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency […]
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Lewiston police search for gunman Friday
LEWISTON — Police recovered a handgun from beneath a porch Friday afternoon after chasing a suspect accused of threatening a man with a gun on Ash Street. The suspect got away in the 4 p.m. chase, but police Officer Nick Meserve spotted the man tossing a gun as he fled. The weapon was found minutes […]
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Lewiston police investigate ‘hoax device’ left near Rails Restaurant
LEWISTON — Police evacuated buildings, closed off a section of Lincoln Street and called in a bomb squad Friday afternoon when a suspicious package was spotted near a gas line behind Rails Restaurant. Three hours after the item was discovered, an explosion rocked Lincoln Street as a bomb team robot disposed of the package […]
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Suspect arrested in Westbrook armed robbery
Westbrook police arrested a suspect in one of the recent armed robberies targeting small businesses across southern Maine. Travis Card, 38, of Westbrook, was arrested Friday morning in connection with a robbery that occurred on April 6 at the Gulf Mart on Bridgton Road in Westbrook, police said. It’s not yet clear if the suspect […]
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Florida man's own dashboard camera lands him in jail
ROYAL PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man ended up in jail after his dashboard camera showed police more than he intended. The Palm Beach Post reports that after 25-year-old Xavier Moran was involved in a crash on April 5, he told a sheriff’s deputy he had been cut off by another driver and […]
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Tension escalates in southern Maine with four holdups in 25 hours
Four holdups in just over 25 hours this week ratcheted up tension around a series of armed robberies in southern Maine and prompted police to warn that more confrontations between a robber and store employees could escalate into violence. “It is imminent,” said Lt. Robert Martin of the Portland Police Department of the possibility of […]
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Police release photos of suspect in Auburn Dunkin' Donuts robbery
AUBURN — Police on Thursday released still photos from surveillance video of a man suspected of robbing a Dunkin’ Donuts in New Auburn on Wednesday. The suspect was described as a white man, between 20 and 30 years old, 5 feet, 5 inches tall. He was wearing a dark, hooded sweatshirt and a cap, police […]
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Lewiston police seek 2 women after chase ends in crash
LEWISTON — Police surrounded a block of buildings on Oxford Street on Thursday after a fleeing suspect crashed a stolen truck into a car, a grill and a tree before running away on foot, leaving her wig behind. Later Thursday night, police were searching for the driver and another young woman who may have been […]
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Lewiston man charged in Sabattus House of Pizza theft
SABATTUS — Police arrested a Lewiston man who was charged with stealing power tools, beer and cash from a local pizza restaurant earlier this week. Keith Levasseur, 35, was arrested Thursday on charges of burglary and theft by unauthorized taking, both Class C felonies and each punishable by up to five years in prison, according […]
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Auburn Dunkin’ Donuts robbed at gunpoint
[UPDATE: Police release photos of suspect in Auburn Dunkin’ Donuts robbery] AUBURN — A pair of Dunkin’ Donuts clerks locked themselves in a back office late Wednesday after a man with a gun entered the business demanding money. The young women were not hurt in the 9 p.m. stickup. The suspect made off only with a […]