ATHENS (WGME) — Maine State Police arrested a couple from Athens on crack cocaine charges Thursday. Troopers said they went to 26-year-old Tyler Watson’s home for a probation check. Tyler’s wife, 28-year-old Tara Watson, and two of their four children were also home at the time of the check. Inside, troopers said they found 12 […]
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Another robbery in Portland area, this time in Old Orchard Beach
A man robbed an Old Orchard Beach restaurant Thursday afternoon, the ninth armed robbery in the area in the past 10 days. A man wearing a dark sweatshirt, black mask and gloves entered the restaurant shortly after 4 p.m., pointed a handgun and demanded the counter worker open the register, said Dottie Geisinger, the manager […]
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Lewiston police arrest three on prostitution charges in sting
LEWISTON — Three city women were arrested on charges of engaging in prostitution, police said Thursday. Karrah K. Knight, 31, Brandi L. Hesketh, 35, and Nicole A. Ackerman, 35, were offered a variety of social services “in hopes (of) assisting them to make positive changes in their lives,” according to a statement issued by police. […]
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Two bodies found in burned delivery truck in Bangor
BANGOR (AP) — Law enforcement officials say they’ve launched a homicide investigation into the deaths of two people found in a burning delivery truck in Maine. Bangor police say the bodies of 43-year-old Michael Bridges and 36-year-old Desiree York were found in the box truck after the fire was doused late Wednesday. Both were residents of […]
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Rumford woman sentenced to nine months in stabbing case
PARIS — A Rumford woman was sentenced Tuesday morning in Oxford County Superior Court to four years in prison, with all but nine months suspended, for stabbing a woman three times during a brawl last summer in Rumford. Tiana Crossley, 35, was initially charged with Class A elevated aggravated assault, but in plea deal with […]
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Phillips woman ordered to pay $30,000 in restitution
FARMINGTON — A Phillips woman who stole money from Grant’s Kennebago Camps in Stetson Township was ordered Wednesday to repay a total of $30,000 to the owner and an insurance company. Deborah Lynn Vitrano, 35, the former manager and bookkeeper for the business, pleaded guilty Monday to stealing more than $10,000 and forging owner John Blunt’s […]
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Eight robberies in 8 days; Portland area police are pooling resources to find suspect
Police are looking for a man who attempted to rob a coffee shop Tuesday night in South Portland. The robbery at the Aroma Joe’s at 443 Western Ave. is the eighth robbery in as many days in Greater Portland. Police in five communities are working together to investigate the string of armed robberies and are […]
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For 70-year-old bank heist suspect, getting away was never the goal
On Wednesday, March 7, at 3:43 p.m., Donald Sturton walked into the Bank of America branch in South Portland near the Maine Mall, armed with a plastic water gun. The 70-year-old man wore a baseball hat over a winter hat, black pants and a yellow rain jacket. He strode to the counter where a young […]
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Hanover man sentenced to 18 months for drug-trafficking in Rumford
PARIS — A Hanover man was sentenced Tuesday afternoon in Oxford County Superior Court to five years in prison with all but 18 months suspended on a felony drug-trafficking charge. Matthew Duka, 26, was arrested in 2017 after being charged with conspiring to import heroin and cocaine from Boston and Portsmouth, New Hampshire, to Rumford. […]
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Massachusetts man sentenced to 12 years for drug trafficking
PARIS — A Massachusetts man who was identified by the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency in 2015 as one of the main drug suppliers to multiple dealers in Oxford County was sentenced Tuesday in Oxford County Superior Court to 15 years in prison, with all but 12 years suspended. Active-Retired Justice Robert Clifford said that Del […]