Four people were arrested on theft and drug trafficking charges Tuesday after a SWAT team executed a search warrant at the Maine Motel in South Portland, police said. Officers converged on the motel, located at 606 Main St., about 5:30 p.m. in connection with an ongoing investigation by the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency, South Portland […]
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FBI failed to act on tip last month that Nikolas Cruz might carry out school shooting
PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — The FBI received a tip last month that the suspect in the Florida school shooting had a “desire to kill” and access to guns and could be plotting an attack, but agents failed to investigate, the agency said Friday. Florida Gov. Rick Scott called for the FBI director to resign because […]
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Grand jury charges 13 Russians with meddling in U.S. election
WASHINGTON (AP) — Thirteen Russians and three Russian entities were charged Friday with an elaborate plot to interfere in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, federal prosecutors announced Friday. The indictment, brought by the office of special counsel Robert Mueller, alleges that Russians used bogus social media postings and advertisements fraudulently purchased in the name of […]
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Man died from self-inflicted gunshot as police searched Richmond home
RICHMOND — Maine State Police are investigating an apparently self-inflicted shooting death that occurred Thursday as authorities were conducting a search warrant on Alexander Reed Road. Police did not release the identity of the person who was shot or any details about the search warrant except that it was related to stolen property and occurred […]
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Windham police remove student from school bus in marijuana vaping investigation
A male high school student was removed from a school bus by police Thursday afternoon, but the incident on Route 302 involved substance abuse, not a threat of violence, authorities said. Sanford Prince, superintendent of Regional School Unit 14, said police were called to the scene by the school bus driver after the student had […]
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Augusta police arrest man riding stolen cartful of groceries, booze from Walmart
AUGUSTA — A report of a man riding a shopping cart full of groceries down Civic Center Drive brought a quick response from Augusta police Monday night. Officer Sara Moynihan, who recognized Wyatt Wilson from previous encounters, said the cart was “filled with groceries but none of it was in bags,” and that Wyatt told […]
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Wilton man charged in Wilson Pond ice shack damage
WILTON — A local man has been charged in connection with damaging an ice shack on Wilson Pond last week, Maine Warden Kris MacCabe said Thursday. The man was issued a summons on a charge of driving to endanger, MacCabe said, but he declined to identify him because of the continuing investigation. The man is […]
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Lewiston woman admits to sex trafficking charge
AUBURN — A Lewiston woman pleaded guilty Wednesday to sex trafficking, minutes before the start of her trial. Tina Lagasse, 52, of 527 Main St. is expected to be sentenced on the Class D misdemeanor next month. Maximum punishment for the crime is 364 days in jail. Lagasse is free on personal recognizance bail, but […]
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Rangeley man pleads to federal drug charges
FARMINGTON — A Rangeley man has pleaded guilty at U.S. District Court in Bangor to selling fentanyl last year in Franklin County, according to court documents. Steven Butler was 24 when he was indicted by a federal grand jury Sept. 14, 2017, on three felony counts of distribution of a mixture or substance containing fentanyl. Butler had […]
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Buckfield man charged with attempting to burn car
Cody Kreworuka (Oxford County Jail) PARIS — A Buckfield man who allegedly attempted to set fire to a car at Tilton’s Market on Saturday night was arraigned Wednesday on a charge of arson. Cody Kreworuka, 31, appeared in 11th District Court and had bail set at $200 cash, or personal recognizance with a pre-trial supervisory […]