Crime trended downward for an eighth straight year, but the number of violent incidents increased, according to statistics released Monday.
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New Hampshire man charged in assault of 2 women in Maine
The North Conway resident is accused of aggravated assault and other offenses in connection with the domestic violence incident in Baldwin, police say.
Police investigating Bangor homicide
Man found dead Thursday at residence on Union Street in Bangor.
Catalytic converters being stolen from vehicles across New England
Detective says there have been more than a dozen such thefts in Sanford alone.
Lewiston police search for man in attempted child abduction
Officers were canvassing the area of Sabattus and College streets, asking neighbors to help identify surveillance photographs of a male walking across the street.
South Portland man accused of brandishing pistol outside Old Port bar
Nicholas Whitman, 25, was arrested on charges of displaying a handgun in a ‘threatening and reckless manner.’
South Portland police investigate Tuesday night gunfire
No one was injured when someone fired several rounds into an apartment building on the city’s Main Street, police said.
Greenville couple dead in apparent murder-suicide
Police say the last time anyone had contact with Linda and Stephen Coffman was in June.
Oxford County arrest log
• MacKenzie R. Bimpson, 22, of 44 Baptist Hill Road, Lunenburg, Vermont, on charges of tampering with a witness, informant, juror or victim and violation of condition of release, 7:01 a.m. Friday at the Oxford County Jail by Oxford County Sheriff’s Office. • Louis M. Ciliberti, 56, of 77 Maine Ave., Rumford, on a charge […]
Lewiston man arrested after Brunswick police chase stolen car
When the chase began to involve high speeds, police broke it off. However, the driver of the stolen car, turned around and started driving back toward the officers.