LEWISTON — A woman dragged by a car through downtown streets last week had been seeking painkillers, police said. In an affidavit, Detective Joey Brown wrote that a 53-year-old woman had sent a text message on Wednesday morning to Daniel Chamberland, 28, of 195 Lincoln St. in an effort to buy opioids. Chamberland drove her […]
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Paris man arrested after leading police on 100 mph chase
NORWAY — Bail was set at $5,000 cash Monday for a Paris man charged with leading police on a chase through Albany Township and Norway at speeds of more than 100 miles per hour. Kaleb Edwards, 20, appeared in 11th District Court on charges of felony eluding an officer, and misdemeanor speeding more than 30 […]
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Restorative justice comes to the Twin Cities
AUBURN — Three years ago, Seth Levy was representing a young man charged with vandalism at a local high school. The Brunswick defense attorney approached the prosecutor and judge in the case and proposed taking a different approach to handling the $20,000 crime. The assistant district attorney was resistant, Levy recalled. Unfamiliar with the process, […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Lisbon Falls man faces charges after high-speed police pursuit
A 20-year-old Lisbon Falls man was arrested on nine different charges following a 16-mile police chase early Saturday morning. Topsham Police said in a press release Adam G. Call, of 3 Clarks Court Road, was arrested following a chase that began at 12:39 a.m. on Main Street in Topsham and ended on Route 201 in […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, River Valley
Police chief: Crimes drop in Mexico in 2017
MEXICO — The number of crimes in town dropped during 2017, according to Police Chief Roy Hodsdon. That’s good news following the Maine Department of Public Safety’s uniform crime report released last October for 2016. It concluded Mexico’s crime rate was 50 percent higher than any other municipality in the state, based on its population. Hodsdon […]
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Winthrop man pleads guilty to federal firearms charges
A Winthrop man who authorities say overdosed on heroin last summer while free on bail pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal firearms charge. Damion Sidelinger Hanson, 23, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Bangor to conspiracy to make false statements to a federal firearms dealer. Court documents say Hanson, a “straw man” purchaser, was provided $600 […]
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Phillips man indicted in sexual assault against third child
FARMINGTON — A Phillips man who was indicted in November on sexual assault charges against two children under age 14, was indicted again Thursday on a sexual assault charge against a third child. Michael R. Harriman, 27, was indicted on a Class A charge of gross sexual assault against a child under age 14, a […]
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Temple man arrested after stand-off
TEMPLE — A local man was arrested after a standoff with police Thursday night and charged with assaulting his father at 34 Cummings Hills Road. Brian Mackin, 27, was charged with Class B aggravated assault, Class D domestic violence terrorizing and Class E violating conditions of release, according to a release by Franklin County Sheriff […]
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Police say man punched himself in the face to avoid sobriety test
BELFAST (AP) — Police in Maine have accused a man of punching himself in the face three times to avoid a sobriety test. Police in the town of Belfast say they found 27-year-old Brian Fogg in his car, stuck in a ditch last week. WGME-TV reports police said when they tried to test for his blood-alcohol level, […]
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Officials say Auburn stabbing was an ambush
AUBURN — Prosecutors said Thursday that a Massachusetts man charged with stabbing a man three times ambushed him. Corey Hayden, 30, of New Bedford, Massachusetts, who recently lived at 12 Brann Ave. in Lewiston, appeared in Androscoggin County Superior Court where a judge set bail at $100,000 cash. Hayden was charged with elevated aggravated assault, […]