Maine State Police seized cocaine and cash from a car on the turnpike last week. State police were conducting an aircraft detail in Gray on Thursday and stopped a southbound car for speeding. A trooper ultimately seized 60 grams of cocaine and $2,200 in cash, according to a post on the state police Facebook page. The driver […]
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Farmington men charged with giving marijuana to a juvenile
FARMINGTON — Two Farmington men face charges after police said they gave marijuana to someone under the age of 15. Galen Brackley and Paul Plourd were arrested at the Sherwood Apartments Friday. Both men were charged with aggravated furnishing of marijuana, a charge elevated due to the age of the person getting the drug. The […]
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Carthage man accused of burning father's truck
FARMINGTON — A Carthage man is accused of setting a fire to burn his father’s 2008 Ford F-150 pickup on Dec. 15. Spencer C. Knox, 23, was arrested Thursday night on a charge of arson at his residence where he lives with his parents at 1511 West Side Road in Carthage. State fire investigators, Jeremy […]
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Winthrop teen indicted on charges of murdering parents, killing family dog
AUGUSTA — A grand jury on Friday indicted 19-year-old Andrew Balcer on murder charges related to the brutal killings of his parents and a family dog during the early morning of Halloween 2016. The indictment comes less than two months after a judge decided that Balcer — who was a month shy of turning 18 […]
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Attorney alleges racial profiling by state police in Portland traffic stop
Warning: This video includes graphic language The attorney for a man charged with illegally re-entering the United States presented police video recordings in federal court Wednesday that he says show a state trooper’s decision to stop and detain a van filled with Spanish-speaking men on Interstate 295 in Portland was a case of racial profiling […]
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Retired Maine state trooper charged with drug trafficking
A retired Maine state trooper has been arrested and charged with dealing drugs. Jeffrey Linscott, 51, of Buxton, was arrested late Wednesday night after state drug agents said they intercepted him delivering fentanyl to a customer in the parking lot of the Gorham Hannaford store. The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency said they seized several grams […]
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Former Auburn woman whose 84 Great Danes were seized to serve no jail time
OSSIPEE, N.H. — A woman who had dozens of filthy and sick Great Danes living in her New Hampshire mansion was given a suspended 12-month jail sentence Thursday morning. A judge ordered Christina Fay to pay nearly $800,000 in restitution. The judge is allowing Fay to choose one of her dogs that has been spayed/neutered […]
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Winslow couple arrested in missing pit bull case
Waterville police have arrested a Winslow woman and her boyfriend who they believe arranged for her two dangerous pit bulls to be stashed out of state in October, just as Maine’s highest court upheld a lower court decision to have the dogs euthanized. Danielle Jones, 28, and Brandon Ross, 33, of 12 Lucille Ave., Winslow, […]
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Biddeford man charged with assaulting woman in Sabattus
A Biddeford man who “savagely attacked” a woman in Sabattus early Tuesday morning was arrested following a standoff with police at a Saco hotel, police said Tuesday. Sabattus Police Chief Gary E. Baillargeon in a statement identified the suspect as 45-year-old Jeremy Norris of Biddeford. Norris has been charged with elevated aggravated assault, domestic violence […]
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Jay man accepts plea agreement, ends trial
FARMINGTON — A Jay man pleaded guilty Tuesday to violating a court order that he possess no firearms. The plea by William Bowie, 57, ended a jury trial after more than four hours of testimony at Farmington Unified Court. The trial for Bowie and his wife, Jacqueline Bowie, 56, had been expected to last three […]