SANDY RIVER PLANTATION — A Rangeley man is accused of burning a bulldozer and stealing an excavator, both owned by Cousineau Inc. of Wilton. Devon Clark, 18, was charged Tuesday by a state fire investigator with Class A arson. The charge carries up to 30 years in prison and a $50,000 fine. Clark was being […]
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Car slams into Sanford diner; 1 patron injured; driver arrested
A Sanford man was arrested and another man was hospitalized Tuesday after a car crashed into the Third Alarm Diner in Sanford. Police said in a news release Tuesday night that three vehicles were involved in an accident at the intersection of Pioneer Avenue and Washington Street around 3:30 p.m., and one hit the diner […]
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Police say Auburn man stole gun from Lewiston home
LEWISTON — An Auburn man who held police at bay in a downtown apartment Monday had stolen a pistol from a Laase Avenue home, officials said Tuesday. Police confirmed with the owner of the .380-caliber gun that it was missing after police recovered the firearm in the 287 Bates St. apartment in which Scott Andrew […]
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Woman threatens to harm herself in Lewiston Police Department lobby
LEWISTON — A woman doused in gasoline and threatening to set herself on fire at the police station was subdued and taken to a local hospital Tuesday afternoon. The woman appeared to be “very distraught,” Lt. David St. Pierre said. She stood in the lobby of the police station with a lighter, threatening to ignite […]
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Former Massachusetts priest reindicted on Maine sex abuse charges
The York County grand jury has reindicted a former priest from Massachusetts who is accused of repeatedly sexually abusing two boys he brought to Maine in the 1980s. Ronald Paquin now faces 31 counts of sexual abuse in York County. He was originally indicted in February on 29 counts of sexual abuse for acts he allegedly committed […]
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Lewiston Police arrest man after gun theft, 4-school lockdown and 7-hour standoff
LEWISTON — A local man suspected of stealing a handgun from a residence Monday morning was arrested at a downtown apartment building after a nearly seven-hour standoff with police, officials said. Scott Andrew Estes, 37, of Lewiston was taken into custody by police at 6:20 p.m. more than seven hours after he barricaded himself in […]
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Lewiston man held without bail in Auburn hammer attack
LEWISTON — A local man was ordered held without bail Monday after what police said was a hammer attack on an Auburn man. Jason Wotton, 31, of Lewiston appeared in 8th District Court on a charge of elevated aggravated assault, a Class A felony, punishable by up to 30 years in prison. Judge Cynthia Montgomery […]
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Farmington man, Jay girl charged alcohol-related case
FARMINGTON — A local man is accused of furnishing a place for minors to consume alcohol. Three teenagers also face alcohol-related charges. Police received a driving complaint about 11:14 p.m. Friday on Fairbanks Road. The car was parked at a residence on Box Shop Hill Road, Deputy Police Chief Shane Cote said. Police discovered underage […]
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Lewiston police manhunt prompts four school lockdowns
UPDATE: Lewiston Police arrest man after gun theft, 4-school lockdown and 7-hour standoff LEWISTON — Seth Hutchinson, 17, was in his automotive technology classroom Monday at Lewiston Regional Technical Center when the lockdown announcement came over the intercom. Several schools went in lockdown because of a safety concern of a firearm theft in the neighborhood, according […]
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Man arrested after Augusta Walmart confrontation was convicted of domestic violence assault in Auburn
Robert Potter Suspect arrested after shot fired at Augusta @Walmart https://t.co/YvTPii9l9V pic.twitter.com/MjGRGjlHhl — Sun Journal (@sunjournal) November 7, 2017 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js AUGUSTA — The criminal complaint filed Thursday against an Augusta man arrested after a violent altercation at the Augusta Walmart charges Robert Potter with criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon and possession of a firearm […]