SCARBOROUGH (AP) — Police say a 5-year-old girl has been shot to death in her grandparents’ home. State police say Elise Dorr, of Belfast, died Monday evening, shortly after she arrived at a hospital. Detectives say the girl was staying with her parents and two elder siblings at the house in Scarborough while her grandparents were away. […]
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Bucksport man suspected in Kansas man's murder arrested in California
TESCOTT, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Bureau of Investigation says a suspect in the shooting death of a Kansas man was arrested in California after he reportedly stabbed a person on an Amtrak train. The KBI said in a news release Monday that 34-year-old Robert Colson, of Bucksport, Maine, was arrested Saturday in Martinez, California. […]
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Man in hazmat suit flees after failing to break into Camden armored truck
CAMDEN (AP) — Maine police are searching for an unidentified man who attempted to break into an armored truck. WABI-TV reported (http://bit.ly/2wDXR5H ) the suspect was wearing a yellow hazmat suit and a tight black mask. The man fled into the nearby woods after he failed to break into the parked truck in Camden on […]
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5-year-old girl dies after Scarborough shooting
SCARBOROUGH (AP) – Police say a 5-year-old girl has died after being shot at a home. Maine State Police say the shooting happened around 7:30 p.m. Monday in Scarborough. Police say the 5-year-old was shot in a home where relatives live. The girl was taken to Maine Medical Center where she later died. No one […]
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Franklin County women indicted on theft, forgery charges
FARMINGTON — Two women from Jay and Phillips were formerly charged Thursday in separate cases involving theft of more than $10,000 each from a business and a road association. A Franklin County grand jury indicted Bobbie J. Dawes, 45, of Jay on a felony charge of theft by unauthorized taking and a misdemeanor charge of […]
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Lewiston man accused of stabbing cop fires lawyers
AUBURN — A Lewiston man scheduled for trial next month on an aggravated attempted murder charge in the stabbing of a police officer nearly a year ago recently fired his attorneys. Androscoggin County Superior Court Justice MaryGay Kennedy on Friday accepted the withdrawal of attorneys Jeffrey Dolley and James Howaniec and promised Jonathan Order, 28, […]
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Lewiston restaurant owner indicted in sales tax case
FARMINGTON — The owner of a Lewiston Thai restaurant is accused of using $10,000 in sales taxes owed to Maine Revenue Services for his own benefit. A Franklin County grand jury indicted Junlong Bunleng, 50, of Lewiston, owner of Pepper & Spice on Lisbon Street on Thursday on a felony count of theft by misapplication […]
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Police nab three after auto thefts in Oxford Hills
NORWAY — It was a busy Thursday for police in the Oxford Hills as they hunted for the last of a three-member team of auto thieves. A Mini Cooper, Ford Fusion and Chevy Impala were stolen from Alan’s Automotive and Johnston’s Auto on Main Street in Norway Wednesday night. Norway Officer John Lewis responded to Town […]
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Minot man arrested following 100 mph-plus chase on I-95
SHERMAN (AP) — A Maine state trooper has arrested a driver and passenger following a pursuit on Interstate 95 at speeds well over 100 miles an hour. Police say the trooper was in Sherman monitoring northbound traffic Thursday night when he clocked a vehicle traveling at 115 miles an hour. He pursued the vehicle, which […]
