PARIS — A Rumford woman charged with stabbing a woman three times during a brawl last month had bail set Wednesday afternoon in Oxford County Superior Court. Tiana Crossley, 35, was being held at Two Bridges Jail in Wiscasset on Wednesday evening on bail of $10,000 cash or personal recognizance with supervised release, according to […]
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Wilton woman pleads guilty to Auburn Kmart robbery
AUBURN — A Wilton woman pleaded guilty to robbery in Androscoggin County Superior Court on Wednesday for having attempted to forcefully take money from a man cashing his check at the service desk at the Auburn Kmart in March. According to the Auburn police affidavit, Elizabeth Ross tried to steal cash from a customer, John Thomson, […]
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Jay man charged with arson
JAY — State fire investigators arrested a local man on a felony charge of arson early Tuesday morning. Sgt. Kenneth Grimes of the Office of the State Fire Marshal said the man started a small fire in a garage at an Intervale Road home. He said Devin C. Penney, 21, lit cloth or paper on fire with a […]
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Shots fired in Lewiston Tuesday leads to arrest of local man
LEWISTON — A local man was charged with firing off rounds from a handgun Tuesday afternoon in a Bartlett Street neighborhood. George A. Bothelo, 40, of 78 Maple St., was charged with reckless conduct with a firearm and possession of a firearm by a felon. No one was hurt, police said, when Bothelo fired shots at […]
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Cumberland store manager accused of providing alcohol to minors, overcharging them
CUMBERLAND (WGME) — Police say a manager at convenience store in Cumberland was providing alcohol to minors and overcharging them for it. Between May 12 and early August, police investigated the actions of a clerk at the Irving Express Mart located at 174 Main Street in Cumberland. “For quite some time, the Police Department has […]
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Inmate from Greene dies while serving sentence for sexual abuse of minor
WARREN — The Department of Corrections confirmed the death of a prisoner from Greene at the Maine State Prison in Warren on Tuesday. Henry E. Bishop, 74, died at approximately 10:14 a.m. Tuesday at Central Maine Medical Center. Bishop was sentenced in 2016 to five years with all but three years suspended and two years’ […]
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Lewiston police arrest suspect in apartment scams
LEWISTON — Police arrested a local man Tuesday after a warrant was made for his arrest Aug. 1. Nathan Poulin, 36, was arrested on the outstanding warrant charging him of several counts of theft by deception. Poulin is accused of scamming families by renting out apartments he didn’t own. He has been transported to […]
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Rwanda genocide suspect captured in Houlton
BOSTON (AP) — Federal immigration officials say a Rwandan man suspected of participating in the African country’s 1994 genocide has been charged with immigration fraud and perjury in connection with his application for asylum in the U.S. Court documents say Jean Leonard Teganya left Rwanda in July 1994 and later traveled to Canada. Officials say […]
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Wilton woman faces charges of theft, visual sexual aggression
LIVERMORE FALLS — According to police, a Wilton woman was served charges for entering a River Road home Friday afternoon, taking the flip flops worn by a young girl in the home and making the girl watch her as she used the bathroom. Chrystal Rose, 36, was arrested later Friday by Kennebec County police in […]
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Lewiston police investigate suspicious powder mailed to Violations Bureau
LEWISTON — Police have determined that white powder found in an envelope sent to the state Violations Bureau isn’t dangerous, but they will continue to investigate who sent it and why. The discovery Monday morning prompted the evacuation of the 85 Park St. building just before 9 a.m. All of the employees had to be […]