Editor’s note: In October 2017, this case was filed as part of a deal in which defendant agreed to complete a court-ordered program in New York State and refrain from any criminal conduct for six months. In July 2018, the case was dismissed based on completion of these requirements. AUBURN — A Pennsylvania man accused of […]
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Lewiston man sentenced to prison for having gun
A Lewiston man was sentenced Monday to six years in federal prison for being a felon with a gun. Nicholas Coy, 32, pleaded guilty to the Class C felony in February. Once released, he will be on supervised release for three years, according to court records. U.S. District Court Judge George Z. Singal imposed the […]
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Second overdose victim found in Auburn apartment dies
AUBURN — Police reported Monday afternoon that the second of last week’s overdose victims died. Kevin Cooper, 50, was found unconscious Thursday night in his Mill Street apartment. He was taken to a Lewiston hospital. Deidre Hall, 39, also was found unconscious. She was declared dead. Police suspect both overdosed on heroin but their deaths remain […]
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Farmington man faces aggravated cocaine charge
FARMINGTON — Police charged a local man Friday night after cocaine was found in his possession at the Lucy Knowles Road residence where he lives, Detective Marc Bowering said Monday. Robert Hunter Jr., 48, of Farmington was arrested on a Class A charge of trafficking in a schedule W drug-cocaine, he said. Police executed a […]
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Florida sheriff: Disgruntled ex-worker killed 5, then himself in Orlando
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A disgruntled former employee opened fire Monday inside a Florida awning manufacturer, killing five workers before killing himself, authorities said. Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings described the shooter as a 45-year-old man who had been fired in April and had been previously accused of assaulting a co-worker. The attacker was not […]
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Police search for speeding biker
AUBURN — Police on Friday were searching for a local man said to have crossed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bridge at 120 mph on his motorcycle. At about 9:30 p.m., police in Lewiston alerted their counterparts in Auburn that the biker had sped into their city. Around the same time, a car was reported to have […]
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Double overdose: Police investigate, friends mourn
AUBURN — Bonnie Waisanen on Friday didn’t know if she should be angry or sad. It turns out she was a little of both. Waisanen was in her first-floor apartment at 108 Mill St. on Thursday night when she learned that her friends in the apartment above had fallen unconscious. She rushed upstairs and tried […]
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Police investigate gunplay in Lewiston
Lewiston police officers detain two men on Horton Street in Lewiston Friday afternoon after reports of them threatening people with a gun. LEWISTON – Police with weapons drawn on Friday detained two men on Horton Street after a reported confrontation in the street. Early reports were that one group had pointed guns at another at […]
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State appeals dismissal of welfare fraud charges against Lewiston man
AUBURN — Prosecutors are appealing to the state’s highest court a trial court order dismissing more than a dozen welfare fraud charges against a Lewiston man. Assistant Attorneys General Darcy Mitchell and Greg Bernstein filed notice Wednesday in Androscoggin County Superior Court that they intend to take their case to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court in […]
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Double overdose investigated in Auburn
AUBURN — Police were at a Mill Street apartment house early Thursday night after a pair of people were found unresponsive on the second floor. The situation was being investigated as a possible double overdose. One neighbor said one of the victims was face down on the floor when the situation was discovered at about […]