SABATTUS — Police are searching for a Green Street man accused of assaulting a child last week before fleeing into the woods to evade capture. Arrest warrants have been issued for 43-year-old Urban Blaisdell in connection with the May 23 incident. Blaisdell is wanted on charges of domestic assault, endangering the welfare of a child, […]
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Wilton man arrested after Farmington crash
FARMINGTON — A Wilton man is accused of driving under the influence Wednesday night after his vehicle crossed over into the opposite lane on Town Farm Road and collided with a Poland Spring tanker-truck. Benjamin Reeves, 32, was driving south on the road towards Strong. He failed to keep in the proper lane and struck […]
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Auburn man gets four years for beating and stabbing fiancee
AUBURN — A local man was sentenced Wednesday to four years behind bars for “a brutal and unprovoked attack” on his then-fiancee, but not before the judge invoked the words of their 5-year-old son who was at home the day his father beat and stabbed his mother. “He saw the knife and red stuff,” Androscoggin […]
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Lewiston man pleads guilty to Rainbow Federal Credit Union robbery
A Lewiston man pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court to robbing a Lewiston credit union earlier this year. According to a news release from acting U.S. Attorney Richard W. Murphy, Brent Roaix, 33, of 76 Elm St., Lewiston, pleaded guilty to robbing a federally-insured credit union Jan. 25. Court records show that Roaix gave a […]
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Minot man with knives subdued with duct tape
CANAAN — A 26-year-old Minot man accused of running amok with knives and causing an estimated $3,000 damage at a campground in Somerset County was duct taped by campers while they waited for police, officials said. Police arrested Brandon York on three counts of criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon and charges of assault and […]
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Portland police search for suspect after late night shooting
PORTLAND (AP) — Maine police are searching for a suspect on the run after a late-night shooting left a man with life-threatening injuries. Portland police say the shooting happened late Tuesday evening. WCSH-TV reports the victim was in surgery in the early hours of Wednesday morning and is considered to be in critical condition. Police […]
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Judge denies change of venue for attempted murder trial
Jonathan Order appeared in the Androscoggin Superior Court in Auburn on Tuesday morning for a hearing on suppression of evidence and a motion of change the location of his attempted murder trial. AUBURN — The trial of Jonathan Order, who was charged with aggravated attempted murder after allegedly stabbing a Lewiston police officer last year, […]
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Jay man pleads not guilty in road-rage case
FARMINGTON — A Jay man Tuesday denied pointing a loaded handgun at a vehicle with children in it while traveling from Jay to Farmington in Dec. 10, 2016. Jacob Couture, 27, pleaded not guilty in Franklin County Superior Court to a felony charge of terrorizing with a dangerous weapon and misdemeanor charges of threatening display […]
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Ayla Reynolds, missing since 2011, declared dead
PORTLAND (AP) — A Maine girl who has been missing for more than five years has been declared dead by a judge. WABI-TV reports a Cumberland County probate judge declared Ayla Reynolds dead May 17 and appointed her mother, Portland resident Trista Reynolds, as the representative of her estate. Ayla was 20 months old when she […]
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Bethel bank robbed
BETHEL — An undisclosed amount of cash was stolen from Northeast Bank at 11 Main St. in Bethel on Saturday morning. Oxford County Sheriff’s Office officials said the suspect entered the bank around 11 a.m. and presented a note to the teller on duty, demanding cash. The suspect was given an undisclosed amount of money […]