JAY — Police are following a lead on a potential suspect who attempted to break into a residence on East Dixfield Road, also known as Route 17, on Tuesday night while a resident was home. The resident called 911 at 8:16 p.m. while the suspect was trying to get in, Detective Michael Mejia said Wednesday. […]
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Massachusetts police charge Bucksport man with 7th OUI offense
GLOUCESTER, Mass. — The Gloucester Police Department says officers charged a Maine man with his seventh drunk driving offense after hitting a pedestrian in a crosswalk Monday. Police and Fire responded to the area outside 4 Raymond St. about 6:30 p.m. for a report of a motor vehicle crash with a pedestrian struck. When rescuers […]
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Condom-clogged pipe leads police to Austin prostitution ring
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Police say they cracked an Austin prostitution ring they were led to by a drainage pipe clogged with condoms. A police affidavit filed Tuesday said investigators learned that a massage parlor was operating in a shopping strip in northwestern Austin after the realty company that had just taken control of the […]
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Mexico woman charged with drug possession, eluding officers
RUMFORD — A Mexico woman charged last month with trafficking in heroin has been charged with unlawful possession of a prescription drug and four other offenses, according to court records. Jessica Pare, 39, was arraigned Friday in 11th District Court in Rumford, where bail was set at $1,000. She was charged April 6 with unlawful […]
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Live video: 2 adults killed, 2 students shot at San Bernardino elementary school
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — Four people were shot Monday in an apparent murder-suicide inside an elementary school classroom in San Bernardino, including a teacher and two students, police and school officials said. Two students were airlifted to a hospital after what’s believed to be a domestic dispute, San Bernardino City Unified School District spokeswoman Maria Garcia […]
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Woman accused of leaving 5 kids in car while she got her hair done
Melissa Bagley WATERVILLE (WGME) — Police say a woman left five children in a running car for more than an hour while she got her hair done at a salon in Waterville. Police say 32-year-old Melissa Bagley, of Unity, is facing child endangerment charges. Officers say she left the children, ages 11 weeks to three […]
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Man wearing ‘Drunk Lives Matter’ shirt charged with drunken driving
NEWVILLE, Pa. — Police in Pennsylvania say they arrested a man wearing a Drunk Lives Matter shirt for drunken driving. Police say 44-year-old Elwood Gutshall III’s blood-alcohol content was about two and a half times the state’s legal limit for drivers when he was pulled over early March 19 in Newville. He was wearing a green St. […]
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Woman, boyfriend charged in child abuse case
A Lewiston woman was indicted Tuesday on charges of failing to intervene in the abuse of her three children that left the toddlers with broken bones, fractures and other wounds. Raven Sullivan, 21, of 50 Fairmount St., was charged by an Androscoggin County grand jury with three counts of endangering the welfare of a child. […]
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Augusta man loses another appeal in vicious machete attack
PORTLAND (AP) — The Maine supreme court has turned back another appeal by an Augusta man convicted of a brutal machete attack on a father and his 10-year-old daughter in Pittston. Daniel Fortune attacked William Guerrette Jr. and his daughter, Nicole, during a late-night home invasion in May 2008 that left both near death and […]
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Lewiston woman goes to court Tuesday to get seized animals back
LEWISTON — A woman is trying to get back 64 animals seized from her apartment in Lewiston. Officials say one pet was dead and others needed medical attention when they arrived a month ago. The animals included cats, dogs, chinchillas, snakes, gerbils, hamsters and lizards. On Tuesday, Samantha Bell is due in Lewiston District Court […]