More details are released on the hours-long standoff Tuesday in Auburn that ended with Steven Case, 29, being killed by a member of the Maine State Police Tactical Team.
crime
Lewiston man pleads not guilty in Giusti death
LEWISTON — The oldest of a trio of males charged last month in the June 12, 2018, death of Donald Giusti pleaded not guilty in court Wednesday. Pierre Musafiri, 23, was charged with misdemeanor assault for allegedly kicking Giusti while he lay badly injured in Knox Street after a confrontation between two groups near Kennedy […]
Livermore Falls man arrested for alleged child sex assault in Mount Vernon
The incident allegedly took place in 2017 or 2018 and involved a girl younger than age of 12.
Lewiston man gets new trial because jurors didn’t see cellphone video
PORTLAND — Maine’s highest court has ordered a new trial for a man who allegedly resisted arrest, because jurors weren’t allowed to see cellphone video taken by the man’s sister. A police officer arrested Abdiaziz Hussein of Lewiston in November 2017 because he allegedly refused to sign a criminal summons, tried to run and punched […]
May 2019: Man, 23, arrested in connection with Woodstock fatal hit-and-run
PARIS — A 23-year-old man was arrested Tuesday in connection with a fatal hit-and-run accident Monday in Woodstock and charged with manslaughter and leaving the scene of a crash that resulted in death. Sheriff’s deputies and Maine State Police took Ethan Rioux-Poulios into custody on Jackson Crossing Road in West Paris, shortly after 10 a.m., […]
Police fatally shoot Auburn man to end standoff
Police said the man was shot and killed by a member of the Maine State Police tactical team after an hourslong standoff in Auburn.
Lewiston bank robber who used a bike for his getaway sentenced to 70 months
Keith Phillips robbed Androscoggin Bank in Lewiston of $2,000 in June 2018.
Kennebec County DA admonished for meeting with judge
Maeghan Maloney, district attorney for Kennebec and Somerset counties, was accused of misconduct for a 2014 meeting with a judge, at his request, which resulted in a conviction being overturned.
Police log
Androscoggin County •Terry Verrill, 25, of Turner, on a charge of operating under the influence of intoxication, 11:31 p.m. Saturday, on Empire Road in Poland. Lewiston •Tesha Cooper, 23, of Lewiston, on a charge of operating under the influence of intoxication, 2:37 a.m. Sunday, on Sabattus Street. •Zachary Pryor, 36, of Lewiston, on a charge […]
What happened to Angel?
Angel Torres was 21 years old when he was last seen in Biddeford. His parents and police believe he was likely murdered but they don’t know why, and they don’t have a body that might yield clues.