NORWAY — A Waterford man who led police on a chase and crashed his car at the intersection of Richardson Hollow and Greenwood roads was arrested Monday, police said. Andrew Emerson, 20, was charged with failure to stop for a law enforcement officer, unlawful possession of scheduled drugs and violation of bail conditions, according to […]
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Son gets 7 years for Auburn robbery of woman who was tied up at gunpoint
AUBURN — A 20-year-old local man who, with his father, tied up a Park Avenue homeowner at gunpoint and stole her SUV and motorcycle a year ago, was sentenced Tuesday to serve seven years in prison. John Michaud II was sentenced to 15 years in prison with eight years suspended, plus four years of probation […]
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Winthrop woman who killed parents gets 40-year sentence
AUGUSTA — Andrew T. Balcer was sentenced Tuesday to serve 40 years in prison for murdering both parents in the family’s Winthrop home during the early-morning hours of Halloween 2016. The hearing, before Justice Daniel Billings, took place in front of about 75 people, including the victims’ relatives and friends and a bevy of news […]
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Leeds man charged with theft and OUI after police chase on turnpike
A Leeds man was arrested Monday evening after a theft was reported in Leeds and a police chase on the Maine Turnpike. Alfred Bellanceau was charged with operating under the influence, two counts of operating after licensed revoked, theft by unauthorized taking, driving to endanger, leaving the scene of an accident and refusing to sign a criminal […]
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FBI investigates hack of National Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Republican Congressional Campaign Committee says it was hit with a “cyber intrusion” during the 2018 midterm campaign and the breach has been reported to the FBI. Committee spokesman Ian Prior says Tuesday that the intrusion was by an “unknown entity,” but an internal investigation also has been launched. The statement […]
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Health care fraud trial to start next month
PORTLAND — Two Twin Cities men and a Winthrop woman accused in federal court of health care welfare fraud are scheduled for a January trial. A federal grand jury last month handed up a 27-count indictment charging Garat Osman, 32, and Abdirashid Ahmed, 38, both of Lewiston, and Nancy Ludwig, 65, of Winthrop with felonies […]
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Brunswick graduate arrested after racist graffiti found at Maryland college
A Brunswick High School graduate was arrested Thursday and charged in connection with racist graffiti that was found at his Maryland college, police said. The Baltimore County Police Department said Fynn Ajani Arthur, 21, has been charged with two counts of malicious destruction of property. He was released Friday on personal recognizance, police said, and […]
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Paris man charged with attempting to deal heroin
PARIS — A man convicted of possessing heroin in 2010 was arrested Friday morning at his Oxford Street home where at least four people have overdosed on drugs in the past 18 months, according to state police. Josiah Heath, 40, of 307 Oxford St. was charged with attempted aggravated trafficking in heroin and illegal possession […]
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Twin Cities men and Winthrop woman deny federal health care fraud charges
PORTLAND — Two Twin Cities men and a Winthrop woman accused in federal court of health care welfare fraud denied related charges this week. At hearings Wednesday and Thursday in U.S. District Court, Garat Osman, 32, and Abdirashid Ahmed, 38, of Lewiston entered not guilty pleas to felony charges, including conspiracy to commit health care […]
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Police investigate officer-involved shooting in Old Town
The Attorney General’s Office is investigating an officer-involved shooting in Old Town on Thursday morning. Old Town police told Newscenter Maine (WCSH Channel 6) that no officers were injured in the shooting, but not other details have been released. Stillwater Avenue is closed because of the investigation. The Attorney General’s Office confirmed that it has […]