TOPSHAM — Police arrested a Bowdoinham man accused of threatening to “shoot up” Central Maine Community College for violating the conditions of his bail, according to Two Bridges Regional Jail staff. Darren Lilly, 23, was arrested Aug. 13 after police said people who knew Lilly said he had threatened to “shoot up” the school. Police […]
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4 dead, including suspect, after Maryland Rite Aid warehouse shooting
ABDERDEEN, Md. (AP) — An employee at a Rite Aid warehouse opened fire at work Thursday, killing three people before taking her own life, authorities said. Several other people were wounded. The suspect was a 26-year-old temporary employee at the Rite Aid distribution center in northeastern Maryland, Harford County Sheriff Jeffrey Gahler told a news […]
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Former SAD 15 bus driver charged with assaulting autistic student
A former bus driver for Maine School Administrative District 15 is charged with misdemeanor assault for allegedly hitting an autistic student. Raymond Files, 58, is no longer an employee of the district, Superintendent Craig King said. He declined to comment further on the allegations. SAD 15 includes Gray and New Gloucester. A witness reported to […]
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Video: Teacher accused of putting girl in game machine to steal prizes
SALEM, N.H. (AP) — A Massachusetts teacher has been charged with putting his toddler into a game machine at a New Hampshire shopping mall and using her to steal prizes. Police in Salem say 34-year-old Anthony Helinski, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, turned himself in Wednesday, five days after witnesses at the Mall at Rockingham Park recorded […]
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Lewiston police continue crackdown on prostitution; seven arrested
LEWISTON — Police on Wednesday charged seven more people in what investigators say is a crackdown on human and sex trafficking. Police said they arrested seven people on charges of engaging in prostitution as a result of ongoing investigations. In contrast to similar arrests made in recent weeks, police on Wednesday did not release the […]
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Former Edward Little teacher denies charges of driving without a license
LEWISTON — A former Edward Little High School teacher Wednesday denied two charges of driving after his license was revoked. Andrew Cessario, 26, of Limerick pleaded not guilty in 8th District Court to two felony charges of operating after revocation. Each charge is punishable by up to five years in prison. Cessario is a former […]
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Former Bethel Police lieutenant found guilty of gross sexual assault
PARIS — An Oxford County Superior Court jury found a former Bethel police lieutenant guilty Tuesday of felony gross sexual assault against a woman in Bethel in 2017. Shayne White, 51, of Poland faces up to 30 years in prison for the Class A crime. A sentencing date has not been set. Jurors reached the verdict […]
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Winthrop teen pleads guilty to murdering parents
AUGUSTA — In front of a courtroom packed with news media, Andrew Balcer, 19, pleaded guilty Wednesday to murdering his parents on Halloween morning 2016. A month shy of turning 18, Balcer called police that day, saying Antonio and Alice Balcer were beyond help. Balcer confessed to detectives several times as well, but pleaded not […]
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Athens man charged with OUI 10 hours after being charged in another accident
KINGFIELD — After three run-ins with police in 10 hours, an Athens man was being held at the Franklin County Detention Center on Wednesday on charges of drunken driving, criminal mischief and failure to report an accident. The series of events involving Anthony Cobb, 33, began shortly after 4 p.m. Tuesday when Franklin County Deputy Brian […]
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Greene man found not guilty of sex abuse
AUBURN — An Androscoggin County Superior Court jury acquitted a Greene man of 15 counts of sexual abuse Tuesday, apparently believing the testimony of the 46-year-old Roger Hamel Jr. over the statements of a 9-year-old girl. It took the panel of seven men and five women less than two hours to return not guilty verdicts […]