LEWISTON — A local man robbed a store with a knife on Sabattus Street early Tuesday morning, police said. Jonathan Norman Thibodeau, 34, was arrested Wednesday and charged with robbery, punishable by up to 30 years in prison. Police said in a news release issued Wednesday that a clerk at the Sabattus Street General Store […]
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Police waiting for toxicology results in death of woman found floating in Auburn
AUBURN — The death of a New Gloucester woman whose body was found last month in The Basin of Lake Auburn remains under investigation, police said. The unclothed body of Jessica Gallant, 34, was found floating about 20 feet offshore on the morning of July 29 by two fishermen who called 911. The Office of […]
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Auburn police setting up OUI checkpoint within city
AUBURN – The Auburn Police Department will be conducting an OUI checkpoint during the week of Aug. 22. Auburn police are funding the stops with a 2018 Impaired Driving High Visibility Enforcement Grant From The Maine Bureau of Highway Safety. (AP file photo)
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Police catch Mexico burglary suspect
Heith Bernard (Submitted photo) BETHEL — A West Paris man suspected in 10 burglaries over 18 days since late July was located and arrested on warrants Tuesday afternoon in Bethel, according to Chief Roy Hodsdon of the Mexico Police Department. Hodsdon said an arrest warrant had been issued Friday for Heith Bernard, 41, who was wanted […]
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Ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen pleads guilty in hush-money scheme
President Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen pleaded guilty Tuesday in a Manhattan courthouse to eight violations of banking, tax and campaign finance laws in a federal investigation that scrutinized his business dealings and efforts to silence women with negative stories about Trump. Cohen pleaded to five counts of tax evasion, one count of making […]
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Ex-Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort found guilty of tax and bank fraud
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A jury has found former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort guilty after a three-week trial on tax and bank fraud charges – a major if not complete victory for SpecialCounsel Robert Mueller as he continues to investigate the president’s associates. The jury convicted Manafort on eight of the 18 counts against him. […]
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Chinese food mugger sent to prison
LEWISTON — A local man whose mugging of a Chinese food delivery man in April was traced by police to rice in the tread of his sneakers was sentenced Tuesday to spend more than nine months in prison. Melvin Blake, 23, pleaded guilty to robbery, a felony punishable by up to 30 years in prison. […]
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Carthage man accused of terrorizing people with gun in Wilton
FARMINGTON — A convicted felon from Carthage is accused of terrorizing people with a handgun after an argument at a social gathering Friday afternoon in Wilton. Wilton police arrested Michael C. Ringer, 49, on Saturday morning at his residence on Coyote Lane. He was charged with possession of a firearm by a prohibited person and […]
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Mexico burglary suspect still at large
Heith Bernard (Submitted photo) MEXICO — A West Paris man suspected in 10 burglaries over 18 days was still at large Monday afternoon, according to Police Chief Roy Hodsdon. Hodsdon said an arrest warrant was issued Friday for Heith Bernard, 41, of West Paris on charges of burglary, theft and violation of conditions of release. “He’s […]
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Wilton woman told state investigator she started fire at Farmington house
FARMINGTON — A Wilton woman told a state fire investigator that she set trash on fire on a bed at her boyfriend’s house at 732 Industry Road on Aug. 6, according to an affidavit filed with a court. Angie E. Clark, 38, and her boyfriend, Robert Nadeau, 47, of Farmington had an argument before he left […]