A suspected road rage incident Friday on the Maine Turnpike in South Portland escalated after one person brandished a firearm, police say. Lt. Erik Baker of the Maine State Police said two adults and two juveniles were detained but no one had been charged. “It’s going to take some time to sort out, especially because […]
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Albion man arrested on arson, explosives charges
An Albion man is facing an arson charge related to a flash fire at his home last January that occurred when he reportedly was mixing rocket fuel. Joseph Forest Tilly, 36, was arrested Wednesday and taken to the Kennebec County jail on charges with arson and criminal use of explosives. At Tilly’s initial court appearance […]
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State police arrest 10 people after finding 33 1-pot meth labs
Police responding to a reported drug overdose at a house in Hollis on Thursday wound up arresting 10 people for their connection to a methamphetamine operation. Maine State Police entered a house on Killick Pond Road and found what they described as “several active one-pot style methamphetamine labs.” Officers secured the scene to get a […]
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DA candidate Seth Carey faces disbarment hearing
AUBURN — Seth Carey, the Republican nominee for district attorney in Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford counties, faces disbarment next week, stemming in part from allegations he sexually abused a woman and then proposed paying her to drop her complaint. The woman making the allegations against Carey is a former client who had been living with him […]
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Body found in trunk of car of man who shot and killed himself in Gardiner
GARDINER — A man driving a car shot and killed himself shortly after being pulled over during a traffic stop Thursday evening, leading to the discovery of another person’s body in the trunk of the car, police said. Maine Public Safety spokesman Steve McCausland said in a news release Thursday night that the car was […]
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Former Winthrop man sentenced on cocaine charges
AUGUSTA — A former Winthrop man was sentenced Wednesday to four years in prison for aggravated trafficking in both powdered cocaine and cocaine base this spring in Augusta. Shaun C. Campbell, 36, who was known as Shaun Johnson, Kenneth Dixon and Sha, was arrested April 18 during a traffic stop on State Street in Augusta. Campbell was arrested […]
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Salem man charged with criminal speed, driving to endanger
SALEM TOWNSHIP — Dakota Descheneaux, 24, of Salem was arrested Wednesday and charged with speeding 30-plus miles over the limit and driving to endanger. While on a routine patrol at 7:34 p.m. Wednesday in Salem Township, Sgt. Nathan Bean of the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office clocked Descheneaux driving 98 mph in a 50 mph zone. […]
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Deputy goes undercover as panhandler to nab distracted drivers
TOPSHAM (AP) — A Maine police officer says he dressed as a panhandler to try and catch distracted drivers. Deputy Zach Kinderlan with the Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Department says he wore street clothes and held a cardboard sign while standing in a median in Topsham on Tuesday. Instead of asking for money, his sign read “I’m […]
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OOB man’s request for less prison time for grandmother’s murder denied
ALFRED — An Old Orchard Beach man serving a life sentence for murdering his grandmother in 2012 was denied his request for a reduced sentence. Derek Poulin, 29, appeared in York County Superior Court last month to ask Justice John O’Neil to reconsider the sentence handed down in 2015. Poulin’s attorney, Chris Nielsen, argued that […]
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Wilton woman arrested on suspicion of theft from Renys
FARMINGTON — Corrine Spencer, 42, of Wilton was arrested Tuesday afternoon on suspicion of theft. Spencer was accused of taking items worth $95 from Renys department store. Corrine Spencer (Franklin County Detention Center)