LEWISTON — If being stalked, one should report it to the police and keep details of how, when and where the stalking has occurred, police said. Kimberly Dobbie did not tell police she was being stalked by Albert Flick, according to Lt. David St. Pierre of the Lewiston Police Department. St. Pierre said Tuesday he had “double […]
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Street Talk: Crunching Lewiston’s crime stats
It was, some thought, the darkest time in Lewiston’s history. The craziness went on all year and was the kind of craziness that made national headlines. A group of teenagers slashed the throat of a cab driver and then left him for dead in a parking lot. A giant, corn-fed farmhand named Lloyd Frank Millett […]
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Judge believed Lewiston murder suspect with history of attacks was too old to pose a threat
UPDATE: Auburn man held without bail in fatal stabbing of Lewiston woman The 76-year-old man charged with stabbing a woman to death Sunday morning in Lewiston had a nearly 40-year pattern of killing or attacking women, but eight years ago a judge in Portland said Albert Flick would soon be too old to pose a threat to society. […]
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Police arrest 2 after ‘dine and dash’ attempt involving hatchet, box cutter
South Portland police arrested a man and a woman following an attempted “dine and dash” at Imperial China over the weekend, saying the man used a hatchet and the woman a box cutter to threaten restaurant staff after trying to walk out on a $40 tab. A third member of the group was issued a […]
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‘Her smile will be eternal:’ Candlelight vigil honors Lewiston stabbing victim
LEWISTON — Friends of Kimberly Dobbie gathered Monday night on the sidewalk where she was killed the day before to share stories of the mother whose “smile is eternal.” Dobbie’s friends Laura Kirkland and Kathy Cormier organized the candlelight vigil to honor and remember her. Other friends brought signs saying she was loved and missed, […]
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Friends: Suspect stalked Kim Dobbie ‘from morning til night’
LEWISTON — Before she was stabbed to death Sunday, Kimberly Dobbie was days away from moving out of a shelter and into an apartment in Jay, according to her friends. She was upset because Albert Flick, the man now charged with her murder, would not leave her alone. In a bedroom of the Hope Haven […]
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Lewiston police say they are stepping up enforcement in wake of violence
LEWISTON — The city’s police chief announced Monday that overtime shifts and coordinated patrols with state police are being added to combat a recent spike in violent crime in the city’s downtown area. Chief Brian O’Malley said a staff shortage prompted him to add overtime shifts to patrols in areas that have seen increases in […]
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Police say trio tried to ‘dine and dash’ with a knife and a hatchet
Three individuals attempted a dine and dash at Imperial China on Saturday, using a razor knife and a hatchet to threaten restaurant staff after trying to walk out without paying for a meal, the South Portland Police Department said Monday. Officers responded to reports of customers fighting with the staff around 5 p.m. that evening. […]
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Auburn man who murdered wife in 1979 charged with fatal Lewiston stabbing
LEWISTON — Police have charged 76-year-old Albert Flick with murder in connection with the stabbing death of Kimberly Dobbie on Sunday morning in Lewiston. Flick was convicted of killing his wife in 1979, also by stabbing. He was sentenced to serve 30 years in prison and was released Oct. 6, 2000. According to the Department […]
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New Hampshire man arrested on drug charges in Wilton
WILTON — A New Hampshire man is accused of selling crack cocaine and heroin, Police Chief Heidi Wilcox said. Davian Torres Rodriguez, 27, was arrested Saturday at a home on Masterman Avenue on charges of aggravated trafficking in scheduled drugs and unlawful possession of a scheduled drug, Wilcox said. Police found multiple packages of […]