KENNEBUNK — Cable television network TLC, home to shows such as “Here Comes Honey Boo Boo” and “Strange Sex,” will air an hourlong documentary next Tuesday about the Kennebunk prostitution case that became a media sensation in the fall of 2012. In that case, police say Zumba instructor Alexis Wright used her Kennebunk fitness studio […]
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Cumberland County inmate charged with punching guard
PORTLAND (AP) — An inmate at the Cumberland County Jail is facing an assault charge for allegedly punching a guard in the mouth during a brawl at the facility last month. Jail officials said the May 29 brawl in a medium-security housing unit started as a dispute between two inmates over magazines. The fight was […]
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Officials investigate brawl at Cumberland County Jail
PORTLAND (AP) — Cumberland County Jail officials are investigating a jailhouse fight that escalated into a brawl and ended with a corrections officer requiring stitches after being punched in the mouth. Authorities say a fight broke out last Thursday morning between two inmates over magazines in a medium-security housing unit. When officers arrived, they found […]
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Cumberland County jail inmate escapes briefly
PORTLAND (AP) — An inmate serving out the final days of his sentence at the Cumberland County pre-release center has been charged with escape. Authorities say 35-year-old Jamie Allen Irish, whose last known address is New Gloucester, reported to a work site in Freeport on Wednesday. After Irish completed work, a co-worker dropped him off […]
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Man accused of impersonating Cumberland County deputy
AUGUSTA (AP) — Real police have caught up with a man they say impersonated a Cumberland County sheriff’s deputy in order to extort money from a resident of a Windham home. Police say 26-year-old Steven Shaw was arrested over the weekend on several warrants while hiding in the attic of an Augusta home. He was […]
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Police check possible threat against schools in York, Cumberland counties
PORTLAND — Police are investigating a rumor spread on Facebook that someone intends to do harm in high schools in Cumberland and York counties on Dec. 21, a school official announced Wednesday. Portland Public Schools Superintendent Emmanuel Caulk released a statement to the media after a meeting was held involving high school principals, school district […]
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Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office reveals Social Security numbers of 180 arrestees
PORTLAND — The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office exposed the Social Security numbers of approximately 180 people when it began using a new computer program to distribute arrest lists to the public and media outlets Tuesday. The new software was programmed to automatically send electronic copies of the department’s recent arrests to area media outlets and […]
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Single-family home sales rise in Maine
SOUTH PORTLAND — Home sales in Maine have risen by 26 percent from a year ago, while prices have increased by about 2 percent. The Maine Association of Realtors said Thursday that real estate agents sold 1,247 single-family homes in Maine last month, up from 985 in June 2011. The median price was $175,500. For […]
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Portland summer meals program hopes to attract more kids
Three days later, Adams’ department would open three of the four locations it runs in between school semesters as part of a long-running, USDA-sponsored program to combat hunger. The school’s food services operation joined the program three years ago, in part because Adams felt that its massive kitchen was under-utilized during the summer. But among […]
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Hazmat teams called to chemical spill in Scarborough
SCARBOROUGH — Three people were taken to the hospital with injuries following a chemical spill Sunday afternoon that brought hazmat crews from throughout Cumberland County to a company in Scarborough. WGME Channel 13 news reported Sunday evening that the three people were taken to the hospital after coming into contact with a chemical used at […]