The state’s 2010 analysis of annual Uniform Crime Reporting statistics shows 52.2 percent of the 740 crimes committed in Washington County were resolved in 2010. That compares with 24.2 percent of 4,797 crimes in Penobscot County, 25.3 percent of 8,054 crimes in Cumberland County, 26.6 percent of 897 crimes in Knox County and 26.9 percent of 5,030 crimes […]
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Windham man sentenced to 32 years in prison for sex assault on 4-year-old
PORTLAND, Maine — A Windham man convicted last month in Cumberland County Superior Court of photographing his sexual abuse of a 4-year-old girl he was babysitting and possession of child pornography was sentenced Friday to 32 years in prison. A jury convicted Nicholas Gladu, 28, on 68 counts — one count each of unlawful sexual contact, […]
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Convicted felon held after botched burglary
FARMINGTON — A Brunswick man appeared in court Wednesday, a day after a state police trooper said he caught him taking jewelry from a home on Mile Hill Road in New Sharon, officials said. Maine State Police Trooper Randall Keaten arrested William H. Poore, 38, also known as William Tozier, on Tuesday on charges of […]
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Grand jury indicts man for attempted murder in Brunswick
PORTLAND — A Bath man has been indicted by a Cumberland County grand jury for attempted murder in connection with the alleged stabbing of a 26-year-old Brunswick man. Manessah Massaline, 40, of 22 Adams Court in Bath, was also indicted on charges of elevated aggravated assault, criminal threatening with a weapon and criminal trespass. Massaline […]
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3-week adventure comes to an end for Kaden the cat
CUMBERLAND, Maine (AP) — A cat from Maine that strayed seven miles from home during a three-week adventure is back with its owners in Cumberland. Owners of Kaden the cat took out a full-page advertisement in the Portland Press Herald for three days and offered a $500 reward for the cat’s return. The newspaper said […]
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Two killed in Casco crash trying to evade police
CASCO — Authorities in Cumberland County continued their investigation Sunday into an early morning crash that killed a man and boy after the driver of the vehicle they were riding in tried to evade police. Thomas St. Saviour, 29, of Hiram and a 14-year-old boy from Baldwin were both killed in the 1:14 a.m. accident […]