SKOWHEGAN (AP) — Police are investigating the theft of about $1,000 in prescription medications from a Skowhegan homeless shelter. Police Chief Ted Blais said the theft from a locked cabinet at the Trinity Men’s Shelter was reported last weekend. Blais told the Morning Sentinel (http://bit.ly/1oGLf0Z ) that men staying at the shelter are not allowed […]
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Heroin overdose investigation continues in Lewiston
LEWISTON — For police, questions remained a day after four people suffered heroin overdoses in the downtown. All four victims survived, but on Thursday, police and drug officials were working to pin down what caused them to fall ill. Lewiston police Lt. Michael McGonagle said investigators were trying to locate the source of the drugs. […]
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Maine AG attributes 176 deaths to drugs in 2013
AUGUSTA — Drugs killed 176 people in Maine in 2013, marking just the third time in the past 15 years the death toll has topped 170. According to figures released by the Maine Attorney General’s office on Monday, there were 13 more drug-induced deaths in Maine last year than in 2012. Of the 176 deaths, […]
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Sabattus man’s bail lowered in drug trafficking case
LEWISTON — Bail for a Sabattus man found with more than 300 illegal prescription pills at his home was lowered Monday from $100,000 to $30,000 cash. Reece Johnson, 24, appeared in 8th District Court in handcuffs after spending the weekend at Androscoggin County Jail. Johnson was arrested Friday after Maine Drug Enforcement Agents searched his […]
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Car crash leads to meth charges for Danforth man
BANGOR — A car crash on Interstate 95 has led to the arrest of a Danforth man on in methamphetamine trafficking charges. State police investigating the single car crash near the Penobscot-Aroostook County line near Sherman on Tuesday night called the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency to the scene after discovering the driver was in possession […]
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Sanford, Maine men arrested for trafficking in heroin, crack cocaine
SANFORD — Two Sanford men have been arrested for distributing heroin and crack cocaine throughout Maine’s York County. Police announced Monday that 32-year-old Tommy Lord and 47-year-old Todd Blanchette were charged with aggravated trafficking in drugs. The two men are being held at York County Jail on $50,000 bail each and are scheduled to appear […]
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Maine police share latest ways young people hide their drug use from parents
OLD TOWN — Items with secret compartments that look like everyday products — a stack of poker chips, a lint brush, a highlighter — are what some youth are using to hide their drugs, a team of law enforcement told parents recently at a drug education forum. “These are the things that parents miss,” Deputy […]
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Augusta woman gets 9 months for selling cocaine
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — An Augusta woman has received a nine-month jail sentence for trafficking cocaine. Justice Donald Marden sentenced Carol Jean Gordon on Tuesday to three years in jail with all but nine months suspended. She was also sentenced to two years’ probation and ordered to pay $800 in fines. The 43-year-old pleaded guilty […]
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Woman charged with heroin possession outside Oxford Casino
OXFORD — A Farmingdale woman was arrested early Wednesday morning after police found heroin in her purse while she was parked outside the Oxford Casino. Danielle M. Fredette, 28, was charged with a felony count of unlawful possession of scheduled drugs, Class C, in South Paris District Court on Wednesday afternoon. According to an Oxford County […]
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Sheriff: Drug bust one of the largest in Franklin County
FARMINGTON — The arrest of an Avon man Friday night and the confiscation of illegal drugs and $144,008 in cash was one of the largest drug busts in Franklin County, Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. said Tuesday. Stacks of money, a variety of guns, bags of marijuana and bottles of pills, including oxycodone and hydrocodone, were […]