AUBURN — A self-described “gang-banger” who told police he shot at a motorist from a rival gang who “disrespected” him denied related charges, including attempted murder, on Wednesday. Jauston Sanders, 24, of 195 Lincoln St., Lewiston, pleaded not guilty to three related felonies at his arraignment in Androscoggin County Superior Court. In addition to attempted […]
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Two Brunswick area men arrested in drug bust
BRUNSWICK — Drug agents say the men were getting the pills by mail and then selling them. Agents arrested 45-year-old Benjamin Steers, of Topsham, and 35-year-old Scott Crone, of Freeport. Steers was charged with trafficking in schedule W drugs (Oxycodone) and Crone was charged with the illegal importation of schedule Z drugs (Valium) and violation […]
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Gov. Paul LePage drops drug testing for welfare recipients
AUGUSTA — Maine’s tough-on-welfare governor wants to end the department’s current drug-testing policy in favor of something even harsher: banning food stamps and cash assistance for anyone convicted of a drug felony in the past two decades. Republican Gov. Paul LePage’s office says he wants to bag the department’s current drug-testing policy for those convicted of […]
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N.H. man accused of importing psychedelic mushrooms
NEW SHARON — A New Hampshire man is accused of importing illegal mushrooms, after police found some in a bag hidden in the trunk of his car. Scott Croteau, 28, of Milan was stopped Friday on Route 134 by Maine State Police Trooper Randy Hall for a minor traffic infraction. Hall said he smelled green […]
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Jay couple arrested on heroin, other drug charges
JAY — A Jewell Street couple are accused of selling and distributing heroin and possessing other drugs, including opiate prescription drugs, Police Detective Michael Mejia said Tuesday. Police arrested Shane Dineen, 29, and his wife, Danielle Dineen, 29, at their residence Monday night on warrants charging them each with a felony count of aggravated trafficking […]
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New Sharon woman faces drug charges
JAY — Police said a New Sharon woman faces drug charges after a Franklin County deputy pulled her vehicle over for a loud exhaust system on Macomber Hill Road. Deputy Derick Doucette arrested Jessica Power, 33, of New Sharon on Thursday on three misdemeanor counts of unlawful possession of scheduled drugs. While she was at […]
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‘A ruined life’: A mother’s view of daughter’s heroin addiction
LEWISTON — There was a time when it looked like Michelle Olds might at last kick her addiction. There were rehabs and detoxes and long stretches in jail. Each break offered hope. Sometimes Shelly, as everyone called her, would put her head down and try to do it at home — the safe and quiet […]
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Gov. Paul LePage wants to suspend drug dealers’ driver’s licenses
Gov. Paul LePage has introduced a bill that would suspend the driver’s license of convicted drug dealers. LD 1647 would require a six-month suspension of the driver’s license of anyone who is convicted of violating the federal Controlled Substances Act. If a person convicted of trafficking or furnishing illegal drugs does not have a driver’s […]
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Maine set record for overdose deaths in 2015
AUGUSTA — Maine has set another grim record for drug overdose deaths, Attorney General Janet Mills said Monday in a news release. In 2015, 272 people died in Maine as the result of overdosing — a 31 percent jump over 2014, which saw a record 208 overdose deaths, Mills said. The total number of overdose […]
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Gov. Paul LePage proposes restrictions on prescriptions for addictive meds
AUGUSTA, Maine — Gov. Paul LePage proposed Wednesday to place strict new limits on the prescription of addictive opioid painkillers and benzodiazepines. The bill comes amid a prolonged effort at the local, state and national levels to curb a drug addiction epidemic in Maine and elsewhere. Sponsored by Assistant Senate Majority Leader Andre Cushing, R-Hampden, […]