WASHINGTON — The FBI is operating a small air force with scores of low-flying planes across the country carrying video and, at times, cellphone surveillance technology — all hidden behind fictitious companies that are fronts for the government, The Associated Press has learned. The planes’ surveillance equipment is generally used without a judge’s approval, and […]
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Paris police recover money scammed from local man, 86
PARIS — Police recovered $8,000 scammed from an elderly local man minutes before a UPS driver was to deliver it to an apartment building in New York City. The 86-year-old man believed he was bailing his grandson out of jail, Paris police Chief Michael Madden said Wednesday. He said the man came to the Paris […]
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Poland man’s road rage death remains unsolved
POLAND — It’s been just over a year since Timothy “Asti” Davison was run off an interstate highway in Pennsylvania and gunned down. The search for the killer continues, and now Davison’s family is upping the reward for his or her capture. The family reward has been increased from about $22,000 to $50,000, Pennsylvania police […]
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FBI asks for help identifying government corruption
BOSTON — The FBI is asking the public’s help in identifying government corruption in Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire and Rhode Island. Special Agent Vincent Lisi, who runs the agency’s Boston field office that covers those four states, announced Monday that his office will launch a dedicated, toll free tip line: 1-844-NoBribe (662-7423). It will also […]
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Ex-FBI agent drawn to career by fliers of criminals
WOODSTOCK — Jack Richardson’s collection of FBI fliers as a boy led to a 20-year career chasing criminals and checking the backgrounds of high-level government employees, he told listeners Thursday at the Whitman Memorial Library. “When I was young, and my parents owned an inn in New Hampshire, we would receive fliers from the FBI […]
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Lawyers ask state committee to suspend CDC shredding investigation
AUGUSTA — Lawmakers on the Government Oversight Committee on Tuesday were asked to suspend their investigation into the destruction of public documents by officials at the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention in June 2013. The request came via a letter from private lawyers hired by the state to defend the Department of Health […]
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Maine Democrats ask LePage for messages around CDC document-shredding case
AUGUSTA — The Maine Democratic Party on Monday announced it has filed a public records request with Republican Gov. Paul LePage’s office asking for information about a change in funding for Healthy Maine Partnerships in 2012. The funding change orchestrated by the Maine Center for Disease Control & Prevention has come under fire after a […]
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Former director says FBI investigating Maine CDC
Sharon Leahy-Lind said Friday in an interview with the Sun Journal that she has “fully cooperated with the FBI” while investigators there look into issues at the CDC. A spokesman for the CDC said he was unaware of an FBI investigation. A spokesman for the FBI said he could neither confirm nor deny an agency […]
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Police say Poland man’s slaying appears similar to earlier shooting
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Police investigating the shooting death of a Maine man along an interstate highway in Pennsylvania said Tuesday they are scrutinizing a similar shooting that happened eight hours earlier and about 30 miles away. State police said there are similarities between the shooting that took the life of 28-year-old Timothy Davison a few miles […]
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FBI investigates threats against Linda Bean lobster facilities
ROCKLAND — The FBI and local police are investigating threats against Linda Bean’s lobster business. Details of the threats are not being released. Rockland Police Chief Bruce Boucher said Saturday that there was follow-up investigative work done this week. He referred specific questions about the investigation to the FBI. The threats were made in September […]