Kennebec County man charged with assault after knocking ATV rider...
Brent Elisens has reportedly caused problems on Bog Road in China before and was ordered to undergo mental health treatment after attacking police officers in 2021.
View ArticleA decades-old central Maine tragedy echoes in a Massachusetts trial today
The sister of Constance Fisher, who killed her 6 children in the 1950s and 1960s, sees similarities in the Lindsay Clancy case.
View ArticleWaterville DOT workers, team behind Albion hit-and-run investigation honored
The Maine State Police Merit and Citation Awards ceremony honored members and civilians who have gone above and beyond the call of duty.
View ArticleFBI arrests convicted sex offender in Lewiston on possession of child...
Steven Bragdon, 41, is listed as a lifetime registrant of the Maine Sex Offender Registry.
View ArticleAugusta woman arrested for Waterville crash that killed DOT workers
Police arrested Samantha Tupper, 34, Friday morning after a grand jury returned an indictment on several charges stemming from the January crash.
View ArticleState denies 2 home care providers’ licenses, ends MaineCare funding over...
The Portland- and South Portland-based providers specializing in services for adults with developmental disabilities failed to protect patients from mistreatment, DHHS claims.
View ArticleCharges dropped in Hallowell kidnapping case
Scott Palmer was arrested in June after a female passenger in his car indicated to a police officer she needed help.
View ArticlePolice charge brother, sister in Farmington vet clinic burglary
Police say they recovered some of the 'dangerous' drugs taken, but not all.
View ArticleMaine’s chief justice describes ‘increasing alarm’ at prosecutors’ discovery...
Various attorneys said they aren't surprised by Chief Justice Valerie Stanfill's remarks and that the failure to share evidence with defendants has been an issue for years.
View ArticlePro-Susan Collins canvasser set to be charged as alleged porch pirate
An alleged Woolwich theft was recorded on a doorbell camera, and the suspect was identified after the video was posted online.
View ArticleEliot Cutler heading back to jail for probation violations
Cutler, the convicted sex offender and 2-time gubernatorial candidate, has been in and out of jail repeatedly over the past several months.
View ArticleCanaan man sentenced to time served for running cannabis grow house
Jian Wu, who already served 120 days in county jail, was also ordered to pay a $6,000 fine.
View ArticleGardiner man arrested after police seize $50,000 worth of drugs
The arrest came after a 3-month investigation into a suspected drug trafficking organization.
View ArticleCanaan man charged with manslaughter in boating death of Skowhegan man
Charles Frost was driving the boat in the Kennebec River July 4 from which his friend, Jakub Prokop, was ejected.
View ArticleNew York woman gets 6 months in prison for Madison, Norridgewock marijuana busts
Jiamin Liao’s sentence also includes a year of supervised release and forfeitures totaling nearly $60,000.
View ArticleOrrington man accused of assaulting woman while collecting urine sample in...
The woman was having her urine tested at the Ellsworth facility at the direction of a Maine Department of Health and Human Services employee, according to court documents.
View ArticleBrunswick man accused of killing neighbor appears in court
Keith Brunelle is accused of killing his neighbor James Smith, who was found dead from a gunshot wound in a Brunswick mobile home community early on Sept. 1.
View ArticleEx-priest serving sentence for child sex abuse dies at Maine correctional...
Ronald Paquin, a defrocked priest exposed in the Boston Globe's "Spotlight," died Friday.
View ArticleNot just Flock: AI-powered surveillance is becoming more common in Maine
Law enforcement agencies and private entities are increasingly deploying new surveillance technologies across the state, sometimes without the knowledge of the communities they're monitoring.
View ArticleFairfield man arrested for drug trafficking
Drug enforcement agents say they found and seized several kinds of drugs, 2 firearms and a large amount of cash.
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