Kennebec Journal March 20 police log
AUGUSTA Sunday at 9:15 a.m., theft was reported on Community Drive. 11:13 a.m., a past burglary was reported on Old Belgrade Road. 12:43 p.m., a well-being check was performed on Bangor Street. 12:46...
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IN CAMBRIDGE, Sunday at 6:31 p.m., a harassment complaint was taken on Ham Hill Road. IN DETROIT, Sunday at 9:39 a.m., threatening was reported on Wakefield Place. IN EUSTIS, Sunday at 1:59 p.m., a...
View ArticleWaterville robbery suspect also accused of robbing woman in Augusta...
AUGUSTA — A suspect in Friday’s early morning robbery at Waterville’s Budget Host Inn is the same man accused of a strong-arm robbery that left an 82-year-old woman seriously injured last April at the...
View ArticleBurnham woman charged with felony trafficking in meth
Maine State Police conducting a bail check Saturday night allegedly discovered a meth lab at 40 North Horseback Road in Burnham. During the bail check on 29-year-old Amber Nayock, who lives there,...
View ArticleWarden Service arrests 6 hunters for illegally shooting 67 snowshoe hares
Five hunters from Massachusetts and one from Maine were charged Saturday for killing 67 snowshoe hares over their limit. Working on a tip, a team of Maine game wardens, Maine marine patrol officers and...
View ArticleAugusta judge denies request from man who killed father in 2004
AUGUSTA — A judge on Friday denied a former Aroostook County man’s petition to move a step closer to being discharged from state custody, which he has been in since he was found not criminally...
View ArticleGardiner police seeking information about Kennebec River Rail Trail graffiti
Gardiner police are asking members of the public to share whatever information they can about graffiti that was recently sprayed underneath the Pearl Harbor Remembrance Bridge between Gardiner and...
View ArticleBeech Ridge owner claims blackmail is behind lawsuit against him
The longtime owner of Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in Scarborough has denied allegations of sexual abuse leveled against him in a lawsuit by a Gorham man, accusing the plaintiff and a former race driver...
View ArticleOld Orchard Beach police probe break-in at bank ATM
Old Orchard Beach police say someone broke into an ATM at a local bank late Sunday night and stole an undisclosed amount of cash. Officers responded to the Saco & Biddeford Savings Bank around...
View ArticleNew prison policy gives visitors 3 tries to pass metal detectors
WARREN — The head of the state’s prisons has revised the policy for screening visitors, after corrections officers at the Maine State Prison filed a grievance. Maine Corrections Commissioner Joseph...
View ArticleMorning Sentinel March 21 police log
IN ANSON, Monday at 6:31 p.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on Valley Road. IN CAMBRIDGE, Monday at 2:40 p.m., a structure fire was reported on Ham Hill Road. IN CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Monday at...
View ArticleBaby alligators found in Augusta taxi leads to charge against student
Five baby alligators were discovered early Tuesday afternoon in an Augusta taxi, leading police officers to seize the reptiles and issue a summons to the man who allegedly owned them. The man, Yifan...
View ArticleKennebec Journal March 21 police log
AUGUSTA Monday at 7:38 a.m., criminal trespassing was reported on Bangor Street. 8:16 a.m., theft was reported on Pierce Drive. 11:33 a.m., criminal mischief was reported on Cony Street. 11:54 a.m.,...
View ArticleCourt upholds arrest, extradition of New Yorker facing 10 drug trafficking...
AUGUSTA — A Manhattan, New York, man extradited to Maine earlier this month to face 10 counts of aggravated drug trafficking lost a challenge to the arrest affidavit Tuesday, and his bail was reduced...
View ArticleAugusta man arrested Monday on aggravated assault charge
A 36-year-old Augusta man was arrested Monday morning on a charge of aggravated assault after police responded to a complaint of domestic violence. On Sunday night, Quincy Tremaine Abrams allegedly...
View ArticleCharges resulting from 2015 China fracas dismissed
AUGUSTA — A West Gardiner woman who successfully completed a 12-month deferred disposition no longer faces a domestic violence assault charge, which a judge dismissed Tuesday at the Capital Judicial...
View ArticleJefferson man sentenced for threatening girlfriend
AUGUSTA — A Jefferson man pleaded guilty Tuesday at the Capital Judicial Center to a charge of domestic violence criminal threatening that occurred Dec. 4, 2016, in Augusta. Matthew A. Ramsden, 24,...
View ArticleHack of state’s job-matching vendor puts Mainers’ personal data at risk
Nine months after the Maine Department of Labor outsourced its federally mandated job-matching service to an out-of-state vendor, that vendor has suffered a data breach that resulted in the theft of an...
View ArticleKennebec Journal March 22 police log
AUGUSTA Tuesday at 8:35 a.m., a traffic hazard was reported on Kennedy Road. 9:11 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Sewall Street. 9:17 a.m., theft was reported on Civic Center Drive. 9:52...
View ArticleBill would create statewide system to track rape testing kits
A system that would track the location and status of rape testing kits would help law enforcement agencies cooperate on investigations of sexual assaults, the sponsor of a bill requiring a system in...
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