Kennebec Journal May 16 police log
AUGUSTA Monday at 8:17 a.m., a past burglary was reported on Green Street. 8:35 a.m., a disturbance was reported on Commercial Street. 10:08 a.m., criminal mischief was reported on Winthrop Street....
View ArticleAmber Alert case sends Augusta mom to jail for 48 hours
AUGUSTA — A woman whose 3-year-old daughter was the subject of an Amber Alert last October pleaded no contest on Tuesday to a charge of child endangerment and was sentenced to 48 hours in jail. Karen...
View ArticleCanaan woman pleads guilty to drug possession
AUGUSTA — A Canaan woman arrested Dec. 31 on charges of unlawful possession of drugs after police reported finding them in the crawl space of a Pittston home was in court Tuesday pleading guilty....
View ArticleAugusta drug dealer to serve a year in prison
AUGUSTA — A city man was ordered to serve an initial year in prison and three more years were suspended after he was caught selling drugs from his Bridge Street home. Larry Murphy, 43, pleaded guilty...
View ArticleJudge refuses to lower bail for man facing tax evasion charges
A Superior Court judge on Tuesday refused to lower bail for a man facing tax evasion charges to allow the defendant to get oft-delayed hip replacement surgery. Theodore Thomes, 58, faces three counts...
View ArticleMorning Sentinel May 17 police log
IN ANSON, Tuesday at 10:30 a.m., a scam was reported on River Road. 6:16 p.m., a harassment complaint was taken on Nault Road. Wednesday at 8:19 a.m., threatening was reported on Nault Road. IN BENTON,...
View ArticleKennebec Journal May 17 police log
AUGUSTA Tuesday at 9:03 a.m., theft was reported on Ridge Road. 10:04 a.m., a hit-and-run traffic accident was reported on Mount Vernon Avenue. 10:39 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Oxford...
View ArticleWife shoots husband outside Readfield home, police say
READFIELD — A wife shot her husband outside a home on Sturtevant Hill Road on Wednesday afternoon, Kennebec County Sheriff Ken Mason said. Police and ambulance crews were called to 318 Sturtevant Hill...
View ArticleCharges dropped in 2016 West End dispute, shooting
The Cumberland County District Attorney’s Office has dismissed felony charges brought against two men from Portland’s West End whose quarrel over a woman last Memorial Day left one with a serious...
View ArticleMan sentenced to probation in Maine for trafficking in baby eels
A Massachusetts man has been sentenced in Maine to three years of probation for his role in trafficking nearly $2 million worth of baby eels. Michael Bryant, of West Yarmouth, was among a group of...
View ArticleReadfield shooting the latest in a series of domestic disputes, police say
A former local veterinarian allegedly shot her husband outside their Readfield home Wednesday, seriously wounding the 81-year-old man in what authorities described as the latest in a series of domestic...
View ArticlePolice arrest teenager they believe fired shot on Munjoy Hill
A 17-year-old boy has been arrested after he allegedly fired a gun on Munjoy Hill early Thursday and fled. Police were called to the area of 184 Congress St. shortly after 4 a.m. for reports of a fight...
View ArticleBookkeeper embezzled more than $850,000 from Daniel Lilley law firm, lawsuit...
The family of the late Daniel Lilley is accusing a former bookkeeper of embezzling more than $850,000 from his law firm over a little more than four years. A lawsuit alleges that Jaime Butler, the...
View ArticleMorning Sentinel May 18 police log
IN ANSON, Wednesday at 11:01 a.m., a harassment complaint was taken on Madison Street. IN FAIRFIELD, Wednesday at 10:56 a.m., a disturbance was reported on Water Street. 4:12 p.m., threatening was...
View ArticleKennebec Journal May 18 police log
AUGUSTA Wednesday at 8:19 a.m., there was a traffic accident on Child Street. 9:35 a.m., officers responded to a past burglary on Edison Drive. 10:45 a.m., shoplifting was reported on Cony Street....
View ArticleEmbden man arrested on drug charges after motor vehicle stop in Gray
An Embden man was arrested Wednesday by agents of the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency on drug charges and child welfare violations following a month-long drug investigation. MDEA agents arrested Bruce...
View ArticleLePage administration tells staff at Washington County prison that it’s...
State correctional authorities announced the abrupt closure of a 150-bed prison in Washington County on Friday and have notified 55 employees there that they will lose their jobs within weeks. Notices...
View ArticleMorning Sentinel May 19 police log
IN ATHENS, Thursday at 2:27 p.m., theft was reported on Main Street. IN BENTON, Friday at 1:57 a.m., theft was reported on River Road. IN CANAAN, Thursday at 11:39 p.m., suspicious activity was...
View ArticleRuling expected next week in case against Black Lives Matter protesters
After an all-day hearing Friday, a judge in Cumberland County Superior Court said he will rule next week on whether 17 Black Lives Matter protesters who were arrested after a march in Portland last...
View ArticleKennebec Journal May 19 police log
AUGUSTA Thursday at 8:10 a.m., harassment was reported on Cony Road. 8:48 a.m., a sex offense was reported by a caller on Pierce Drive. 9:13 a.m., a traffic hazard was reported on Memorial Bridge. 9:59...
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