Phone scammer tells Mainers they missed jury duty, demands money to avoid arrest
A man posing as a lieutenant with the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office is calling residents and threatening them with arrest unless he is paid off, authorities said Tuesday. A man identifying...
View ArticleHunter in Rockport finds decomposed body in woods
ROCKPORT — Rockport police are investigating the discovery of a badly decomposed body found about 500 yards into the woods off Mt. Pleasant Road in Rockport. Police were called to the scene near the...
View ArticleKennebec Journal Nov. 2 police log
AUGUSTA Wednesday at 8:41 a.m., a 32-year-old Augusta man was arrested on a charge of violating a protection from abuse order, after an investigation was performed on State Street. 9:50 a.m.,...
View ArticleMore witnesses say they were pressured to testify against Anthony Sanborn
When Anthony Sanborn was first charged with killing Jessica Briggs on a Portland pier in 1989, prosecutors pressured another teenager to testify against him or face prosecution, the teenager’s former...
View ArticleMorning Sentinel Nov. 2 police log
IN CANAAN, Wednesday at 9:39 a.m., a scam was reported on Hubbard Road. IN DALLAS PLANTATION, Wednesday at 6:36 p.m., trespassing was reported on Moose Ridge Road. IN FAIRFIELD, Wednesday at 3:43 p.m.,...
View ArticleWinthrop teenager to be treated as adult in double murder case
AUGUSTA — The Winthrop teenager who was almost 18 when he was charged with murdering both his parents will face the charges as an adult after a judge on Thursday cited Andrew T. Balcer’s “total lack of...
View ArticleJury splits on verdict in Augusta man’s sex assault trial
AUGUSTA — A jury cleared a city man of the two most serious offenses he faced but convicted him of two others in a verdict returned Wednesday night at the Capital Judicial Center. Arthur J. Jones, 58,...
View ArticlePortland man gets 7 years in prison for drug conspiracy
A Portland man was sentenced Thursday to seven years in prison for conspiracy to distribute cocaine and crack. Mustafa Hassan, 34, was also sentenced to four years of supervised release by Judge Jon D....
View ArticleWestbrook man charged following fatal Portland crash
A Westbrook man is facing a criminal charge following a Thursday night crash that killed his 24-year-old passenger. Portland police say Olivia Dolloff of Westbrook died in the single car crash. Matthew...
View ArticlePolice capture suspect after Buckfield standoff
SUMNER — After a morning-long search that started with a standoff Thursday night, police shortly before noon Friday took into custody a Buckfield man wanted in connection with multiple domestic...
View ArticleFire at abandoned Sanford mill investigated as suspicious
The state Fire Marshal’s Office said the two-alarm fire Thursday in a Sanford mill building is being investigated as suspicious. Sgt. Ken Grimes said the fire began on the second floor of the front...
View ArticleKennebec Journal Nov. 3 police log
AUGUSTA Thursday at 7:05 a.m., a traffic accident causing injury was reported on Hospital Street and Dyer Drive. 7:20 a.m., a well-being check was performed on Winthrop Street. 8:46 a.m., a well-being...
View ArticleFarmington man pleads not guilty to selling cocaine
FARMINGTON — A local man pleaded not guilty Tuesday to selling cocaine in the Franklin County area. Robert A. Hunter Jr., 48, of Farmington, entered the plea to a class A charge of aggravated...
View ArticleJay woman pleads not guilty to theft from road association
FARMINGTON — A Jay woman pleaded not guilty Tuesday to stealing more than $10,000 over several years from the Mile Ten Owners Road Association in The Forks Plantation in Somerset County. Bobbie Dawes,...
View ArticleTwo Franklin County men indicted on sexual assault charges
FARMINGTON — Two men were indicted Wednesday on sexual assault charges. Michael R. Harriman, 27, of Phillips was formally charged Wednesday with two Class A counts of gross sexual assault against two...
View ArticleSkowhegan police: Rumors about student going to high school with firearm false
SKOWHEGAN — Skowhegan police say they have no information to substantiate rumors that a student was planning to go to Skowhegan Area High School and shoot people. Such rumors apparently have gone viral...
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Westbrook police arrest Saco man in stabbing
A teenager from Auburn is recovering from stab wounds he suffered in downtown Westbrook in the early hours of Friday morning. Justin Neves Photo by Westbrook Police Capt. Sean Lally said in a statement...
View ArticleMorning Sentinel Nov. 3 police log
IN ANSON, Thursday at 3:22 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Preble Avenue. Friday at 12:13 p.m., harassment was reported on North Main Street. IN BENTON, Thursday at 2:27 a.m., a prowler was...
View ArticleJefferson nurse acquitted of assault on inmate
AUGUSTA — A Jefferson nurse was acquitted Friday of charges she assaulted an inmate at the Kennebec County jail almost two years ago when she gave her a series of injections and then a suppository...
View ArticleSomerset County court for Aug. 21-Sept. 1, 2017
SKOWHEGAN — Closed cases for Aug. 21-Sept. 1, 2017, in Skowhegan District Court and Somerset County Superior Court. Nicholas W. Allen, 34, of Cornville, unlawful trafficking in scheduled drugs June 9,...
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