Watch video of Westbrook Subway robbery, as police probe for links with 6 others
Westbrook Subway security video courtesy of Westbrook Police Department. Westbrook police are asking the public to watch and listen to a surveillance video of an armed robbery Monday night at a Subway...
View ArticleKennebec Journal March 27 police log
IN AUGUSTA, Monday at 12:45 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Civic Center Drive. 2:54 p.m., a mental health and well-being check was performed on Green Street. 3:10 p.m., a mental health and...
View ArticleMorning Sentinel March 27 police log
IN ANSON, Monday at 3:01 p.m., a caller from Wilson Street reported a scam. IN CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Monday at 2:22 p.m., a traffic accident causing injury was reported on Carrabassett Drive. IN...
View ArticleBangor man pleads guilty in large, indoor pot-growing operation
A Bangor man pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court to conspiring to grow, possess and distribute marijuana. Jeremy Duguay, 34, entered the plea in federal court in Bangor. Officials said Duguay...
View ArticleHartland man faces multiple burglary, theft charges
A Hartland man is in jail facing multiple counts of burglary and theft since being arrested late Monday after allegedly burglarizing a home and attempting to do the same to another home on Great Moose...
View ArticlePennsylvania woman pleads guilty to burglary involving high-speed chase, crash
AUGUSTA — A Pennsylvania woman pleaded guilty Tuesday to burglary and four other charges related to a series of bizarre events last December in China. Jessica Rose Rohwer, 38, of Scott Township,...
View ArticleSanford police seek public’s help in identifying car thief
Sanford police are seeking the public’s help in identifying a man they believe stole a car that had been parked in the Cumberland Farms convenience store lot Monday night. According to a statement...
View ArticleJudge bars state from using school records of woman charged with fatally...
Sharon Carrillo prepares to leave Waldo County Superior Court in Belfast on Tuesday after a hearing on whether the state could use records obtained from a school she attended. She is charged with...
View ArticleFor Maine bank heist suspect, 70, getting away was never the goal
Charged with one count of Class B robbery, Donald Sturton, 70, appears in court this month. “I don’t know why he went and did that,” says a neighbor who’s watching the South Portland man’s cats....
View ArticlePolice investigating Portland area’s 8th robbery in as many days
Police are looking for a man who attempted to rob a coffee shop Tuesday night in South Portland. The robbery at the Aroma Joe’s at 443 Western Ave. is the eighth robbery in as many days in Greater...
View ArticleKennebec Journal March 28 police log
IN AUGUSTA, Tuesday at 11:19 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Civic Center Drive. 1:27 p.m., shoplifting was reported on Whitten Road. 2:34 p.m., disorderly conduct was reported on Green...
View ArticleMorning Sentinel March 28 police log
IN BINGHAM, Tuesday at 1:22 p.m., an assault was investigated on Main Street. IN CANAAN, Tuesday at 10:25 a.m., a harassment complaint was investigated on Hinckley Road. IN CLINTON, Tuesday at 7:29...
View ArticleJury selection to start Thursday in Fairfield man’s murder trial in...
SKOWHEGAN — Jury selection is set to begin Thursday morning in the murder trial of a Fairfield man charged with killing his wife in August 2016 and burying her body in a shallow grave behind his...
View ArticleBookkeeper from Phillips ordered to pay $30,000 restitution
FARMINGTON — A Phillips woman was ordered Wednesday to repay a total of $30,000 to the owners of Grant’s Kennebago Camps and an insurance company following a restitution hearing. Deborah Lynn Vitrano,...
View ArticleOakland man, appearing distraught in court, denies charge of sexually...
AUGUSTA — An Oakland man indicted on charge of sexually assaulting a child pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Wednesday. Ronald A. Mullen, 57, is accused of unlawful sexual contact involving a child...
View ArticleNighttime burglar hits 8 businesses in Maine Mall area
South Portland police are looking for a burglar who broke into eight businesses in the Maine Mall area early Sunday morning. After reviewing surveillance footage, police said Wednesday there is a...
View ArticlePennsylvania man charged in bizarre Maine car chase now accused of nearly...
AUGUSTA — A bizarre car chase with police in South China three months ago involving a Pennsylvania couple who had $38,200 in cash with them got stranger Wednesday amid new allegations of a nearly...
View ArticleWaldo man sentenced to 12 years on federal firearms charge
A Waldo man on probation for a previous firearms conviction was sentenced Wednesday to serve 12 years in prison after a search of his home turned up a firearm and marijuana plants. Judge John A....
View ArticleFormer sheriff accused of sexually assaulting Jay man
AUBURN — A Jay man and his minor children have filed a notice of claim seeking $5 million in damages against former Oxford County Sheriff Wayne Gallant and 17 other individuals and government or law...
View ArticleBangor firefighters respond to truck fire, find 2 bodies inside
Bangor firefighters discovered two bodies in a burning truck Thursday night as they worked to put out the fire, according to News Center Maine (WCSH/WLBZ). Firefighters and police responded to the...
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