Man driving Dish Network truck arrested in Palmyra on OUI charge
PALMYRA — A Hermon man was arrested Tuesday after allegedly striking a utility pole with his work vehicle and then registering more than twice the legal limit of intoxication while driving. Matthew...
View ArticleMorning Sentinel Feb. 15 police log
IN BINGHAM, Tuesday at 8:59 p.m., a disturbance was reported on James Street. IN CAMBRIDGE, Tuesday at 6:33 p.m., a harassment complaint was taken on North Road. IN CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Tuesday at...
View ArticleKennebec Journal Feb. 15 police log
AUGUSTA Monday at 9:53 p.m., aggravated assault was reported on Green Street. Police say they are investigating the alleged assault. Tuesday at 7:16 a.m., a disturbance was reported on Gage Street....
View ArticleFormer Farmington food pantry treasurer pleads guilty to stealing more than...
When Leiza Hiltz Scerbo, executive director of Farmington’s Care and Share Food Closet, first started investigating discrepancies in the organization’s finances, she thought the problems were simply a...
View ArticleFormer New York man sentenced on heroin trafficking charge
A former New Yorker was sentenced to two years in prison Thursday for selling heroin last July in Augusta. Devin Jarrell Jackson, 26, pleaded guilty Thursday at the Capital Judicial Center to one...
View ArticleFederal firearms charge filed against man involved in Augusta Wal-Mart...
Charged with attempted murder in a shooting incident in the Augusta Wal-Mart parking lot last June, Reginald McBride now faces a federal firearms charge that carries a 10-year prison term on top of any...
View ArticleFormer Fairfield cop convicted of privacy violation
AUGUSTA — A former Fairfield police captain was convicted Thursday of violation of privacy for using a computer to record conversations between his estranged wife and others when he was not in the...
View ArticleMorning Sentinel Feb. 16 police log
IN AVON, Wednesday at 6:17 p.m., an assault was reported on River Road. IN CAMBRIDGE, Wednesday at 1:32 p.m., a structure fire was reported on Dexter Road. IN CLINTON, Wednesday at 6:24 p.m., burglary...
View ArticleSomerset County Sheriff’s Office reports fake Facebook account
The Somerset County Sheriff’s Office has reported a fake Facebook account using the office’s name to post a report about a Somerset County homicide that never happened. It’s a familiar problem that’s...
View ArticleWinslow man gets five years behind bars for aggravated heroin trafficking
AUGUSTA — A convicted drug dealer arrested two months ago in Winslow on new drug offenses pleaded guilty Thursday to one charge of aggravated trafficking in heroin. Darrick J. Delile, 38, of Winslow,...
View ArticleNorwegian man who threatened Portland police sentenced to 15 months
A Norwegian man who sent emails and posted tweets threatening to kill Portland police officers last summer has been sentenced to 15 months in prison. Espen Brungodt, 29, was sentenced Thursday by U.S....
View ArticleMorning Sentinel Feb. 17 police log
IN ATHENS, Thursday at 11:18 a.m., theft was reported on Main Street. Friday at 6:27 a.m., a smoke investigation was done on Hartland Road. IN CANAAN, Thursday at 10:49 a.m., a harassment complaint was...
View ArticleKennebec Journal Feb. 17 police log
AUGUSTA Thursday at 7:21 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Spring Road. 10:36 a.m., a sex offense was reported by someone at the Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office. 11:43 a.m., a mental health...
View ArticleFormer Boston priest pleads not guilty to Maine sex abuse charges
BIDDEFORD — A former priest from Boston accused of molesting two boys repeatedly in Kennebunk three decades ago entered a plea of not guilty Friday. Ronald Paquin, who was a key figure in the Boston...
View ArticleAugusta man jailed 4 years in heroin trafficking case
AUGUSTA — A city man arrested in late November 2016 on charges of aggravated trafficking in heroin pleaded guilty Friday to that charge as well as two others charging him with unlawful possession of...
View ArticlePortland police identify man killed by officer at Union Station Plaza
A Portland police officer shot and killed a man armed with a rifle-style pellet gun at the Union Station Plaza on St. John Street late Saturday morning. It was the third officer-involved shooting of...
View ArticleMorning Sentinel Feb. 18 police log
IN ANSON, Friday at 10:57 a.m., a caller from Main Street reported a case involving negotiating a worthless instrument. 11:53 a.m., a fire was reported on River Road. IN CANAAN, Friday at 6:07 p.m., an...
View ArticleKennebec Journal Feb. 18 police log
AUGUSTA Friday at 8:45 a.m., a Sunset Avenue caller reported terrorizing. 11:02 a.m., an Old Belgrade Road caller reported criminal mischief. 11:08 a.m., a Water Street caller reported criminal...
View ArticleMore Maine children are being taken away because of parents’ drug use
The number of children removed from their homes in Maine because of a parent’s drug abuse has been on the rise with the worsening drug epidemic. The Associated Press received data, through a state...
View ArticleMan fatally shot by Portland officer had struggled to keep his life on track
New details emerged Sunday about Chance David Baker, the young man shot and killed by a Portland police officer Saturday after a confrontation in the parking lot of the Union Station Plaza. He had been...
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