Kennebec Journal Feb. 25 police log
AUGUSTA Friday at 7:39 a.m., a mental health/well-being check was requested on Winter Street. 9:39 a.m., a hit-and-run accident was reported at Civic Center Drive and Garden Court. 10:26 a.m., animal...
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New software for Maine court system has been blamed for keeping people in...
The company hired to bring Maine’s courts into the electronic age has had serious technology problems in other states, including complaints that it led to dozens of people being wrongly arrested or...
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Three people arrested in Portland after violent incident at South Portland motel
Three people were arrested Sunday morning at an apartment complex off outer Forest Avenue in Portland in connection with a violent assault Saturday night at a South Portland motel. South Portland...
View ArticleMorning Sentinel Feb. 26 police log
IN ALBION, Sunday at 4:33 a.m., a disturbance was reported on Abbott Road. IN BINGHAM, Saturday at 9:13 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Main Street. IN CANAAN, Saturday at 5:03 p.m., a hazmat...
View ArticleKennebec Journal Feb. 26 police log
AUGUSTA Saturday at 7:06 a.m., traffic light problems were reported at North Belfast Avenue and Route 3. 8 a.m., littering was reported on Hillcrest Street. 8:28 a.m., suspicious activity was reported...
View ArticleMoney stolen from dozens of accounts at Belfast bank
Dozens of customers of the Down East Credit Union branch in Belfast have had hundreds of dollars stolen from their accounts in a hacking incident. Belfast police Sgt. Daniel Fitzpatrick said it appears...
View ArticleKennebec County grand jury indicts dozens on drug trafficking charges
AUGUSTA — Drug trafficking and related charges lead the list of indictments handed up Thursday by a grand jury in Kennebec County. The list includes a number of people arrested in late December...
View ArticleMurder victims’ relatives talk of pain, loss before man gets 50 years for...
Dylan Collins, in an online diary found by authorities after he was charged with setting a deadly apartment house fire in Biddeford in 2014, referred to the two men who died in the blaze as “collateral...
View ArticleTrio charged with robbing, beating woman at South Portland motel held on bail
SOUTH PORTLAND — Police say a man and two women accused of brutally beating a 28-year-old woman inside her motel room Saturday night were looking for drug profits from the sale of crack cocaine and...
View ArticleMorning Sentinel Feb. 27 police log
IN ATHENS, Sunday at 1:55 p.m., a caller from Vanishing Lane filed a report, the nature of which was not given. IN BENTON, Sunday at 11:18 a.m., a disturbance was reported on River Road. IN BINGHAM,...
View ArticleWinthrop man finishes specialty court program, placed on probation for arson
AUGUSTA — In the predawn hours of May 31, 2014, Ronald J. Oberst set fire to a home on Pine Knoll Road in Winthrop, sending four people fleeing into the dark. Oberst, who had recently returned to the...
View ArticleFranklin County court for Feb. 6-10, 2017
FARMINGTON — Closed cases for Feb. 6-10, 2017, in Farmington District Court and Franklin County Superior Court. Sarah L. Allen, 21, of Jay, domestic violence assault Sept. 18, 2016, in Jay, dismissed....
View ArticleAugusta Big Apple robber from 2014 heading to prison
AUGUSTA — A Belgrade man’s pot smoking, beer drinking and lying got him booted from a specialty court program on Monday. After admitting violating probation and being terminated from the Co-Occurring...
View ArticleWinthrop man cleared of drunken driving charge
AUGUSTA — A jury on Friday cleared a Winthrop man of a drunken driving charge. Robert A. Dupuis, 55, had been on trial for two days at the Capital Judicial Center when the jury returned the verdict of...
View ArticleJay man appears in court over road rage incident involving gun
FARMINGTON — A Jay man accused of pointing a gun at two women and their children during a December road rage incident made his initial appearance in court on Monday. Jacob Couture, 27, gave no answer...
View ArticleOne month later, Waterville police program aids handful of people struggling...
Bill Lessa feels good about what he’s accomplished so far as a volunteer for the Waterville Police Department’s new program that helps those in the community addicted to drugs get long-term treatment....
View ArticleKennebec Journal Feb. 27 police log
AUGUSTA Sunday at 10:01 a.m., a well-being check was performed on Parkwood Drive. 11:21 a.m., a traffic hazard was reported on Bond Brook Road. 3:27 p.m., theft was reported on Patterson Street. 3:37...
View ArticlePolice: Man squatted overnight at Waterville fitness club, ordered pizza,...
WATERVILLE — The shirtless man police found squatting early Sunday morning inside Champions Fitness Club acted as if he belonged there. He helped himself to coffee and other drinks, had a pizza...
View ArticlePortland police say man who died in West End is homicide victim
Portland police say a man found slumped over in a parked car in the West End is the city’s first homicide of 2017. Assistant Police Chief Vernon Malloch identified the victim as a 35-year-old man,...
View ArticlePolice say man tried to grab officer’s gun in Windham struggle
Police said a New Gloucester man became combative and tried to grab an officer’s holstered weapon during a confrontation early Monday morning in North Windham. An officer used a Taser on the man before...
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