The fatal shooting on Sept. 27, 2021 happened just five days after the official launch of Auburn’s police body camera program, according to the CBS13 report.
Mark LaFlamme
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Mark LaFlamme is a Sun Journal reporter and weekly columnist. He's been on the nighttime police beat since 1994, which is just grand because he doesn't like getting out of bed before noon. Mark is the author of eight published novels and rides a dual sport motorcycle everywhere he goes. Unless it's winter, in which case he just sulks a lot.
Teen arrested in string of Auburn thefts
From Sept. 13 to Wednesday, Auburn police have investigated several reports of thefts from motor vehicles throughout the city.
Serious injuries reported in 2-vehicle crash in Turner
The crash was reported in the area of 556 Buckfield Road, a stretch of Route 117 near Mountainside Drive.
Injury reported after car drives into train in Auburn
The train was passing slowly through the intersection when it was struck by a 2020 Hyundai driven by 29-year-old Gerald Novach of Denboro, Pennsylvania.
Auburn police close traffic on Kittyhawk Avenue as Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department investigates suspicious item in New Gloucester
The item, described as both a package and a device, was being investigated near the New Gloucester town line, according to a police bulletin.
Police arrest 2 men after foot chases in Lewiston
A search of the suspect’s backpack revealed a 45 caliber, 1911-style handgun with a serial number that had been obliterated.
Lewiston to receive $500,000 federal grant to improve school safety
The Oxford Hills School District in Paris, Rangeley and Rumford also are included in grant program.
Mark LaFlamme: Does music hath charms to soothe downtown Lewiston?
Every Friday, Chase rides his scooter to Dufresne Plaza to play his violin for the masses.
Mark LaFlamme: Signs of the coming apocalypse spotted in Lewiston parking garage
Talk of the Town: The view on top of Streaked Mountain is dazzling. And I’m not talking about when I finally climbed to the top and disrobed. Or am I?
Public put to work to find solutions to recent violence in Lewiston
Julia Sleeper-Whiting, founder and director of Tree Street Youth in Lewiston, broke the crowd of about 60 into eight different groups and then spent the next hour running from table to table to keep those groups motivated.