Maine Crime Archives - Lewiston Sun Journal

Skowhegan police arrest Oxford man at Walmart

by Kaitlyn Budion September 6, 2021

The Oxford Police Department alerted Skowhegan Police Department on Monday about a warrant for a truck driver who had checked in at the Skowhegan Walmart.

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State had prior involvement in most child homicide cases in Maine

by Eric Russell and Kevin Miller September 5, 2021September 5, 2021

A Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram analysis of newly released details going back 14 years shows DHHS had contact with most of those families before the children were killed.

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Several businesses and a church in Jay and Livermore Falls vandalized

by Donna M. Perry September 2, 2021September 3, 2021

The exteriors of the buildings and the church were painted with symbols, including 666 and other symbols and words.

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Rockport man pleads guilty to 4 murders, including his mother and grandparents

by Rachel Ohm September 1, 2021September 1, 2021

Orion Krause is sentenced to life in prison for the 2017 beating deaths of his mother and grandparents and his grandparents’ home health aide in Groton, Mass.

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Maine man charged with murder in death of his infant son

by Associated Press September 1, 2021September 1, 2021

Prosecutors say the month-old Milo boy died on Sunday, but circumstances surrounding the death have not been released.

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Waterville man arrested after shot fired on residential street

by Amy Calder September 1, 2021September 1, 2021

John Rastrom, 28, of 72 Yeaton St., was charged Tuesday with multiple charges. Authorities say another person fired the gun and had acted in self-defense.