Some members of the Maine State Prison Debate team are at the heart of stalled legislative efforts to reinstate parole in Maine for the first time in more than 40 years.

A group of out-of-state travelers may be behind two Portland burglaries last week, along with 'many more' similar cases in New England and New York, police said.

Police arrested 40-year-old Matthew Plummer at an apartment complex in Boothbay Harbor early Monday morning, more than 10 hours after Plummer allegedly shot a man in a nearby parking lot.

New York prosecutors say Katie Montgomery offered FireBunnyUSA advice as it shipped illegal drugs through the postal service.

Police on Friday announced the launch of what they're calling Neighborhood First, an initiative aimed at lowering the number of quality of life service calls received by the department.

An unspecified amount of money was taken from Longfellow Books while the store was closed between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning.

William Wyman, 46, was arrested Sunday morning after allegedly refusing to pull over in a stolen vehicle.

Zacheriah Adams was taken into custody Wednesday on several charges. Several people previously accused him of taking thousands of dollars from them to perform home repair work before disappearing, but the charges are not related to those accusations.

Maine Supreme Judicial Court said Bethany Ringuette, as an accomplice, is accountable for the actions of a man who engaged in sexual acts with a young girl, and "guilty of the crime as if he acted as a principal, and a guilty verdict rendered on either theory is thus indistinguishable."

According to court records, the former Auburn woman, then 23, was raped by two men the same night at a Boston hotel. A criminal trial of one of the men began on Wednesday.

Tristan Chamberlain of Portland turned himself in Sunday. He is charged with murder in the death of another Portland man, Tyler Flexon.

Kayla Alves had already pleaded guilty in federal court to tampering with possible evidence.

Police say display cases were broken and emptied at Sweet Dirt, but nothing that was stolen contained marijuana compounds.

Police in Clearwater Beach said Jeffrey Chapman, 49, of Bangor, died after being accosted while he was bicycling.

Deputies trying to serve an eviction order were met by protesters, including a woman who released a swarm of bees. Several officers were stung.

Calvin Bautista, 36, is accused of bringing the hidden snakes on a bus that crossed into northern New York on July 15, 2018.

Brunswick police responded to a reported bank robbery at M&T Bank on Main Street Monday morning, according to a press release from the department.

Portland police have provided few details about the Monday morning shooting that left 2 people with serious injuries.

The early morning shootings are the latest in a series of violent crimes that are challenging Portland police and concerning community leaders.

Ahead of a ruling on the case of Kyle Fitzsimons, facing 11 federal charges for his role in the storming of the U.S. Capitol, neighbors and community leaders debate the impact on the small town.