Arrests logged at the Franklin County Detention Center May 2 to May 5.

Authorities in Sanford issued a similar warning this week about such thefts, which are an increasing trend regionally and nationally.

University officials on Thursday announced a $2,500 reward for information leading to an arrest.

Spencer W. Dowd pleaded not guilty to a manslaughter charge in a crash that killed a Turner teenager.

A Portland business owner called the FBI after receiving an anonymous tip that an employee was a white nationalist who was buying guns and preparing for the collapse of society.

Arrests logged from April 26 to May 2.

Police say a New Brunswick man sped through a U.S.-Canadian border crossing and led police on a high-speed pursuit in Maine

Kachina Swasey is considering a plea of not criminally responsible by reason of insanity, her lawyer said Friday.

Laura Rideout also videotaped the sex act and sent it over the internet, prosecutors said.

Howard Gribbin, 55, was taken to the Kennebec County Jail in Augusta following the Friday incident, police said.

Jesse W. Duval of Westminster, Massachusetts, is charged with elevated aggravated assault and reckless conduct with a firearm.

Christian A. Richards is accused of "communicating threats" to Strong Elementary School staff.

The justices also dismissed the former Windham man's contention that court restrictions brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic unfairly affected his sentencing hearing.

A Kennebec County grand jury indicted more than 20 people recently on drug charges.

Dalton Farrington had been driving a flatbed tow truck when he struck a Subaru driven by a college student head-on.

Justin Knight said he didn't know why he burned the building that was occupied at the time.

Justin ‘Jay’ Cooley's ex-wife said Maine State Police supervisors were reluctant to pursue criminal charges despite her reports of abuse.

The teenagers ages 13, 14 and 15 are from Lewiston.

Prosecutors said Akeem Cruz was bring crack cocaine and heroin to Portland and Lewiston.

Arthur M. Cohen, formerly of Connecticut, pleaded guilty to aggravated trafficking in heroin/fentanyl, reckless conduct with a firearm and other charges.

Savannah Brann, 24, was charged after a 19-month-old girl was found unresponsive after allegedly being wrapped in a blanket in a way that caused her to stop breathing.

Winston Mcleod had more than 1,000 grams of cocaine when he was taken into custody.

Drequan Lamont Robinson, 19, who shot Shawn McKeough Jr. inside a gas station in Arkansas, will serve at least 42 years in prison for first-degree murder.

The measure would repeal the law that effectively prohibits state police from answering any questions about troopers' use of surveillance tools.

Spencer W. Dowd was 19 years old when the car he was driving crashed and killed a Turner teenager.

Gavin Tyler Loabe of Mercer pleaded guilty Friday to elevated aggravated assault and his sentencing will be capped at 15 years in prison.

Find this week's arrest log, as well as a map of arrests in our area, here.

Michael Veilleux, who was originally charged with 34 sex crimes against the minor, also was sentenced to eight years that were all suspended by the judge.

The agency's Boston Division says it's seeing an increase in reports about scammers targeting residents of Maine and other New England states through unsolicited, often spoofed, phone calls.

“We don’t have anybody, yet. We are getting closer,” Farmington patrol Officer Jesse Clement said. “We are still working on it."

Afshin Zarechian, 20, had been sought regarding a social media incident at the University of Maine

A male was treated for a gunshot wound at Central Maine Medical Center.

The Maine State Police conducted more than 200 internal affairs investigations in the past six years and found allegations to be true in 65 cases, but the misconduct is kept hidden in all but a small number.

These stories jointly investigated and written by the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram and Bangor Daily News about how the Maine State Police conceals officer wrongdoing. The project is funded by the Pulitzer Center.