Multiple law enforcement agencies are seeing an increased number of 911 hang-ups this year and are advising people who mistakenly alert emergency responders to stay on the line.

The victim, who was pregnant, also says he kicked her in stomach, according to an affidavit.

The 35-year-old mother was convicted in December of depraved indifference murder.

Leeds and Auburn residents were in the supply chain of the fentanyl sold to 29-year-old Jesse Cleveland.

Todd Gamache was convicted of manslaughter in the 2007 death of an 8-month-old girl.

Brandon Dearborn of Oxford was found passed out in the lobby with a gun and thousands in cash.

Executive Assistant Nikki Pratt urged residents Wednesday afternoon to ignore a bogus email soliciting money for a GoFundMe page.

Her original sentencing date earlier this month in the death of Marissa Kennedy was postponed due to bad weather.

The Mexican national had been deported twice before coming back into this country and was reportedly working at Turner egg farm.

No one has been arrested in connection with the shooting, which critically injured a Saco man, according to Maine State Police.

Augusta and Waterville area police reports for Feb. 16, 2020.

Michael Marble of New Sharon faces several charges from a police pursuit that passed through Sanford early Saturday.

A judge ordered Shannon Dupree to be monitored while awaiting trial.

Donna Pagnani is charged with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl.

Lewiston police say a man was bleeding after he was struck by a hatchet during a fight Wednesday night. In an unrelated incident Thursday afternoon, another man with a hatchet reportedly threatened a tow truck driver in Lewiston.

Strong man accused of firing a handgun in the parking lot of a gas station.

Nancy Ludwig defrauded MaineCare at her Lewiston mental health counseling business.

The body of Shawn W. Metayer, 60, was found Tuesday morning at his Litchfield house after deputies from the Kennebec County Sheriff's Office responded to a report of an unattended death.

An Augusta Police Department's Facebook post mentioned the incident Monday night, saying it was an unusual occurrence in the winter.

Brittany R. Boivin must serve two months of a three-year sentence.

Ernest M. Patti will face as much as 5 years in prison if he's convicted of leaving the scene of the accident last summer in which Wayne Harwood was killed.

Seth Carey of Rumford agrees to obey the law, undergo therapy.

Nicholas R. Hutchings made his initial court appearance Monday and has indecency charges pending in other Maine counties.

Tyon K. Shuron, who is accused of killing Andrew Sherman on or near Sept,. 29, 2019, is being held without bail at Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset.

Ashton H. Heald and the victim were students at the University of Maine at Farmington last year when the incident occurred.

Caribou police had been searching for Adrian Covington since Jan. 11, when he allegedly shot and wounded a man on River Road.

Police had been looking for a masked man who robbed the Family Dollar store while wielding a hammer.

Dalton Farrington was driving a wrecker that struck a car on Lisbon Street in August.

The woman's teenage son tried to defend his mother with stun gun, police say.

Christopher Martel and Brittany Gurney charged with dealing meth from their home.

Hunter S. York was charged with aggravated drug trafficking and was being held on $100,000 bail at the Cumberland County Jail.

A 4th person was critically wounded in the shootings at multiple locations.

Regina Long Hall, 49, was in critical condition at Maine Medical Center in Portland on Tuesday night following the Monday's attack that killed 3 people.