Crime Coverage
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April 25Wilton boys ages 15 and 16 were charged with assault Sunday.
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April 26
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April 23Prosecutors say Brandon Dearborn, who was prohibited from having a gun, took aim at police before he was shot.
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April 23Aaron Skolfield defended his actions in an interview Monday and said Robert Card's Army superiors misled him about the threat he posed.
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April 23Alex Jackson, 34, had been missing for nearly a year before his remains were found Friday. Joseph Chute, of Leeds, had been arrested and charged with murder following Jackson's disappearance.
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April 22A group of 9 boys broke out of the building in South Portland in January but never left the grounds, police said.
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April 21Xisen Guo, a naturalized U.S. citizen born in China, faces charges after a bust in rural Penobscot County. A detention hearing is scheduled for Monday.
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April 22Robberies were reported Sunday morning at churches in Parsonsfield, Cornish and Baldwin.
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April 20Experts for the state testify that there is no way to determine whether the DNA came from the scene of Sarah Cherry's 1988 murder, saying it could just be contamination from one of the many people who handled the evidence over the years.
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April 19Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey wrote that the two officers used deadly force in self-defense and to protect others from serious bodily injury or death.
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Amber L. Croteau appears in a Paris court Thursday to answer three felony charges.
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April 19
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April 18Mandy Shorey faces 15 years to life in prison on the charges.
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April 18An attorney for Joseph Chute says prosecutors lack evidence that a crime was committed.
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April 18Dennis Dechaine is making a bid for a new trial after spending 36 years in prison for the murder of 12-year-old Sarah Cherry.
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April 19Authorities have not released the exact location of the farmhouse.
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April 18Dechaine, who was convicted in 1989 of killing Sarah Cherry, will be in court Thursday and Friday in Rockland to ask for a new trial based on new DNA evidence.
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April 17Dongming Liao, 41, was arrested at a residence on Cooley Road and charged with illegal cultivation of marijuana, officials said.
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April 16Police received a report of an assault involving multiple juveniles Monday evening.
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April 16While the three homes were unoccupied, one was being renovated, with a family of four planning to move in soon.
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April 14Amid biting criticism for the department's failings before the tragedy on Oct. 25, incumbent Sheriff Joel Merry and Sgt. Aaron Skolfield forge ahead.
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April 16Kyle Chapman, 33, has coached the Mustangs for three seasons. Central Maine Community College has put him on administrative leave from coaching and teaching.
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April 12Willie R. Minor is found guilty again after multiple appeals.
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April 12An oil painting of the late Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, found 10 years ago in a pile at the Yarmouth Transfer Station, has been turned over to the state's court system.
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April 22In court Friday, the brother of victim Alice Abbott surged from his seat in the gallery to try to attack convicted killer Jason Servil and was stopped by a county corrections officer with a stun gun.
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April 12The motive in the case remains unclear, according to court documents.
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April 12
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April 11The Portland man will likely have to return to prison after the Supreme Judicial Court rules that a decision to vacate his manslaughter conviction is incorrect, and he has no basis for a self-defense argument.
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April 10A judge sets Abdul-Rashid Bilal's bail at $10,000 cash.
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April 10Robert J. Ryan faces two felonies in connection with the December incident.
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April 10Police say Nathan Locke was arrested after driving erratically and leading police on a chase through two Androscoggin County towns.
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April 10Police say the suspect was seen on surveillance video in the Lewiston store.