Sheriff Dale Lancaster told the county’s Board of Commissioners that his office has made investigating illegal marijuana growing operations a priority because ‘those profits are used to buy the chemicals to send to the cartel to make fentanyl.’
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Gray-New Gloucester Middle School speech therapist charged with assaulting student
The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office says Thomas Morawiec has been charged with a misdemeanor and summonsed to appear in court on Aug. 14.
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Lewiston man charged in BJ’s Wholesale Club robberies
Police say Jeremy P. Proctor wielded a knife and then a tire iron at the Auburn store.
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Livermore Falls woman charged with striking 2 juveniles, who she said threw rocks at her windows
Kelly Reilly, 40, was arrested on charges of assault, refusing to submit to arrest and obstruction of government administration.
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Indian Township man accused of sexual assault of child under 12
Nakoma Polches, 42, was arrested Tuesday in Massachusetts, where he is currently being held.
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Maine man arrested in Louisiana and charged with manslaughter in death of toddler
The Office of Chief Medical Examiner ruled that the child, who was found unresponsive in the parking lot of the Thomaston Walmart, died as a result of blunt force trauma.
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Windham man pleads guilty to federal child porn charges
Cote Noonan, 33, was arrested in 2023 after police say they found thousands of explicit images of young children. He faces up to 20 years in federal prison on each of two counts and up to $250,000 in fines.
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Man accused of stealing police vehicles and shootout held without bail
An attorney for Gary Porter says his client is due to undergo a mental evaluation in the next couple of weeks.
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Smithfield crash leads to charges against Lewiston woman already facing drunken driving charge
Daelyn Sargent, 19, of Lewiston, was intoxicated and the only person in her Toyota Yaris when deputies arrived early Monday to find the vehicle in a ditch, police said.
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New Sharon man to serve 4 years for sexually abusing girl
Raymond Buck, 76, must register as a sex offender for the rest of his life.