Administrators are acting on information from the Cumberland County Emergency Management Agency, which was alerted to the groups’ existence by the FBI about a week ago.
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Bangor man sentenced on drug charges related to Madison woman’s death
Andrew L. Blais, 38, is to serve eight years in state prison for drug trafficking and furnishing charges, before serving a sentence in a separate federal case.
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Mold, arsenic, chemicals found in weed from Maine’s illegal grow houses
The amount of mold in some cannabis samples from illegal Chinese operations maxed out the laboratory’s equipment while others contained lead, pesticides and banned chemicals.
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How a former lawmaker grew weed with alleged Chinese crime groups in rural Maine
A web of shell companies and illegal grows allegedly linked to Chinese organized crime traces its start to one former Democratic legislator, his cannabis consulting business, and his chain of central Maine dispensaries.
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Illinois man pleads guilty to threatening public officials in Maine
According to court documents, Massimo Frangella, 24, sent 7 emails to public officials in Maine, each with the subject line: ‘You’re going to die.’
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Homeland Security takes down list of ‘sanctuary jurisdictions’ that included 3 Maine communities
Portland, as well as Hancock and Cumberland counties, appeared on the list of areas that the department last week accused of defying federal immigration law.
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Homeland Security accuses Portland, and Hancock and Cumberland counties of defying immigration law
A list compiled by the federal agency specifically calls out the three law enforcement jurisdictions ‘as endangering American communities.’
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Illegal firearm purchases in Maine feeding gun trafficking across U.S.
In places like Lewiston, a sharp rise in gun violence begs the question: How many firearms are acquired by people lying about who the gun is for?
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Mexico man charged in Rumford robbery
Suspect Bryan Wood was once charged in a string of arson fires that brought down several downtown Lewiston buildings in 2013. The charges were later dropped when Wood was declared unfit to stand trial.
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Rumford man charged with firing shots in downtown Lewiston
Troy Blanchard, 35, has a long criminal history that includes assaults, police standoffs, a stolen car and firing a shotgun on Falmouth Street in Rumford.