The man allegedly told an undercover Secret Service agent that he planned to kill the president.
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Sun Journal.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
A Maine judge might not release people from jail until state’s top court weighs in
A judge in Kennebec County was unable to hold a hearing Monday to move forward on her plans to release people without lawyers from jail because an attorney for the state wants Maine’s highest court to weigh in.
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Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime, News, Oxford Hills
Lewiston man arrested in South Paris after pursuit
A Lewiston man called 911 threatening to drive into a tree. Police caught up with him shortly after the man was reported to be doing burnouts and firing a gun out of his window.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Local & State, Maine Crime, News
Wales man describes Sabattus shooting: ‘I could smell gunpowder’
‘The gunfire was so loud I thought he was shooting right next to me,’ said John Childs.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News, Politics
Here is where Maine is challenging the Trump administration in court
Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey hasn’t been shy about taking on the White House, filing one lawsuit and joining numerous multistate lawsuits against the Trump administration related to immigration, privacy rights and federal funding.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local & State, Maine Crime, News
Two men, 1 woman arrested in Auburn drug bust
Two men were arrested on drug charges and a woman on outstanding warrants Friday on Country Club Drive in Auburn.
Posted inFranklin, Local & State, Maine Crime, News
Third co-defendant in Franklin County drug case pleads not guilty
Oscarlin Peguero Ortiz, 25, of Bronx, New York, pleaded not guilty to a federal charge of possession with intent to distribute heroin, fentanyl, and cocaine base and aiding and abetting.
Posted inMaine Crime, River Valley
Rumford man arrested on drug, child endangerment charges
Police removed two children and two young dogs after finding ‘severely unsanitary and unsafe’ conditions.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Local & State, Maine Crime, News
Sabattus shooter likely suffered mental health crisis, police say
A gunman shot and killed his mother Wednesday on Route 9 in Sabattus before exiting the vehicle, shooting at passing cars and killing another person. He then turned the gun on himself.
Posted inFranklin, Local & State, Maine Crime, News, The Franklin Journal
Two New York men sentenced for 2016 armed robbery in Rangeley
A federal jury convicted Robert Holland and Andre Muller in 2023 for the second time each on a charge of conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery at a Rangeley residence.