Abdikadir A. Nur, 20, is accused of shooting Hassan Hassan, 18, Saturday night.
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Police log
Accidents Auburn • A vehicle driven by Darren Plante, 54, of Lewiston struck a legally parked vehicle owned by Tatum O. Brown of Lewiston at 10:16 p.m. Sunday on Washington Street. The 2007 GMC driven by Plante and owned by U-Haul International Inc. and Brown’s 2013 Chevrolet received functional damage. • A vehicle driven by […]
Auburn man charged with murder in Saturday’s fatal shooting in Lewiston
LEWISTON — Maine State Police and the Lewiston Police Department charged a 20-year-old Auburn man with murder in the Saturday shooting of an 18-year-old on River Street. Abdikadir A. Nur was arrested by Auburn police about 9 p.m. Monday at his mother’s residence on Aspen Street in Auburn, according to a statement from state police […]
State’s high court upholds murder conviction of man who killed deputy
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court upheld the convictions and sentences for John D. Williams, who shot and killed Somerset County Deputy Sheriff Cpl. Eugene Cole, and of Kandee Collind, who killed her ex-husband in front of their two children.
Former Unity College employee pleads guilty to taking almost $517,000
Beth Bing, 49, of Waterville faces up to 20 years in prison for unauthorized use of the college’s credit card.
Portable toilet set on fire in Lewiston
Police say gasoline was used in the incident on Landry Road.
Oxford County arrest log
• Benjamin B. Fann II, 33, of Gorham on a charge of violation of condition of release, 1:55 a.m. Sunday at 9 Church St. by Oxford County Sheriff’s Office. • Paul J. Hersom, 32, of 73 Upton Road, Harrison, on charges of refusing to submit to arrest or detention, violation of condition of release and […]
Max Linn calls Nirav Shah a ‘death doctor’ and Janet Mills a ‘psychopath’
Independent U.S. Senate hopeful lashes out in campaign’s final days against those he thinks are stifling freedom with rules to thwart COVID-19.
Police investigate fatal shooting of Lewiston man
Hassan Hassan of Lewiston died at Central Maine Medical Center at 2:44 a.m. Sunday, according to the State Police. Police said they do not believe there is an ongoing threat to the public.
Police have potential suspect in Oak Hill school bomb threat
The building was swept Friday and no explosive devices were found.