• Scott L. Coffin, 51, of 392 Route 232, Woodstock, on charges of unlawful possession of cocaine, unlawful possession of a scheduled drug and criminal forfeiture of property, 8:38 a.m. Thursday in Woodstock by Maine State Police. • Stephen L. Wilner, 33, of 44 Independence Drive, Oxford, on charges of unlawful possession of scheduled drug, […]
Maine Crime
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Cumberland County sheriff warns of phone scam targeting grandparents
Scammers are impersonating grandchildren to ask local residents to send money, the sheriff’s office said.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime, News
Sabattus man with history of violence and drug abuse gets 6 years for gun crime
Gage Henry pleaded guilty to being a felon with a gun.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, Maine Crime
‘He has his neighbors terrified’: Local man entering homes, giving neighbors a fright
A 32-year-old Sabattus man tried to enter three houses for three days in a row this week and police say homeowners, alarmed but feeling sorry for him, won’t pursue charges.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime, News
State prisons block transfer from jails of sentenced inmates, again
Nine of the 23 sentenced inmates at the Androscoggin County Jail were scheduled to be taken to a state prison Thursday, said Sheriff Eric Samson. The block is due to a COVID-19 outbreak.
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Woman sentenced to 30 months for mailing anthrax threat to Sen. Collins
A federal jury found Suzanne Muscara of Burlington guilty last year of sending white powder in a threatening communication to the senator’s Bangor address in 2018.
Posted inMaine Crime, News, Oxford Hills
Attempted murder charge dismissed against West Paris man
Prosecutors said the charge was dropped due to insufficient evidence after the alleged victim was killed in an unrelated shooting in Massachusetts.
Posted inElection 2020, Maine, Maine Crime, News, Politics
Man with weapons arrested at pro-Trump rally in Bangor
There were no injuries in the incident, which happened at a campaign event in Bangor featuring Republican South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem.
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New York police arrest man wanted after high speed chase with officers in central Maine
Skowhegan police say that Dayshawn Middleton, 29, was arrested on Sunday in Bronx, New York.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime
Indictments handed up for drug trafficking in Augusta, Gardiner, Waterville
Police searches turned up drugs and guns, leading to arrests of New Yorkers, as well as those from central Maine.