LEWISTON — A Massachusetts man denied Wednesday that he attempted to kill a woman on a crowded city sidewalk in June because he thought she was laughing at him. Nathaniel D. Ashwood, 32, of Springfield, pleaded not guilty by videoconference in 8th District Court in Lewiston to charges of attempted murder, robbery, reckless conduct with […]
Maine Crime
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Lewiston man charged with Natasha Morgan’s murder
Authorities said the suspect fatally shot a 19-year-old woman twice in the chest outside her home on Scribner Boulevard in Lewiston on Aug. 21.
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Dispute over estate may have sparked killings in Waldo County
A police affidavit provides new information about the evidence that led to a double murder charge against a Benton man.
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Oxford County police log
• Arnold J. Clark Jr., 47, of 236 Rice Road, Waterford, on charges of violation of protection from abuse order and violation of condition of release, 9:59 a.m. Monday at 1240 Main St. by Oxford Police Department. • Connor T. Heaward, 24, of 246 Tiger Hill Road, Oxford, on a charge of violation of condition […]
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Maine police hunt for ‘armed and dangerous’ men, including wanted robber, after car chase
Wanted are Christopher Terenc Farrow, 32, and Dayshawn Middleton, 29, of Connecticut, after they allegedly led police on a car chase across central Maine Tuesday night.
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Buckfield woman sentenced for selling brother’s cocaine to raise his bail
Jaime Morin was given 4½ months, time she served while awaiting trial.
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Police: Brunswick man charged with assault after a barking man was slapped
James Kempf, 45, of Brunswick allegedly slapped another man for barking at him as the two walked by one another on Union Street Monday afternoon.
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Benton man charged with killing his sister and her husband
Maine State Police say Glenn Brown shot and killed Richard and Tina Bowden in their home in Waldo.
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Report: Former Rockland officers beat porcupines to death with batons while on duty
A third officer is accused of videotaping one of the alleged killings on a cellphone and posting it on Snapchat to a group of other officers.
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N.Y. man convicted of murdering woman on roadside in Down East Maine
Carine Reeves, the first person to stand trial for murder in Maine since courts were closed because of the pandemic, is found guilty in the 2017 killing of Sally Shaw.