Police: David “Mike” Obert, 51, was driving on Ward Hill Road in Madison on the morning of July 4, 2019, when his dump truck collided with a Pontiac Torrent driven by Joyce Gipson, 85, killing her and her husband, Keith Blackwell, 80.
Maine Crime
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Police in Wilton search for Massachusetts man wanted for murder
Police ask people to lock their doors, take keys out of vehicles and bring in their dogs.
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Portland police charge woman with aggravated assault after stabbing
Samantha Velez is accused of stabbing another homeless woman in the hand during an altercation in Deering Oaks Saturday.
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Grand juries return to courthouses across Maine
The coronavirus put on hiatus the confidential arm of the judicial system that hands up indictments, stalling hundreds of cases across the state.
Posted inFranklin, Maine Crime, News
Ex-deputies linked to pot business that was target of federal drug raid
One former Franklin County Sheriff’s Office deputy is treasurer and another a board member of a wholesale medical marijuana company hit in the sweeping raid last week in Farmington.
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Woman collapses during confrontation at Richmond go-karting track
Altercation between adults was related to a children’s race, according to police and other emergency workers.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime
Police log
Androscoggin County • Tyler Goyette, 25, of Lisbon, on a charge of domestic violence assault, 10:20 p.m. Friday at 17 Whispering Pines Drive in Lisbon. • Michael Iannotti, 42, of Leeds, on a probation hold, 3:54 p.m. Saturday at 304 Lake Shore Drive in Leeds. Lewiston • Wylie Harris, 62, of Lewiston, on a charge […]
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Auburn man arrested in Lewiston shooting
George Simmons was shot in the abdomen in May on Bartlett Street
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Inmate dies at Auburn jail
AUBURN — A local man arrested a week ago on a drug trafficking charge was found unresponsive Thursday night in his Androscoggin County Jail cell and died, authorities said. When corrections officers found inmate Kawon Smith Walker, 22, in his cell shortly before 11 p.m., they began life-saving measures, according to Sheriff Eric Samson. Auburn […]
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Owner of Farmington marijuana building a convicted drug trafficker
Robert Sirois of Farmington pleaded guilty in 2010 to cultivating and dealing marijuana.