Deputies from the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office and a wrecker driver were allegedly punched by family members of a motorcyclist who led a deputy sheriff on a high-speed chase Sunday night through Canaan and Pittsfield.
Maine Crime
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime, News
Jail populations down but may rise after pandemic wanes
Officials argue for and against summonses versus arrests.
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Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
What’s the rush? Police nab two driving more than 100 mph
Mass. driver headed to Sabattus camp charged with drunken-driving.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Would-be Corinna store robber charged after clerk thwarts hold-up, police say
Mark Dunlop, 43, of Plymouth, was later charged in connection with the robbery at the AE Robinson convenience store at 60 Newport Road in Corinna.
Posted inLakes Region Weekly, Local & State, Maine Crime, News
Injured couple sues Cumberland County sheriff over chase that ended in crash
Barbara and Elmer Young were seriously injured when a suspect tried to swerve around a police spike mat and slammed into their car and another vehicle in 2018.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime, News
Coronavirus delays Lisbon man’s retrial on attempted murder of police
A Lisbon man, who served nine years of a 20-year sentence for aggravated attempted murder of Auburn police and was given a new trial last year, will have to wait months longer for his chance to be exonerated. A Waldo County Superior Court clerk said Wednesday that the retrial of 59-year-old Bartolo Ford had been […]
Posted inMaine Crime, River Valley
Massachusetts man charged after 600 doses of fentanyl found during traffic stop
Suspect was arrested in Mexico in 2017.
Posted inFranklin, Maine Crime, News, The Franklin Journal
Temple, Livermore Falls men accused of shooting near people
The cases are separate matters.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local & State, Maine Crime
Lewiston stabbing suspect arrested in Knox County
LEWISTON — Accused of stabbing a man on Bartlett Street last month, 19-year-old Abdi Ibrahim was arrested Thursday in Knox County. Lewiston police had been searching for Ibrahim with a warrant charging him with elevated aggravated assault, a crime punishable by up to 30 years in prison. Police said on April 12, they received a […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime
Suspected gunman dead after woman shot at Auburn apartment
Daniel Brown of Auburn was found in woods in Turner with a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said.