Auburn Police Deputy Chief Tim Cougle and a neighbor describes what happened at Friday morning shooting at an apartment building.
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Posted inFranklin, Maine Crime, News, The Franklin Journal
Two guns found in vehicle stopped in Jay shooting
Shell casings at scene match brand from one gun.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime, Mark LaFlamme
Mark LaFlamme: The ‘new normal’: Covering crime is now a lonely business
Complain all you want that people aren’t complying with the lingering stay-at-home orders, but that hasn’t been my experience at all. If good old-fashioned police drama in the streets isn’t enough to bring them out, I don’t imagine anything will.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime, News
Auburn teen denies charge in shooting; kept in custody
Lewiston woman shot in her apartment Friday night.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime, News
Police seek 19-year-old Lewiston man as a suspect in Bartlett Street stabbing
LEWISTON — Police are seeking a 19-year-old local man with a long criminal history wanted in an April 12 stabbing on Bartlett Street. Police secured an arrest warrant for Abdi Ibrahim on a charge of elevated aggravated assault, a Class A crime punishable by up to 30 years in prison. The stabbing sent a 19-year-old […]
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Westbrook man accused of ramming car into Cumberland County Jail
Police say Muka Kabala drove to the jail around 11 p.m. Sunday and pushed another car into the building because he was upset that someone was being released on bail.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime, News
Police: Witness said suspect may have had motive to ‘settle a beef’ with gun
LEWISTON — A witness told police a 15-year-old took off with a gun to “settle a beef” shortly before a woman was shot at 124 College St. on Friday night, according to a police detective. The teenager is expected to attend a detention hearing Tuesday morning by videoconference in 8th District Court to determine whether […]
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Man robs Shaw’s supermarket in Portland wearing face mask
He robbed a cashier at the Shaw’a Supermarket on Auburn Street, but never displayed a weapon, police say.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Hiram man shot dead in confrontation with Maine State Police
Reed Rickabaugh, 59, was fatally wounded by two state troopers following a 12-hour standoff that ended late Saturday morning, the state police chief says.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime
Woman shot in Lewiston; suspects in custody
Police say someone fired a bullet into an apartment through a window late Friday, striking a woman in the back.