Police say someone fired a bullet into an apartment through a window late Friday, striking a woman in the back.
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Sun Journal.
Posted inMaine Crime, News, Oxford Hills
West Paris man’s bail reduced on attempted murder charge
The victim, Vincent Andre Choppin Jr., was found shot to death in Massachussets, more than a month after the incident in Maine.
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Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, New England, News
Maine high court upholds sex crime convictions of defrocked priest
The justices affirm 10 of the 11 convictions against Ronald Paquin, 77, a former Catholic priest from Massachusetts, leaving his 16-year prison sentence unchanged.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime, News
Jamaican man sentenced for thefts, including Auburn Home Depot
Bunny Hibbert was given 14 months, time he had already spent in jail.
Posted inFranklin, Maine Crime, News
Two arrested after drive-by shooting in Jay
Police charged a Bangor woman and a Connecticut man after witnesses said they saw them drive away toward Livermore Falls in a white SUV after the shooting on Otis Street in Jay.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Bangor man arrested after barricading himself in stranger’s Augusta apartment
Augusta Sgt. Jesse Brann said the man was attempting to get away from police when he locked himself inside someone’s apartment Wednesday.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime, News
Lewiston gets $85,000 from feds for coronavirus safety
The grant from the Department of Justice is part of the coronavirus aid bill.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime, News
Court delays murder trial for man accused of shooting Jean Fournier in a Walmart parking lot
The trial of Gage Dalphonse had been scheduled for June, but has been postponed, possibly until next year.
Posted inMaine Crime, Nation / World
Canada’s worst mass shooting leaves at least 18 dead
A gunman disguised as a police officer went on a 12-hour rampage in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, shooting people in their homes, setting fires and killing at least 18 people in the deadliest such attack in the country’s history
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Skowhegan police looking for suspect in Friday morning hit and run
Officer Tifani Warren responded to the call at 7:41 a.m. Friday morning after a bicyclist was struck by a vehicle that ran a stop sign.