Peter Garces had used more than half a dozen fake driver’s licenses to open bogus charge accounts at Home Depot stores in Maine.
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Sun Journal.
Topsham officer allegedly assaulted while responding to person passed out
Dane Secor is arrested after allegedly injuring an officer who was taking him into custody.
Rockland man gets 9 months for selling drugs linked to fatal overdose
Cody A. Gnosini-Rubenstein sold drugs to John Leiter the day before he was found dead in July 2017.
Fryeburg man arrested after shooting inside house
Police say Michael Warren had been drinking before he fired a pistol twice at a 37-year-old man.
Four people charged in early morning drug bust in China
Authorities arrested Justin A. Lugo, 22, of New York, Trisha N. Scott, 31, of China, Patrick J. Parsons, 34, of China, and an unidentified 17-year-old female.
Kayaker finds car stolen in 2017 submerged in Saco River
Water levels are low on the river because of work on a nearby fishway, so the vehicle was visible from the surface.
Father of 1-year-old who died from fentanyl turns himself in
Police say 31-year-old Shane Smith, of Winterport, turned himself in Thursday night.
Charged with manslaughter, Lewiston teen free on bail
A judge ordered that Emmanuel Nkurunziza, 18, be bound over from juvenile court to be tried as an adult.
Bread of Life Ministries facilities director charged with sex crimes against minor
Jeffrey Tyler, 47, of Winthrop was arrested Friday after police secured a warrant based on the testimony of a female victim, who said contact began when she was 14.
Drug-debt shakedown led to shooting of Naples man, police say
Nathaniel Croteau, 39, was abducted briefly by 2 men, stripped naked and shot as he fled into woods in Casco, police said.