Steven Downs is charged with murder and sexual assault of a university student in Fairbanks in 1993.
Maine Crime
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Sidney man in custody after standoff at home with Maine State Police
The State Police tactical team responded to the residence on Richard Road in Sidney.
Police: 3 arrested after early morning drug raid at Fairfield home
The arrests and drug seizures came after the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office executed a drug search warrant at 4:40 a.m. at a residence on Martin Stream Road.
Two plead guilty to drug charges stemming from police pretending to deliver pizza at Waterville hotel
Brooke Knight, 27, of Hartland, and Gibril Darboe, 21, of Bronx, New York, both arrested in March at a Waterville hotel, pleaded guilty to drug trafficking charges Thursday, as did two others charged by police with drug offenses in other cases.
Drug trafficking, terrorizing convictions in Waterville cases likely to result in deportation
Devon Duncan, 33, of New York City, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to traffic in drugs, two counts of trafficking in drugs, and terrorizing in Augusta court Thursday.
Kennebec sheriff’s office: More than $100,000 in jewelry stolen in Farmingdale robbery
Jill Powers, of Rumford, said the robbers stole a pendant made from her and her deceased husband’s wedding rings.
Auburn man pleads not guilty to killing and raping Alaska woman 26 years ago
Steven H. Downs, 44, is being held on $1 million bail in the death of a former student at the University of Alaska Fairbanks in 1993.
Lewiston teen denies charges from police chase
The 18-year-old was arrested in April after refusing to pull over for police.
Jury rules that Lisbon man broke the law in 2015 Planned Parenthood protest
Brian Ingalls of Lisbon yelled loudly enough outside the Portland clinic that patients and workers inside were disrupted.
Massachusetts man implicated in 1990s rapes found on Mount Desert Island, arrested
Authorities in Massachusetts say a man who fled the state years ago has been arrested in Tremont.