The chase at 9:45 p.m. Thursday rattled an already tense neighborhood when the sound of the car tire puncturing was believed to be a gunshot.
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Driver swerves to miss deer, hits house in Greene, police say
Speed is considered a factor in the crash, authorities said Friday.
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Feds charge man in Maine with identity theft, passport fraud
Federal prosecutors allege Matthew Charnay has evaded several law enforcement investigations across the country.
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Buckfield man loses appeal in shaken baby death
Attorneys for 32-year-old Trevor Averill had argued that a new trial should be ordered or the sentence reconsidered.
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Justice Department sues Maine for denying undercover license plates to federal agents
Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, who oversees the BMV, has maintained that unmarked plates won’t be issued unless the state is assured they ‘won’t be used for lawless purposes.’
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3 more women join suit against transgender policy at Maine’s women’s prison
The 4 plaintiffs claim chronic harassment and assault at the hands of a transgender prisoner.
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Mexico man charged after assaulting cop, threatening to shoot county jail staff, police say
Rex Call, 40, faces charges including terrorizing, refusing to submit to arrest, violating conditions of release, and assault on an officer.
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Eliot Cutler temporarily released from jail
The former Maine gubernatorial candidate and convicted sex offender admitted at a hearing Friday that he had violated his probation and argued he should be let out in order to seek treatment for a pornography addiction.
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Lewiston police arrest teen on gun charges
Police were called to the area of Horton Street Thursday afternoon.
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Judge considering bail for Maine man accused of murder in 1987 cold case
Stephen Bouchard, 63, is charged with killing his girlfriend, Alice Hawkes, in 1987; he has pleaded not guilty to murder. Investigators revealed new information about the case during a court hearing Thursday.