Crime Coverage
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10 mins agoJerry C. Thibodeau, 36, is accused of killing Anthony Ayotte, 40, who died Nov. 4.
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57 mins agoLorenze Labonte, 25, was charged last week with murder in the death of Ahmed Sharif, but he wasn't allowed to see the affidavit supporting his arrest until Tuesday.
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at 7:15 AMThomas Coffill, 51, rammed a cruiser with his vehicle before submitting to arrest.
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December 4Portland police arrested 36-year-old Deng Malual on Monday afternoon. He is charged with murder in the death of Clarence James Pearson.
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December 4Damion Butterfield's trial on a murder charge is scheduled to begin Wednesday. He's accused of killing Derald Coffin during a robbery in April 2022.
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December 1Edwin Weeks, 62, of Fairfield, was found dead in his home from "sharp force trauma" and Raheem Shamar Goodwin was charged with murder in the case, Maine State Police said. The homicide capped one of the deadliest months in Maine's history.
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December 1The 17-year-old will be held at the Long Creek Youth Development Center for at least a week. Prosecutors say he participated in hateful social media group chats.
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December 1Police and drug agents seized approximately 12.5 grams of suspected fentanyl, approximately 18.2 grams of suspected cocaine base after a search warrant was executed at residence in the Arkay Mobile Home Park.
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December 1A doctor interviewed the girl during appointment after she brought up a man touching her, according to a police affidavit filed with a Farmington court.
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December 1A preliminary review of data shows that 2023 is on track to be the deadliest year in Maine since 1989 – and that doesn't include the 18 people killed in the state's worst mass shooting.
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December 1The court sent back to the trial court two misdemeanor convictions for resentencing.
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November 30Jeffrey Frost, 40, was sentenced Wednesday in federal court in Bangor for his role in providing drugs to a St. Albans man who then sold them in Penobscot County.
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Law enforcement agencies used the law to remove guns from a person 36 times since the Lewiston shootings last month, marking a significant increase over the previous 10 months.
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November 30A judge ruled Tuesday that Lorenze Labonte, 25, cannot read the police affidavit filed to support his arrest charging him with murder in the death of 27-year-old Ahmed Sharif.
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November 29Attorneys for Susan Kochanowski asked a judge to grant her bail, saying a police affidavit relies too heavily on her inconsistent statements.
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November 29Clarence James Pearson, 61, was found dead at a Mechanic Street apartment early Tuesday. His homicide is the fifth reported in Maine since Nov. 21.
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November 29State officials and Wilton police discovered an illegal cannabis cultivation facility while conducting an inspection at a separate Weld Road licensed facility Tuesday.
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Prosecutors said Abdullahi Issak took possession of 36 guns through illegal second-party buyers.
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November 29Tzara Jones was not asked to enter pleas to the two murder charges in court on Tuesday.
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November 29Lorenze A. Labonte, 25, is accused of killing Ahmed Sharif, 27, of Lewiston, on Friday.
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November 28Brandice Dotolo, 41, pleaded guilty in August to using and maintaining drug premises, and possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and crack cocaine.
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November 28The chase started in Norridgewock late Sunday and ended on Albion Road in Benton where the driver bailed out of the car and ran, leaving a dog in the reportedly stolen vehicle.
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November 28A Department of Public Safety spokesperson won't say whether the shooting is connected to the homicide investigation, but says there is no danger to the public.
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November 28Kaitlynn Buck's attorney wrote in court papers that his client had bought four pistols in exchange for drugs.
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November 28Michael Willett, 69, of Denmark and Aremean Mayo, 93, were found dead in Willett's 7 Fuller Lane home in Denmark on Saturday.
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November 28Lorenze A. Labonte, 25, is accused of killing Ahmed Sharif, 27, of Lewiston on Friday.
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November 28Robert McClure, 71, said he heard voices telling him to kill 64-year-old Christine Miller, who was trying to get him psychiatric help, according to police.
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November 27Authorities on Sunday continued to search for suspects in the Friday death of a 27-year-old Lewiston man.
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November 27Tzara Jones, 53, of Denmark was arrested Sunday in the death of two people at their residence on Fuller Lane in Denmark on Saturday, state police said.
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November 26A Silver Alert had been issued Sunday afternoon for Barbara Loken of Farmingdale.
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November 26Portland calls the measure 'cumbersome,' but gun reform advocates hope to streamline the safety net allowing police to take firearms from people considered to be a threat.
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November 24Officers responded to 31 Main St. early Friday for an incident that resulted in injuries to a man visiting an apartment there.
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November 24Harvey Elderkin, 57, died following a report Wednesday afternoon of a fight in the Somerset County town of St. Albans.
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November 24Police said there is no threat to the public, but they want residents to check security cameras.