Because the occupants of the home were considered dangerous, police said, the Maine State Police Tactical Team assisted as the home was entered and the suspects arrested.

Jeffrey Bartos and Miranda Loggans were charged with aggravated drug trafficking and drug possession just over a year after being charged with animal cruelty when 60 cats were removed from their Seventh Street home.

State Rep. Randall Hall pleaded not guilty to 12 charges of involving alleged forgery of signatures needed to get Maine Clean Elections funds.

Police say the pursuit, from Paris to Mechanic Falls, began when the driver refused to stop for officers investigating a report of shots fired.

Police said Sean McNeil was drunk and driving recklessly on the early evening of Jan. 6 when his Ford pickup truck crossed the centerline on Turner Center Road and into the path of a truck.

The new law, which will take effect 90 days after adjournment, will expand what protections Maine judges can offer victims of domestic violence and stalking.

Brittany Moura, 38, has paid $31, 754 in restitution.

Company president Kevin Webb said no sensitive personal information was compromised during the hack, which forced the business to shut its website down for nearly a month.

Major crimes detectives are investigating the death of a woman Saturday at a residence on the Canaan Road in Hartland.

The University of Maine School of Law is trying to reestablish a criminal justice legal clinic for student attorneys, but funding it could be a roadblock in a tight budget year.

A Virginia man was shot in the head and dumped nearly 40 miles away after a botched robbery last December, according to recently unsealed court documents.

Harold Lee Lamson Jr. pleaded guilty to dozens of charges Wednesday tied to the thefts while he operated four funeral homes in Penobscot and Washington counties.

Early reports were that the chase began after a RAM pickup truck had been stolen from a dealership on Main Street in Norway by a man who took the keys and sped away.

An Oxford County Sheriff's deputy resigned his position April 3 after a March 26 arrest in violation of a protective order.

Abdi Yussuf pleaded guilty to aggravated criminal trespass and criminal mischief but charges of attempted murder and domestic violence aggravated assault, among others, were dismissed.

Chase Snow was indicted Tuesday by an Androscoggin County grand jury on charges related to an incident Jan. 4 on Smith Street.

The man allegedly told an undercover Secret Service agent that he planned to kill the president.

A judge in Kennebec County was unable to hold a hearing Monday to move forward on her plans to release people without lawyers from jail because an attorney for the state wants Maine's highest court to weigh in.

A Lewiston man called 911 threatening to drive into a tree. Police caught up with him shortly after the man was reported to be doing burnouts and firing a gun out of his window.

'The gunfire was so loud I thought he was shooting right next to me,' said John Childs.

Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey hasn't been shy about taking on the White House, filing one lawsuit and joining numerous multistate lawsuits against the Trump administration related to immigration, privacy rights and federal funding.

Two men were arrested on drug charges and a woman on outstanding warrants Friday on Country Club Drive in Auburn.

Oscarlin Peguero Ortiz, 25, of Bronx, New York, pleaded not guilty to a federal charge of possession with intent to distribute heroin, fentanyl, and cocaine base and aiding and abetting.

Police removed two children and two young dogs after finding 'severely unsanitary and unsafe' conditions.

A gunman shot and killed his mother Wednesday on Route 9 in Sabattus before exiting the vehicle, shooting at passing cars and killing another person. He then turned the gun on himself.

A federal jury convicted Robert Holland and Andre Muller in 2023 for the second time each on a charge of conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery at a Rangeley residence.

Trent Weston, of New Hampshire, was shot by police during an early morning standoff in late August, after killing his wife and son, officials said at the time.

The Oxford County Sheriff's Office says two deputies shot a Hartford man Saturday night after his stepfather reported a domestic assault.

Brandon J. Wilson, 19, of Jay, was fired from his position as a corrections officer at Franklin County Detention Center in Farmington on March 25, the same day of his arrest.

Police concluded a two-week investigation with the arrest Tuesday of Terrell Humphrey, 40, of Scranton, Pennsylvania.

A 15-year-old was charged March 19 in connection with a Dec. 14 shooting on Main Street in Auburn.

Harold Clayton III potentially faces up to 30 years in prison for charges of possessing and distributing child sexual abuse material, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

Albert Deschaine was indicted earlier this month in the death of James Halliday of Auburn in October 2024.

Daniel Field, 30, lived in the home owned by his father, officials said.

Miguel Oliveras has been missing for 18 years and was last seen at a club on Riverside Street.

Christopher Ray, 62, has been fighting the fine since the Cumberland police chief cited him for riding beside his friend in 2023.

Police said the men attempted to throw fake identification cards out the window as they were being pulled over by police on Washington Street just before noon Wednesday.

Prosecutors say Odanis Manuel Brea Mejia was caught in Lewiston after he had previously been removed from the country.