The interim report, which also faults the Army, calls a Sagadahoc County deputy’s failure to take Robert Card into custody in mid-September ‘an abdication of law enforcement’s responsibility.”‘
Maine Crime
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Posted inBethel, Maine Crime, News, Oxford Hills, River Valley
Oxford County arrest log: March 15, 2024
• Nicholes J. Chamberlain, 45, of 6 Brook St., Mexico, on charges of violation of condition of release and unlawful possession of cocaine base (crack,) 4:16 p.m. Thursday, March 14, in Mexico, by Oxford County Sheriff’s Office. • Justin M. Emery-Scott, 22, of 88 Westview Lane, Oxford, on a charge of violation of condition of […]
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Attorney general finds police shooting in Rangeley Plantation was justified
A state police tactical team member shot Shay McKenna in September after he got out of his van with an AR-15-style rifle and body armor.
Posted inFranklin, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime, News
Judge links Farmington woman to gun-buying conspiracy
Prosecutors say the defendant was driven by her drug addiction to buy a gun for her drug dealer.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Waterville man who led police on a multicounty chase in a stolen fuel truck sentenced
Paul N. Hatch III, was sentenced Wednesday at the Capital Judicial Center in Augusta after pleading guilty to charges in connection with drug-fueled multicounty chase in a stolen fuel truck in September 2023.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime
Suspect arrested in Lewiston store robbery Tuesday
Police arrested 25-year-old Ali Abdi Mohamed after investigators used surveillance footage and witness accounts to identify Mohamed as a suspect and track him to an apartment.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime, News
Police investigate after shopper was assaulted during carjacking at Auburn Walmart
Police say the owner of the vehicle was approached by a man asking for a ride.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Waterville man charged by FBI over online threats to kill President Biden, immigrants
Benjamin Brown was arrested Monday on a warrant charging transmitting a threatening interstate communication and his Spring Street apartment was searched, according to a U.S. District Court official.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Five Maine fishermen plead guilty in herring scheme
The scheme involved underreporting the herring catch to deceive state and federal regulators and the Internal Revenue Service.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
South Portland teen accused in school shooting plot will be tried in juvenile court
Judge Peter Darvin finds that the state didn’t meet its burden in order to prosecute a 17-year-old as an adult on a charge of criminal solicitation for murder for an alleged plot to shoot up South Portland High School.