Police say 31-year-old Amanda Hayes was intoxicated when she ran over two mailboxes in Lewiston while riding with two children in her Ford Explorer.
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Dixfield store burglary suspects arrested after stolen coins used for a purchase
Two men and a woman were charged Monday with burglary after rolled coins and cash were stolen from Ellis Variety in Dixfield.
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State warns of widespread text scam
The message claimed to be from the ‘Department of Motor Vehicles,’ which doesn’t exist in Maine, and prompted recipients to provide payment information.
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Maine schools warn families of ‘nihilistic violent extremist’ groups targeting kids online
Administrators are acting on information from the Cumberland County Emergency Management Agency, which was alerted to the groups’ existence by the FBI about a week ago.
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Bangor man sentenced on drug charges related to Madison woman’s death
Andrew L. Blais, 38, is to serve eight years in state prison for drug trafficking and furnishing charges, before serving a sentence in a separate federal case.
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Mold, arsenic, chemicals found in weed from Maine’s illegal grow houses
The amount of mold in some cannabis samples from illegal Chinese operations maxed out the laboratory’s equipment while others contained lead, pesticides and banned chemicals.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News, Politics
How a former lawmaker grew weed with alleged Chinese crime groups in rural Maine
A web of shell companies and illegal grows allegedly linked to Chinese organized crime traces its start to one former Democratic legislator, his cannabis consulting business, and his chain of central Maine dispensaries.
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Illinois man pleads guilty to threatening public officials in Maine
According to court documents, Massimo Frangella, 24, sent 7 emails to public officials in Maine, each with the subject line: ‘You’re going to die.’
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Homeland Security takes down list of ‘sanctuary jurisdictions’ that included 3 Maine communities
Portland, as well as Hancock and Cumberland counties, appeared on the list of areas that the department last week accused of defying federal immigration law.
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Homeland Security accuses Portland, and Hancock and Cumberland counties of defying immigration law
A list compiled by the federal agency specifically calls out the three law enforcement jurisdictions ‘as endangering American communities.’