Joyce Brackett ‘was in a lot of pain’ when paramedics found her in 2021, according to testimony Monday.
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Bail set for Auburn man charged with sexual exploitation of a minor
Jan Barlow, 47, an art teacher at Spruce Mountain High School in Jay, was arrested Saturday.
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Multiple shell casings found after Lewiston mosque shooting
Police release few additional details about Friday night’s shooting on Bartlett Street, which resulted in one young adult being shot.
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Art teacher for Spruce Mountain schools charged with sexual exploitation of minor
Jan Barlow, 47, of Auburn, was arrested Saturday and also faces charges for allegedly trying to have the minor victim destroy evidence.
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One injured at shooting outside Lewiston mosque
The incident took place outside a mosque during a Ramadan service on Friday night, police said.
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Key details in forensic evaluation of Lewiston shooter redacted from public release
A long-awaited review of the Lewiston mass shooter conducted by Walter Reed National Military Center may contain a second opinion on what led to his violent behavior — but heavy redactions make it impossible to know.
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Maine to drop charges, release people from jail over public defense failures
Superior Court Justice Michaela Murphy gives Maine’s public defense agency 1 month before criminal defendants who cannot afford their own attorneys are released from jail if they have waited more than 2 weeks for a lawyer.
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Deadly police shooting of Belfast man who threatened arson ruled self-defense
Daniel Ryan was shot and killed by Waldo County Sgt. Nicholas Oettinger last year after police said he swung a burning can of gas at them.
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School bus driver fell asleep before crash in Minot last year, police say
Angela Beasley drove the bus despite having a condition that caused her to fall asleep randomly, investigators said Thursday.
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Illegal grow houses have been entering Maine’s medical weed market for years, even after being busted by police
Four years ago, state officials first investigated a ‘prohibited collective’ of medical caregivers and illegal grow houses identical to the ones later raided by police. Now, 1 in 10 Maine caregivers exhibits the hallmarks of those same operations.