• Benjamin B. Fann II, 33, of Gorham on a charge of violation of condition of release, 1:55 a.m. Sunday at 9 Church St. by Oxford County Sheriff’s Office. • Paul J. Hersom, 32, of 73 Upton Road, Harrison, on charges of refusing to submit to arrest or detention, violation of condition of release and […]
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Sun Journal.
Posted inElection 2020, Elections, Maine Crime, Politics
Max Linn calls Nirav Shah a ‘death doctor’ and Janet Mills a ‘psychopath’
Independent U.S. Senate hopeful lashes out in campaign’s final days against those he thinks are stifling freedom with rules to thwart COVID-19.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime, News
Police investigate fatal shooting of Lewiston man
Hassan Hassan of Lewiston died at Central Maine Medical Center at 2:44 a.m. Sunday, according to the State Police. Police said they do not believe there is an ongoing threat to the public.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime, News
Police have potential suspect in Oak Hill school bomb threat
The building was swept Friday and no explosive devices were found.
Posted inMaine Crime, News, Oxford Hills, River Valley
Oxford County arrest log
• Scott L. Coffin, 51, of 392 Route 232, Woodstock, on charges of unlawful possession of cocaine, unlawful possession of a scheduled drug and criminal forfeiture of property, 8:38 a.m. Thursday in Woodstock by Maine State Police. • Stephen L. Wilner, 33, of 44 Independence Drive, Oxford, on charges of unlawful possession of scheduled drug, […]
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Cumberland County sheriff warns of phone scam targeting grandparents
Scammers are impersonating grandchildren to ask local residents to send money, the sheriff’s office said.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime, News
Sabattus man with history of violence and drug abuse gets 6 years for gun crime
Gage Henry pleaded guilty to being a felon with a gun.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local & State, Maine Crime
‘He has his neighbors terrified’: Local man entering homes, giving neighbors a fright
A 32-year-old Sabattus man tried to enter three houses for three days in a row this week and police say homeowners, alarmed but feeling sorry for him, won’t pursue charges.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime, News
State prisons block transfer from jails of sentenced inmates, again
Nine of the 23 sentenced inmates at the Androscoggin County Jail were scheduled to be taken to a state prison Thursday, said Sheriff Eric Samson. The block is due to a COVID-19 outbreak.
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Woman sentenced to 30 months for mailing anthrax threat to Sen. Collins
A federal jury found Suzanne Muscara of Burlington guilty last year of sending white powder in a threatening communication to the senator’s Bangor address in 2018.