LEWISTON — A judge ordered Friday that a local man charged with murder in the Wednesday death of a Massachusetts man in the parking lot of an Auburn McDonald’s restaurant be held without bail. Trai M. Larue, 22, of 146 Pierce St. appeared by videoconference in 8th District Court on the charge. Justice Valerie Stanfill told […]
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Sun Journal.
Transient held without bail in Lewiston stabbing
Charles Epps has a criminal history dating back 20 years.
Masks meant to help protect rescue workers reported stolen from Richmond Fire Department
A box containing masks meant to help protect rescue workers from exposure to the coronavirus went missing from outside the station last week.
Farmingdale couple arrested on multiple drug charges
After Kennebec County Sheriff’s deputies conducted a well-being check Wednesday, they found numerous illegal drugs in a residence at Pine Hill Apartments in Farmingdale.
State police, facing intense scrutiny, invite media to tour secretive intelligence center
Top public safety officials attempt to demystify and justify the workings of the Maine Information and Analysis Center, a secretive intelligence unit that has come under intense scrutiny following allegations of abuse.
Feds aim to seize Farmington area properties searched in pot raid
Farmington, Industry, Rangeley, Carrabassett Valley and Avon are on the list.
Woman stabbed in downtown Lewiston park; man charged
Charles Epps was arrested on Oak Street six hours later.
Oxford County police log
• Marcel J. Delorme, 36, of 37 Peaslee Ave., Chelsea, on a charge of operating while license suspended or revoked, 11:03 a.m. Monday in Oxford by Oxford Police Department. • Scott R. Forbes, 57, of 300 Kings Highway, Kennebunk, on charges of operating while license suspended or revoked for operating under the influence with priors […]
Driver in Dresden crash facing charge after falsely identifying herself to police
Kassandra Gammon, 27, of Augusta, who is now being charged with operating after revocation, used her sister’s name when deputies asked who she was at the crash scene, according to the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office.
Oakland and New York men indicted on drug trafficking charges after motel bust
Eric Caswell, 41, of Oakland and Tarik Squire, 37, of Bronx, New York, were arrested Jan. 2 by Augusta police and Maine Drug Enforcement agents, who were waiting for them at the Super 8 motel in Augusta.