Pleasant Point Park near the Saco River was closed by town officials because of large crowds, littering and illegal drinking.
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Sun Journal.
Posted inFranklin, Maine Crime, News, The Franklin Journal
Three charged in Franklin County crack cocaine, heroin case
Drugs and cash seized from Avon residence Friday.
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Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Westbrook man charged in stabbing
Police say the alleged assailant knew the man who was stabbed, but they have not yet identified a motive in the attack.
Posted inFranklin, Livermore Falls Advertiser, Maine Crime, News
Wilton man pleads guilty to theft from Gould’s Service Station
Six former employees of the Wilton station were involved in a fraudulent points scheme resulting in theft of more than $100,000.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
State police intelligence unit advisory board adds transparency, oversight measures
The advisory board of the Maine Information and Analysis Center will add 2 transparency and oversight measures to its twice-annual privacy audit, adding more visibility into the work of the police intelligence unit.
Posted inFranklin, Local & State, Maine Crime, News
Former New Sharon man charged with robbing York store at gunpoint
Police say Michael W. Marble robbed a gas station in York and was later identified as a suspect by corrections officers, police said.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Three arrested in Skowhegan drug bust, alligator confiscated
The Somerset County Sheriff’s Department arrests woman and two men and seizes about $12,000 worth of heroin, cocaine, fentanyl, crack cocaine, and a live, 2-foot-long alligator.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime, News
Auburn man who set fire to a couch at Big Lots to serve a year and a half behind bars
A judge suspended most of the nine-year sentence and ordered psychological counseling during a long period of probation.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime
Police log
Arrests Androscoggin County • Joshua Luna, 34, of Mechanic Falls, on a charge of terrorizing, Monday in Winthrop. Auburn • Keith Levasseur, 37, of Sabattus, on an outstanding warrant for probation revocation, 12:06 a.m. Tuesday at 196 Manley Road. • Todd Small, 32, of Auburn, on a charge of violating a protective order, 5:18 a.m. […]
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Bath man charged with hitting bicyclist and driving away
Police say relatives of 27-year-old Daniel Willey, the driver of the vehicle, contacted police after Willey returned home and told them what happened.