GREENE — The Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office on Friday was searching for the driver of an SUV that slammed into a utility pole, bringing it down on Sawyer Road late Thursday night. Deputies say a silver vehicle hit the utility pole and snapped it at about 10:10 p.m. Thursday. Police said the driver fled the […]
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Canadian police arrest Eliot woman who took sons, fled U.S. in contentious divorce
Sarah Teske, 39, faces 2 felony charges of criminal restraint by a parent for taking her sons, ages 7 and 4, to Quebec.
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Windham police search for suspect in stabbing
Windham police warn the public not to approach Jayce Segler of Windham, whom they consider armed and dangerous.
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Gunfire outside Lewiston apartment building hits a refrigerator
LEWISTON — Police are investigating after shots were reported fired early Thursday on Walnut Street. Police said one shot passed through a tenement wall and struck a refrigerator inside a home at 21 Walnut St. No one was hurt and no arrests were made as of late Thursday afternoon. It happened shortly after midnight, police […]
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Kingfield snowmobilers arrested on aggravated assault charges
A resident of Trestle Avenue in Kingfield confronted snowmobilers for waking him and his child up early Wednesday.
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Years after going to prison for stealing cars, Warren man is charged with auto theft – again
Police say Robert G. Steiner, who talked about his decades-long record in a 2015 interview, has been arrested in Michigan on charges he stole 2 vehicles from Wiscasset Ford.
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Westbrook man gets 7 years in prison for robbing 2 banks
Aaron West robbed the second bank while he was free on pre-trial release after being charged in an earlier robbery.
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Portland man’s mother testifies she tried to call 911 before he fatally shot sister’s boyfriend
The defense in Mark Cardilli Jr.’s murder trial tries to use Suzanne Cardilli’s testimony to contradict statements her daughter made about the death of her boyfriend, Isahak Muse.
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Girl’s heart ‘gave out’ after months of abuse, doctor tells jurors
The state medical examiner, Dr. Mark Flomenbaum, details 10-year-old Marissa Kennedy’s many injuries in testimony in the murder trial of her mother, Sharon Carrillo.
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Newest scam in Livermore Falls is from person claiming to be a hitman
Officer Troy Reed said the scammer texted a person and sent a photo of the victim pulled from his social media account.