Officer Troy Reed said the scammer texted a person and sent a photo of the victim pulled from his social media account.
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Three people arrested after crack cocaine, suspected heroin found at Jay apartment
A drug agent applied for a search warrant for Apartment 2 at 11 Church St. after conducting a bail check.
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Jay man accused of swinging handle at officer’s head, slapping family member
Jay police responded to a report of an uncle who wanted to fight a family member while intoxicated, according to an affidavit.
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Hammer-wielding man robs Old Orchard Beach store
Police say the suspect forced a clerk to lie on the floor during the robbery Tuesday night.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime, News
Lewiston felon pleads guilty to gun charge
PORTLAND — A Lewiston man pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court to being a felon with a gun. Wearing a jail suit and with his ankles shackled at U.S. District Court, Sabree Branch, 27, admitted to the Class C felony, which is punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a fine of $250,000. […]
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Judge puts Poland man on probation in ‘rare’ drug case
PORTLAND — A Poland man thanked the state trooper Tuesday who arrested him on the Maine Turnpike in January for having 28 grams of fentanyl. Travis Rainer, 48, told a U.S. District Court judge the trooper who pulled him over in Wells for following a truck too closely “saved my life.” Since his arrest on […]
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Father of Portland man charged with murder didn’t realize son’s gun was real
‘I thought you were just trying to scare him,’ Mark Cardilli Sr. is heard telling his son on police surveillance footage played in court during the second day of Mark Cardilli Jr.’s trial in the death of Isahak Muse.
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One arrested after brawl between in-laws in New Vineyard
A woman reported that her husband was attacking her father at their Route 27 residence.
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‘I should have stopped’: Sharon Carrillo told police she beat her daughter for months
Jurors in Sharon Carrillo’s murder trial hear recordings in which she admits to participating with her husband in the abuse that killed 10-year-old Marissa Kennedy.
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Waterboro woman found dead hours after booking into York County Jail
Kimberly Pierce, 35, who began serving a 60-day sentence Monday evening, was found unresponsive in her cell Tuesday morning.