A legislative committee is considering ways to reduce jail populations and increase the likelihood that inmates will find stability and support when they are released.
Maine Crime
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Police seek help in cracking Greater Portland burglary ring
At least 15 businesses in Portland alone have been burglarized in less than 3 months, and police released security photos Tuesday in the hope that someone can identify those involved.
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Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News, Schools & Education
Biddeford bus driver charged with OUI has mostly clean driving record
Richard E. Tanguay, 68, has no recent record of driving infractions, but was involved in a minor collision while driving a district school bus in 2011.
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Maine woman found guilty of sending threatening mail to Sen. Collins
Suzanne Muscara said the letter, which claimed to contain anthrax, was a joke. A jury thought otherwise.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Burglary reported at Litchfield grocery store
State police investigate break-in at Gowell’s Shop ‘n Save in Litchfield.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
State police continue investigating Richmond homicide
Authorities said Friday there were no updates three weeks after police discovered Andrew Sherman’s death and 10 days after the death was classified as a homicide.
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Police arrest 4 after report of people held against their will at Augusta apartment
Augusta Police Deputy Chief Kevin Lully said two from Augusta and two from New York were arrested at 36 Water St. on Thursday.
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Mourners gather to remember slain Waterville mother
Melissa Sousa, 29, of 32 Gold St., was killed last week, allegedly by Nicholas Lovejoy, 28, her longtime live-in boyfriend and the father of the couple’s 8-year-old twin daughters.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime, News
Lewiston man arrested in hit-and-run; pedestrian suffered serious injuries
LEWISTON — Police arrested a local man Thursday and charged him in a hit-and-run incident on Lisbon Street early Sunday morning that critically injured a pedestrian. Brad Johnson, 40, was charged with leaving the scene of an accident involving serious bodily injury or death, a Class C felony punishable by up to five years in […]
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Hall-Dale High School open Thursday after alleged shooting threat
Kennebec County Sheriff’s Department Lt. Chris Read said a 14-year-old male from Chelsea was charged with terrorizing after making a threat “in reference” to a school shooting.