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Maine, Maine Crime, News

Portland police ask for help finding pharmacy robber

by Matt Byrne July 15, 2019July 15, 2019

Police are looking for the man who robbed the Rite Aid pharmacy at 290 Congress St. on Sunday afternoon.

Maine, Maine Crime, News

Father mourns loss of skateboarder killed in hit-and-run

by Dennis Hoey July 14, 2019July 15, 2019

More than $1,100 has been raised to pay for the funeral of Wayne Harwood, who grew up in Lincolnville, and Portland police say there have been no arrests made in the case.

Maine, Maine Crime

Skateboarder dies after being hit by car

by Rob Wolfe July 13, 2019July 15, 2019

Portland police are looking for the driver in the collision that killed Wayne Harwood, 25.

Maine, Maine Crime, News

Court records detail harrowing attack on Bridgton couple and the hours that led to it

by Matt Byrne July 12, 2019July 12, 2019

Michael Holden, who appeared in court Friday on 5 felony charges, may have spent the night before the attack on the property of Margaret and Robert Macdonald.

Maine, Maine Crime, News

Girlfriend says Bridgton man charged with assaulting couple was high on meth

by Matt Byrne July 12, 2019July 11, 2019

Michael Holden appeared disoriented to his girlfriend around midday Tuesday, hours before 77-year-old Robert and Margaret Macdonald were assaulted in their lakeside home.

Androscoggin County, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime, News

Stephen King, the mystery woman and the unlocked window: Methodist Church burglarized in Durham

by Mark LaFlamme July 11, 2019April 2, 2021

DURHAM — In the Durham Historical Society archives is an old newspaper photo of author Stephen King giving a sermon at the Methodist Church not far from his childhood home. In that photo, several items can be seen. Among them: a flag, a cross and a memorial plaque hanging on a wall. All of those […]

Lewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime, News

Transient gets seven years for Lewiston bank robbery

by Christopher Williams July 11, 2019

Joseph Tilton pleaded guilty to robbing Androscoggin Bank on Sabattus Street in April.

Maine Crime, News, Oxford Hills

Deputies seek man accused of indecent exposure in Greenwood

by Jon Bolduc July 11, 2019July 11, 2019

GREENWOOD — Oxford County deputies are seeking a male reported to be walking by Alder River on Main Street with his pants down. As of 1:35 p.m., a deputy was seeking the subject. According to Deputy Chief James Urquhart, the complainant who made the call took pictures and videos of the man. This story will […]