LEWISTON — Police said a man was shot in the leg during a fight over the weekend. The man, whom police did not identify Monday, was treated at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston for an injury not considered life-threatening. The incident happened Saturday in the area of Towle Street, and was reported shortly after […]
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Pregnant woman stabbed in Parsonsfield after fight on social media
Danielle Emery, 18, of Porter is charged with elevated aggravated assault.
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Kennebec County grand jury hands up indictment in sexual assault case of Rumford man
Two others indicted on multiple counts of possessing sexually explicit materials depicting children younger than 12.
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Police log
Charges Auburn Stephen Tardif, 44, of 283 Summer St., violation condition of release, 8:34 p.m. Thursday on Riverside Drive. Shane Brooks, 28, of 244 Lisbon St., Lisbon, violation condition of release and theft, 7:09 a.m. Friday at 128 Poland Spring Road. Lindsay Hatch, 28, of 182 Crash Road, Livermore, theft, 2:08 p.m. Friday at WalMart. […]
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Man steals truck in Maine to haul ‘missiles up to Canada’
The truck was stolen in Veazie by a Massachusetts man who was apprehended not too far from border.
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Sex trafficker sentenced to 39 months
Matthew Giguere served as pimp to two women who were addicted to drugs.
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Bill to create review panel for police-involved shootings signed into law
The measure calls for an independent panel to examine every use of deadly force by police that results in death or serious injury.
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Litchfield murder hearing: Trio of teens chanted ‘murder gang’ at Long Creek
Testimony concludes in a proceeding held to consider whether William Smith, 16, will be tried as an adult or a juvenile in the killing of Kimberly Mironovas.
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Medical examiner testifies Litchfield woman killed by strangulation, stabbing
Prosecutors are seeking to have William Smith, one of three teenagers accused in the death of Kimberly Mironovas last April in Litchfield, tried as an adult.
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Maine’s top court upholds guilty plea in 1979 cold-case infant killing
The court declines to overrule a lower court, meaning Burton Hagar will continue to serve 15 years for manslaughter in the death of his son.