SUMNER — After a morning-long search that started with a standoff Thursday night, police shortly before noon Friday took into custody a Buckfield man wanted for multiple domestic violence crimes. Jason Merriam, 36, led police on a chase through the woods of Buckfield and Sumner Friday morning after they had staged Thursday night near a […]
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Sun Journal.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
2017: Minot man charged with trying to burn down house
AUBURN — A Minot man, who police said had taken steps toward burning down his home and assaulted his wife in July, was charged this week with a related felony and six misdemeanors. An Androscoggin County grand jury indicted Corey Hamel, 36, of 744 Pottle Hill Road on a charge of attempted arson, a Class […]
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Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Maine Crime
Oxford County deputy charged with domestic violence terrorizing
By Matthew Daigle PARIS — A lieutenant with the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office was arrested and charged Wednesday afternoon with misdemeanor domestic violence terrorizing, according to Lt. Walter Grzyb of the Maine State Police. Grzyb said Brian Landis was arrested at 2:30 p.m. by state police and booked at the Oxford County Jail on Class […]
Posted inFranklin, Maine, Maine Crime
Farmington couple featured on new ‘Love Kills’ series on Investigation Discovery Channel
Fourteen years after someone shot Janette Osborne in the chest on the family farm in Farmington, the new Investigation Discovery Channel series “Love Kills” talked with her son, Josh Osborne, and his then-girlfriend, Donna Enman, about that day — and leaves it up to viewers to figure out who pulled the trigger. Carl Schick, supervising […]
Posted in175th anniversary, Androscoggin County, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime, News
Allegations spur district attorney to halt private prisoner transports
District Attorney Andrew Robinson referred to a six-page letter written by an Androscoggin County Jail inmate who detailed the account of her five-day trip from Florida to Maine last November caged in the back of a private prisoner transport van during which she was denied bathroom breaks and subjected to other inhumane treatment.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime, Nation / World
Caged in van No. 1304
Lewiston woman’s 5-day trip from Florida to Maine in a prisoner transport van was an ‘inhumane . . . hell.’
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime
What happened to Wanda Mitchell?
A dog brings home a human head. Suspects include an alleged rapist, but the case quickly goes cold. Thirty-seven years after 15-year-old Wanda Mitchell’s body was found in the Poland woods, her mother is still looking for answers.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Business, Maine Crime
Mills: What happens on January 30 if the Legislature does nothing?
By A. M. Sheehan STATE — On Monday, Jan. 30, if the state Legislature has not changed the new cannabis law, children under 21 will be able to possess and use and everyone will be able to possess, transport and furnish, not just marijuana leaf, but up to 2.5 ounces of hashish, honey butane oil and other […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Maine Crime, Oxford Hills
Oxford fire launches petition to elect fire chief
By Leslie H. Dixon OXFORD — A petition is circulating calling for the fire chief’s position to be changed from an appointed full-time position to an elected, three-year term. Town Clerk Beth Olsen confirmed that Fire Capt. Shawn Cordwell requested the petition be worded as follows, “Shall the Town Vote to change the Fire Chiefs Position […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Maine Crime, Oxford Hills
A tale of three towns in Oxford Hills … at night
By A. M. Sheehan AREA — Norway, Paris and Oxford. Three different towns, three similar experiences. Riding with the local police agencies is an eye-opening experience. Depending on the time of year, the temperature, the phases of the moon, it can be a very busy night or a very slow one. It can be alcohol heavy […]