Amin Awies Mohamed, 40, accepted an Alford plea to manslaughter for the 2022 shooting death of Walter Omal.
Maine Crime
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Lewiston man charged with drugs and gun crimes
Agents say they found cocaine and nearly a dozen guns.
Farmington police accuse 2 New York men of hauling 115 pounds of marijuana in a van
Farmington Sgt. Jonathan Parker stopped a vehicle that Jianlan Huang and Xuefeng Huang were in, which was allegedly speeding on Fairbanks Road.
Former Portland ed tech convicted of abusing student dies in prison
Benjamin Conroy, who had served 2 years of a 22-year sentence, died Monday in a federal prison in New Jersey. The Bureau of Prisons didn’t give a cause of death.
Lewiston man in Washington D.C. court on Jan. 6 charges
Andre Maurice Bonneau is charged with felonies and misdemeanors in connection with the Capitol siege.
As the Supreme Court considers federal ghost gun rules, legal experts say Maine should get on board
Maine law enforcement and legal experts agree that sellers of untraceable firearms should be federally licensed – a topic before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Lewiston woman admits to Social Security fraud
Prosecutors said Donna D. Desrosiers collected more than $90,000 she wasn’t entitled to.
Oxford County arrest log: Oct. 21, 2024
• Melissa K. Abbott, 40, of 29 McKay Road, Norway, on charges of theft by unauthorized taking or transfer, unlawful possession of scheduled drug and unlawful possession of fentanyl powder, 11:16 p.m. Friday, Oct. 18, at Walmart in Oxford, by Fryeburg Police Department. • Shannon Alanskas, 27, of 131 Old West Bethel Road, Albany Township, […]
Police arrest Auburn man after drug search
Jose Mota, 39, was arrested after the Auburn Police Department’s Proactive Community Enforcement Unit executed search warrants Friday at 124 Goff St. and 21 Swett Ave., officials said.
Saco man accused of arson after fire damages Biddeford home
The residents were home at the time of the fire but made it out uninjured, police said.