An FBI agent says the gang recruits people addicted to drugs to help sell their products using their homes as bases.
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Posted inFranklin, Maine Crime, News, The Franklin Journal
Kingfield man charged with drug trafficking at Coplin Plantation motel
Burke J. O’Donnell, 41, was alleged to have 140.4 grams of cocaine, 18.9 grams of ketamine, 22.73 grams of MDMA (also known as ecstasy) and 7.52 grams of fentanyl, according to a county deputy’s affidavit.
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Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
‘Layers of invisibility’: Workers at Maine’s illegal cannabis grow sites show signs of human trafficking
Federal prosecutors say they have found no evidence of exploitation at the clandestine marijuana grow houses. Some local law enforcement, anti-trafficking advocates and several grow house workers say otherwise.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Brunswick man arrested, pedestrian injured in hit-and-run, police say
Police say the driver struck a pedestrian while pulling out of a McDonald’s and left the scene.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, Maine Crime
Maine is still sending psych patients to controversial South Carolina hospital despite complaints
Justin Butterfield, 35, was committed to a state psychiatric hospital after killing his brother during a mental health crisis. His family is worried about him after he was transferred to a private hospital in South Carolina that has been likened to a prison.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Former Maine contractor pleads guilty to bilking customers
The plea comes nearly 5 years after the abrupt closure of Malcolm Stewart’s contracting business – Castle Builders in Union – in September of 2019.
Posted inMaine Crime, News, River Valley
Rumford police arrest repeat sex offender
Christopher Lee Sheldon, 39, of Rumford was arrested Thursday on multiple charges of gross sexual assault of a child under the age of 12.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Portland police arrest suspect in deadly Morrill’s Corner shooting
Police said Aaron Karp surrendered Thursday night and is being held without bail on a homicide charge at the Cumberland County Jail.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
South Portland teen gets year of probation on arson charge
The 17-year-old was acquitted last month on separate charges that he plotted to carry out a school shooting.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime
Auburn police arrest local man in Spring Street drug bust
Omar M. Omar, 29, of Spring Street was arrested Tuesday on an outstanding domestic violence charge and on new drug charges.