LEWISTON — Police evacuated buildings, closed off a section of Lincoln Street and called in a bomb squad Friday afternoon when a suspicious package was spotted near a gas line behind Rails Restaurant. Three hours after the item was discovered, an explosion rocked Lincoln Street as a bomb team robot disposed of the package […]
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Gray-New Gloucester Middle School evacuated
GRAY — Students returned to Gray-New Gloucester Middle School after a bomb threat Tuesday morning, according to the superintendent. The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office and Maine State Police responded to the school on Libby Hill Road in Gray. School Administrative District 15 Superintendent Craig King said in an email early Tuesday afternoon that all 600 […]
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Gray-NG Middle School student charged in bomb threat
GRAY — Police on Wednesday charged a student at Gray-New Gloucester Middle School with terrorizing after a bomb threat was found on a stall in a boys’ bathroom. The 13-year-old boy was released to the custody of his parent after consultation with a juvenile community corrections officer, according to information from the Cumberland County Sheriff’s […]
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Bomb threat evacuates L.L. Bean facility in Brunswick
BRUNSWICK, Maine — The L.L. Bean manufacturing facility in Maine is safe after someone called in a bomb threat to the police, prompting an evacuation. Brunswick police say that they evacuated 200 employees Thursday night after the threat was called into a dispatch center. K-9 units swept the building, two from Maine State Police and […]
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Bomb threat at Bethel school one of many nationwide
BETHEL — A bomb threat sent electronically to a computer printer at Crescent Park Elementary School on Memorial Day has been termed a hoax, according to the Maine Information and Analysis Center. In an email to the school on Tuesday, the center said that in the past past 48 hours several entities nationwide have received […]
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Gray-New Gloucester High School evacuated for bomb search
NEW GLOUCESTER — A handwritten note found in the girls’ bathroom prompted an evacuation of Gray-New Gloucester High School on Monday. According to a news release from the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department, deputies were alerted to a bomb threat written on a note that the staff discovered around 1:50 p.m. The school was evacuated. Bomb […]
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Portland man pleads guilty to robbery, bomb threat at city pharmacy
PORTLAND — A Portland man who claimed he had a bomb in a backpack during a pharmacy robbery last month has pleaded guilty. Jason Campbell pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Portland on Wednesday to robbing a Congress Street CVS store on April 11. Prosecutors say the 39-year-old Campbell approached the counter, told the […]
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Police respond to report of bomb at Lewiston pharmacy
LEWISTON — Police on Monday evening checked the CVS pharmacy at 446 Sabattus St. after a bomb threat. According to Lt. David St. Pierre of the Lewiston Police Department, the threat was called in at 5:22 p.m. Officers blocked off the parking lot while the store was evacuated. A Maine State Police dog was brought […]
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Police investigate bomb threat at Oxford Walmart
OXFORD — Police are investigating a bomb threat that forced the evacuation of Walmart late Saturday night. According to Oxford police Lt. Michael Ward, approximately 50 shoppers and employees left the store on Route 26 after the threat was called in around 11:30 p.m. The store is open from 6 a.m. to midnight. Police searched […]
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Bomb threats reported at Walmart stores in Calais, Thomaston, Palmyra
Bomb threats at Walmart stores were reported in three towns throughout the state on Friday afternoon. Calais Police Chief David Randle confirmed the store in that town received a threat, and Department of Public Safety spokesman Stephen McCausland said threats were also reported in Thomaston and Palmyra. Randle said police in Calais are no longer […]