SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — Four people were shot Monday in an apparent murder-suicide inside an elementary school classroom in San Bernardino, including a teacher and two students, police and school officials said. Two students were airlifted to a hospital after what’s believed to be a domestic dispute, San Bernardino City Unified School District spokeswoman Maria Garcia […]
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Woman accused of leaving 5 kids in car while she got her hair done
Melissa Bagley WATERVILLE (WGME) — Police say a woman left five children in a running car for more than an hour while she got her hair done at a salon in Waterville. Police say 32-year-old Melissa Bagley, of Unity, is facing child endangerment charges. Officers say she left the children, ages 11 weeks to three […]
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Man wearing ‘Drunk Lives Matter’ shirt charged with drunken driving
NEWVILLE, Pa. — Police in Pennsylvania say they arrested a man wearing a Drunk Lives Matter shirt for drunken driving. Police say 44-year-old Elwood Gutshall III’s blood-alcohol content was about two and a half times the state’s legal limit for drivers when he was pulled over early March 19 in Newville. He was wearing a green St. […]
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Woman, boyfriend charged in child abuse case
A Lewiston woman was indicted Tuesday on charges of failing to intervene in the abuse of her three children that left the toddlers with broken bones, fractures and other wounds. Raven Sullivan, 21, of 50 Fairmount St., was charged by an Androscoggin County grand jury with three counts of endangering the welfare of a child. […]
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Augusta man loses another appeal in vicious machete attack
PORTLAND (AP) — The Maine supreme court has turned back another appeal by an Augusta man convicted of a brutal machete attack on a father and his 10-year-old daughter in Pittston. Daniel Fortune attacked William Guerrette Jr. and his daughter, Nicole, during a late-night home invasion in May 2008 that left both near death and […]
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Lewiston woman goes to court Tuesday to get seized animals back
LEWISTON — A woman is trying to get back 64 animals seized from her apartment in Lewiston. Officials say one pet was dead and others needed medical attention when they arrived a month ago. The animals included cats, dogs, chinchillas, snakes, gerbils, hamsters and lizards. On Tuesday, Samantha Bell is due in Lewiston District Court […]
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‘Likely coordinated arson’ in Poland, Scarborough
R.C. Moore President Kelly Moore surveys the damage to several of his trucks that were destroyed in what police are calling arson at two of his companies locations, including this one in Poland. POLAND — An R.C. Moore truck driver was sleeping in his parked rig at the company’s Ginn Road, Scarborough, location Sunday night […]
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Greene man charged with strangling cats
GREENE — A Greene man has been charged with aggravated animal cruelty after police say he used his martial arts skills to subdue and choke a pair of cats. Michael Herrmann, 47, of South Mountain Road turned himself in at the Androscoggin County Jail in Auburn on Friday and was later bailed. The charge against […]
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New phone scam wants your ‘yes’ not your money
PORTLAND — A new telephone scam is attempting to steal voice recordings of people in Maine. Sen. Susan Collins, a Republican, says the scam has been reported to the Senate Aging Committee’s fraud hotline. The fraudulent callers ask simple questions such as “Are you there?” and “Can you hear me” in the hopes of coaxing […]
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Bill would make attacking a police officer a hate crime in Maine
AUGUSTA (AP) — A Maine Republican legislator wants to make it a hate crime to single out and attack a police officer. Republican Rep. Karleton Ward’s bill would address those who commit crimes against a person because of that person’s status as a law enforcement officer, firefighter or emergency medical care provider. It would also […]