PARIS — Two Mexico men indicted in April on drug trafficking charges stemming from undercover cocaine sales plead guilty to lesser charges in Oxford County Superior Court Tuesday. Daniel Allen, 55, of Swett Street and Darren Joudrey, 51, of Roxbury Road, were arrested with two other men in January after a yearlong investigation into cocaine trafficking in the Mexico area […]
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Fryeburg man accused of assault with tea kettle
FRYEBURG — A Fryeburg man was arrested early Monday morning after reportedly assaulting another man with a tea kettle. Chad A. Stevens, 38, of Smith Street, appeared in 11th District Court on Monday afternoon and pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor assault charge. He was released on personal recognizance bail. Fryeburg police Chief Phil Weymouth said […]
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Police investigate Lewiston stabbing
LEWISTON — One person was stabbed late Tuesday night and police were investigating at the intersection of Blake and Birch streets. A male stabbing victim was taken to Central Maine Medical Center, said Lt. David St. Pierre of the Lewiston Police Department. He did not know the victim’s condition. Blake and Birch streets were cordoned […]
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Feds may cut funds for Riverview Psychiatric Center
AUGUSTA — The Riverview Psychiatric Center could see more than half of its operating budget stripped away by the federal government for failing to meet guidelines. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services cited overcrowding and inadequate staffing for its threat to withhold $20 million by Sept. 2. Gov. Paul LePage blamed lawmakers for failing […]
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Police recover goods stolen from storage units
LEWISTON — The boxes just kept coming and coming. Boxes stuffed with G.I. Joes, Barbie dolls and other old toys still inside their original boxes. These are collectors items and Glenn Davis never expected to see them again. “I’m pretty happy,” the Sabattus man said. Davis and his wife, Jacqueline, were at the Lewiston police […]
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Dover-Foxcroft man faces meth charges
CHARLESTON, Maine (AP) — A Dover-Foxcroft man has been arrested on drug charges after police found what they say were chemicals used in the manufacture of methamphetamine in the pickup truck he was driving. The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency says 33-year-old Joel Frigon had been under investigation for several weeks after police were told he […]
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Fayette man sentenced to six years in federal prison
LEWISTON — Patrick Gaffney-Kessell, 29, of Fayette has been sentenced to serve 6¼ years in federal prison for traveling out of state with the intent to have sex with a teenage girl. According to a news release from the U.S. Department of Justice, Gaffney-Kessell was also sentenced to five years of federal supervision following his […]
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Ex-Bulger partner admits to lying under oath
BOSTON (AP) — James “Whitey” Bulger’s former partner in crime returned to the witness stand Wednesday for a fifth day of testimony, with the defense harping on his role as an FBI informant while trying to discredit him as a liar. Stephen “The Rifleman” Flemmi claims he and Bulger were secret FBI informants for years […]
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Church marches to honor gay man killed in hate crime 29 years ago
BANGOR — On July 7, 29 years ago, three teenage boys beat 23-year-old Charlie Howard and tossed him to his death from a downtown Bangor bridge because he was gay. About 20 members of the Unitarian Universalist Society of Bangor marched on Sunday from their Park Street church to the place Howard died nearly three […]