Androscoggin County • Jody Moore, 35, of Poland, on a charge of domestic violence assault, 11:45 p.m. Friday at 444 Empire Road in Poland. • Michael Iannotti, 41, of Greene, on a charge of domestic violence assault with prior convictions, 2:30 a.m. Saturday on Key Hill Road in Greene. • Willie Holmes, 44, transient, on […]
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Norway man denies charges from Mechanic Falls crash
Police said Eric Campbell fled the accident in February, leaving his critically injured passenger behind.
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Correction
A story on the front page Wednesday about a standoff in Auburn involving Steven Case on Tuesday should have reported that Maine State Police Deputy Chief Bill Harwood said Case’s father was arrested at a police roadblock on a charge of assisting in the creation of a police standoff, and was released from custody later […]
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Jury rules Augusta officer did not use excessive force in 2015 shooting of man who held knife
Augusta police Officer Laura Drouin, who shot and injured then-Riverview patient Jason Begin in a 2015 confrontation, was cleared Friday in a federal civil lawsuit.
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Auburn man to serve two years for gas station robbery
Ryan Lizotte also is sentenced to serve four years of a previously suspended sentence for burglary and theft.
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Buxton man accused of setting car and woods on fire
Police say Donovan Sanborn also threatened people with an ax during the incident last week on Old Thompson Road.
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Auburn man killed in standoff had amassed stolen guns at home, police say
More details are released on the hours-long standoff Tuesday in Auburn that ended with Steven Case, 29, being killed by a member of the Maine State Police Tactical Team.
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Lewiston man pleads not guilty in Giusti death
LEWISTON — The oldest of a trio of males charged last month in the June 12, 2018, death of Donald Giusti pleaded not guilty in court Wednesday. Pierre Musafiri, 23, was charged with misdemeanor assault for allegedly kicking Giusti while he lay badly injured in Knox Street after a confrontation between two groups near Kennedy […]
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Livermore Falls man arrested for alleged child sex assault in Mount Vernon
The incident allegedly took place in 2017 or 2018 and involved a girl younger than age of 12.
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Lewiston man gets new trial because jurors didn’t see cellphone video
PORTLAND — Maine’s highest court has ordered a new trial for a man who allegedly resisted arrest, because jurors weren’t allowed to see cellphone video taken by the man’s sister. A police officer arrested Abdiaziz Hussein of Lewiston in November 2017 because he allegedly refused to sign a criminal summons, tried to run and punched […]