PARIS — A 23-year-old man was arrested Tuesday in connection with a fatal hit-and-run accident Monday in Woodstock and charged with manslaughter and leaving the scene of a crash that resulted in death. Sheriff’s deputies and Maine State Police took Ethan Rioux-Poulios into custody on Jackson Crossing Road in West Paris, shortly after 10 a.m., […]
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Police fatally shoot Auburn man to end standoff
Police said the man was shot and killed by a member of the Maine State Police tactical team after an hourslong standoff in Auburn.
Lewiston bank robber who used a bike for his getaway sentenced to 70 months
Keith Phillips robbed Androscoggin Bank in Lewiston of $2,000 in June 2018.
Kennebec County DA admonished for meeting with judge
Maeghan Maloney, district attorney for Kennebec and Somerset counties, was accused of misconduct for a 2014 meeting with a judge, at his request, which resulted in a conviction being overturned.
Police log
Androscoggin County •Terry Verrill, 25, of Turner, on a charge of operating under the influence of intoxication, 11:31 p.m. Saturday, on Empire Road in Poland. Lewiston •Tesha Cooper, 23, of Lewiston, on a charge of operating under the influence of intoxication, 2:37 a.m. Sunday, on Sabattus Street. •Zachary Pryor, 36, of Lewiston, on a charge […]
What happened to Angel?
Angel Torres was 21 years old when he was last seen in Biddeford. His parents and police believe he was likely murdered but they don’t know why, and they don’t have a body that might yield clues.
Bail stands for Farmington parents accused of making meth at home
Douglas and Katherine Theriault are prohibited from contacting their three children who were at home when police responded to an overdose.
60-plus animals removed from Rumford home
Police Chief Stacy Carter said, “It was a basic farm running loose on Byron Street.”
Psychiatric patient who killed father allowed to move into Augusta group home
A judge says he’ll approve a request from a Riverview Psychiatric Center patient found not criminally responsible for the 1995 killing of his father to move to a group home in Augusta.
Livermore Falls police: Scammers getting more aggressive
Cellphones, landlines and addresses used by fraudsters to get money.