PORTLAND (AP) — A Maine judge has ordered state officials to release a transcript of a 911 call made by a woman whose husband was killed by a Cumberland County sheriff’s deputy in April. The Portland Press Herald reported (http://bit.ly/1qYbeVU ) that Justice Thomas Warren ordered the state Tuesday to give the transcript to the […]
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Maine jail guard loses appeal in inmate dragging
AUGUSTA (AP) — A guard at the Cumberland County Jail who fought the suspension he received for dragging an inmate with two broken ankles 127 feet across a concrete floor has lost his appeal. The Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled unanimously Tuesday that the Maine Criminal Justice Academy Board of Trustees’ decision to suspend Nicholas […]
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Three people injured in Harrison crash
HARRISON — At least three people were taken to hospitals after a two-car crash on Route 117 near Bolsters Mill Road around 3 p.m. Wednesday. “We just heard a big bang,” said Heather Smith of 760 Norway Road, who ran out of her house to see the cars side by side and a man sitting […]
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Pirates, civic center may head to court over lease dispute
PORTLND — A dispute between the Portland Pirates and their home arena may be headed to court after the sides failed to reach an agreement on a new five-year lease. Pirates’ ownership and the Cumberland County Civic Center trustees are far apart on some major items regarding revenue, and may ask a judge to decide […]
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Cable network TLC to air documentary ‘Sex, Lies and Zumba’ about Kennebunk prostitution case
KENNEBUNK — Cable television network TLC, home to shows such as “Here Comes Honey Boo Boo” and “Strange Sex,” will air an hourlong documentary next Tuesday about the Kennebunk prostitution case that became a media sensation in the fall of 2012. In that case, police say Zumba instructor Alexis Wright used her Kennebunk fitness studio […]
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Cumberland County inmate charged with punching guard
PORTLAND (AP) — An inmate at the Cumberland County Jail is facing an assault charge for allegedly punching a guard in the mouth during a brawl at the facility last month. Jail officials said the May 29 brawl in a medium-security housing unit started as a dispute between two inmates over magazines. The fight was […]
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Officials investigate brawl at Cumberland County Jail
PORTLAND (AP) — Cumberland County Jail officials are investigating a jailhouse fight that escalated into a brawl and ended with a corrections officer requiring stitches after being punched in the mouth. Authorities say a fight broke out last Thursday morning between two inmates over magazines in a medium-security housing unit. When officers arrived, they found […]
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Cumberland County jail inmate escapes briefly
PORTLAND (AP) — An inmate serving out the final days of his sentence at the Cumberland County pre-release center has been charged with escape. Authorities say 35-year-old Jamie Allen Irish, whose last known address is New Gloucester, reported to a work site in Freeport on Wednesday. After Irish completed work, a co-worker dropped him off […]
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Man accused of impersonating Cumberland County deputy
AUGUSTA (AP) — Real police have caught up with a man they say impersonated a Cumberland County sheriff’s deputy in order to extort money from a resident of a Windham home. Police say 26-year-old Steven Shaw was arrested over the weekend on several warrants while hiding in the attic of an Augusta home. He was […]
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Police check possible threat against schools in York, Cumberland counties
PORTLAND — Police are investigating a rumor spread on Facebook that someone intends to do harm in high schools in Cumberland and York counties on Dec. 21, a school official announced Wednesday. Portland Public Schools Superintendent Emmanuel Caulk released a statement to the media after a meeting was held involving high school principals, school district […]