A recently unsealed declaration by an FBI special agent details an apparent ISIS-inspired plot involving a Waterville man and two other teens to murder all the adults in a Chicago mosque during “spring break.”
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Waterville man, 18, planned to use explosives for ‘mass murder’ at Chicago mosque, federal prosecutors say
The Council on American-Islamic Relations calls for hate crime charges against Xavier Pelkey.
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FBI arrests Waterville man and seizes ‘handmade explosive devices’ from apartment
Three devices found in the apartment Friday were fireworks bundled together along with staples, pins and thumbtacks that were meant to be “shrapnel” when they were detonated, according to a criminal complaint.
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Federal agents respond to Waterville building as part of ongoing investigation
Few details were released by authorities Friday after FBI agents were seen on Front Street near the intersection with Union Street.
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U.S. releases new batch of documents about JFK assassination
The documents include CIA cables and memos discussing gunman Lee Harvey Oswald’s previously disclosed but never fully explained visits to the Soviet and Cuban embassies in Mexico City.
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Bath man sentenced to 10 years for fraud, money laundering
A Bath man was sentenced to 10 years in prison Monday for embezzling more than $2 million from the Portland-based financial firm he worked for. U.S. District Judge D. Brock Hornby sentenced David Altenburg, 46, to 10 years in prison followed by 18 months of supervised release for wire fraud, money laundering, transferring property to […]
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Portland’s FBI field office included in scathing report on USA Gymnastics sex abuse probe
A local attorney tried to prod investigators into moving faster on the case of Dr. Larry Nassar, who later was convicted of abusing dozens of female athletes, including Olympic gymnasts.
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FBI-run messaging app tricks gangs, leads to 800 arrests worldwide
The secure messaging system allowed police to look over the shoulders of criminals as they discussed hits, drug shipments and other crimes.
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Man shot outside CIA headquarters has died, FBI says
At least one FBI agent opened fire on the unidentified man Monday evening after he got out of his car with a weapon, the agency said.
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FBI warns of telephone scammers, posing as federal agents, who bilked 44 Mainers
The agency’s Boston Division says it’s seeing an increase in reports about scammers targeting residents of Maine and other New England states through unsolicited, often spoofed, phone calls.