BATH — An 18-year-old Hyde School student was taken to Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick on Friday night for what police suspect was a heroin overdose. On Friday, Hyde School officials reported that several juvenile students were missing from the school, according to Bath Police Lt. Robert Savary. Later, at 10:45 p.m., police responded a […]
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Philip Seymour Hoffman found dead in NYC apartment
NEW YORK (AP) — Philip Seymour Hoffman, who won the Oscar for best actor in 2006 for his portrayal of writer Truman Capote and created a gallery of other vivid characters, many of them slovenly and somewhat dissipated, was found dead Sunday in his apartment with what officials said was a needle in his arm. […]
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Maine’s Attorney General cites rising heroin abuse in Maine
AUGUSTA — Just as in Vermont, heroin abuse has grown in Maine, with 28 people in the state dying from an overdose in 2012. Attorney General Janet Mills says heroin use is on the rise, partly because of regulations restricting prescriptions for oxycodone and regulations requiring tamper-resistant packaging of prescription opioids. Mills said the 28 […]
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Police arrest 10, including suspected gang members, in Augusta heroin bust
AUGUSTA — Street gang members were likely among 10 people arrested in a heroin bust on Wednesday morning, according to police. Augusta Police Department’s Special Response Team along with members of the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency, Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office, Maine State Police and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration searched a residence on Penly Street at […]
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Police charge Lewiston man in heroin trafficking
LEWISTON — A Bates Street man with a violent criminal history has been arrested after a yearlong investigation, accused of distributing heroin between Lewiston and Bath. Macarthur Taylor, 40, was charged Thursday with three counts of aggravated trafficking in scheduled drugs, possession of scheduled drugs and trafficking in prison contraband, said Maine Department of Public […]
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Thomaston woman gets nine months for dealing heroin, cocaine
ROCKLAND — A 30-year-old Thomaston woman was sentenced Friday to nine months and one day in prison after admitting she had been involved in the sale of heroin and cocaine out of her home. Alicia M. Santamore pleaded guilty in Knox County Superior Court to two counts of trafficking in drugs (cocaine and heroin) and […]
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Three arrested after Westbrook police seize methylone, heroin, other drugs
WESTBROOK — Two men and a woman from southern Maine were arrested Thursday morning on drug and other charges as the result of an investigation by the Westbrook Police Department and the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency. The arrests took place about 9:30 a.m. at the Super 8 motel, Westbrook police Capt. Tom Roth said in […]
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Jay man charged in heroin case
JAY — Police conducted a bail check on a local man Wednesday and charged him with having 3.9 grams of heroin and needles, straws and spoons to use the drug, officer Nicholas Gulliver said Thursday. Christopher Q. Nault, 44, was arrested on a charge of felony aggravated unlawful trafficking in scheduled drugs and a charge […]
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State grants nearly 1,200 waivers to two-year methadone cap
AUGUSTA — A law that took effect Jan. 1, designed to save the state money by cutting MaineCare patients’ methadone treatments after two years, has so far resulted in 20 people losing coverage, according to early figures from the Maine Department of Health and Human Services. So far, another 1,197 have received waivers to stay […]