State police were searching a home in Addison connected to a homicide investigation when they found ‘several destructive devices.’
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As Winthrop shooting death case takes turn, officials say shooter who killed man not charged
One woman was arrested recently on felony murder charges in the shooting death of Joshua Martin in a Winthrop mobile home in 2020 while another woman arrested on that charge previously pleaded guilty to a lesser charge Tuesday.
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Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, Uncategorized
Death of Hancock County man ruled a homicide
Police say he was found by a friend Oct. 3, but they’re still working to confirm his identity.
Posted inLocal & State, sj-web
Report cites domestic violence as cause of about half of Maine homicides
AUGUSTA — Almost half of homicides in Maine continue to be caused by domestic violence, a rate that has remained stubbornly level for more than a decade, according to a state report released Tuesday. Of the 37 homicides that were reported from 2016-2017, 16 victims died at the hands of a family member or intimate partner, […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, sj-web
State Police: Giusti investigation ‘still very much open and active’
LEWISTON — The investigation into the death of Donald Giusti in June is “still very much open and active,” with potentially crucial electronic evidence still being analyzed, Maine State Police investigators said Tuesday night. Lt. Mark Holmquist of the Maine State Police Major Crimes Unit told the City Council on Tuesday the current pace of the […]
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Kimberly "Kim" Sue Dobbie
LEWISTON — Kimberly (Kim) Sue Dobbie died on July 15, 2018 from injuries sustained in a homicide in Lewiston. She was 48 years old. Kim is survived by her 11-year-old twin sons, Cole and Dylan, by her mother, Sue Dobbie of Ayer, formerly of Harvard, Massachusetts; and by her brother Christopher of Baltimore, Maryland. She is […]
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Boys charged in Litchfield death were former schoolmates
AUGUSTA — Three teenagers charged in the stabbing and strangling death of Kimberly Mironovas in Litchfield all attended the same school district in Ashland, Massachusetts, and shared troubled family backgrounds. But the woman’s 15-year-old son, Lukas, who is charged with her murder, has not been a student at Ashland Public Schools since the 2009-2010 school […]
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Pair arrested in New York in Cherryfield murder case
A former Lewiston resident is one of two people arrested Wednesday morning in connection with a homicide in Cherryfield last week. New York City Police arrested 37-year-old Carine Reeves and 19-year-old Quaneysha Greeley on 141st St. in the Laurelton section of Queens at about 8 a.m. Wednesday, according to a news release from the Maine […]
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Woman charged with killing estranged husband in Acton
ACTON — A 46-year-old woman was charged with murder after her estranged husband was injured outside his home and died Wednesday.Kandee Weyland was also charged with violating a protection order, and was being held at the York County Jail, state police spokesman Stephen McCausland said in a news release.Authorities said 42-year-old Scott Weyland suffered injuries […]
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Family, police still seek clues in unsolved 1990 homicide
PORTLAND — Norway resident Kyle Sampson visited 64 Pine St. in the West End for the first time Monday afternoon. It was not a social visit. He wants to know who killed his father in the block between Brackett and West streets 25 years ago on Nov. 13, 1990. “This is a murder — it […]