Police said Friday that the threat was made by 41-year-old John Picurro, who was the owner of The Last Unicorn restaurant that was destroyed in a fire last weekend.
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Pittston man accused of stalking county sheriff, state trooper over Facebook, rejected in bid to move trial
The lawyer for Nicholas J. Worthing sought to have his trial moved out of Kennebec County out of concern judges there could have relationships with law enforcement officers allegedly stalked by Worthing.
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Supreme Judicial Court upholds murder conviction, sentence of Massachusetts man
The justices aren’t swayed by Marcus Asante’s claim that he was acting in self-defense when he shot and killed Douglas Morin Jr. during a drug deal in 2016.
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Man whose social media post led to Skowhegan-area school closures charged with terrorizing
Janathian Viles was arrested Thursday after a police officer interviewed him in Brewer, according to Skowhegan police Chief David Bucknam.
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Study: Young adults are overrepresented in Maine’s criminal justice system
A report from the University of Southern Maine’s Catherine E. Cutler Institute calls for expanding diversion and treatment-based criminal justice programs.
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Two arrested in Skowhegan traffic stop that nets 200 unlicensed marijuana plants in trailer
Working with the U.S. Border Patrol, Skowhegan police Chief David Bucknam stopped a pickup truck that was hauling a 21-foot trailer with potted marijuana plants inside.
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Boothbay Harbor man charged with attempted murder after lengthy standoff
Police arrested 40-year-old Matthew Plummer at an apartment complex in Boothbay Harbor early Monday morning, more than 10 hours after Plummer allegedly shot a man in a nearby parking lot.
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Waterville man sentenced to year in prison after sexually explicit images of child found on phone
The explicit image was discovered as a screensaver on Joel E. Williams Jr.’s phone after he left it behind at a store, authorities said.
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Waterville man accused in Colby College gunfire had feuded previously with assailant, police affidavit says
Officials say Andrew Gifford, 24, fired a 9 mm handgun three times in a crowded hallway during a party at the Waterville college after he had been hit in the head with a bottle by a man with whom Gifford had fought years earlier.
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Augusta man shot while assaulting federal officer sentenced to prison
Derik Broox Wight allegedly held a knife near the throat of a federal officer before he was shot by another officer at the Edmund S. Muskie Federal Building in Augusta last year.