CHELSEA — A South Carolina man who fled a traffic stop on foot on River Road Tuesday morning has been arrested. Walter Hawkins, 23, was taken into custody at a relative’s home in South Gardiner, according to Maine State Police Lt. Aaron Hayden. Police had pulled Hawkins over for an undisclosed defect on his SUV, […]
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Researcher says S.C. slave harbored at author’s home was part of inspiration for ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A Clemson University professor is convinced that Harriet Beecher Stowe might not have written “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” if it were not for a fugitive South Carolina slave she harbored for a night before starting the history-making novel. The book, which fueled the abolitionist cause and helped put the nation on the […]
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Cellphone data led to Maine mom in abduction
WATERVILLE (AP) — The police chief in Waterville says cellphone data helped law enforcement officers find a woman who allegedly abducted her two young children after losing custody of them. Chief Joseph Massey said Monday that investigators knew 34-year-old BethMarie Retamozzo was headed to New York or to Florida, where she had connections, when she […]
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Maine mom with kids arrested in South Carolina
WATERVILLE (AP) — A Maine woman who allegedly abducted her two young children after losing custody to them is facing extradition after being arrested in South Carolina. Waterville Police Chief Joseph Massey said 34-year-old BethMarie Retamozzo was arrested at a rest area along Interstate 95 in South Carolina at about 10:15 p.m. Saturday. Her children, […]