LEWISTON — The Lewiston Police Department will start it’s next Citizens’ Police Academy on Tuesday, March 21, at the police station, according to a news release. The program is for those 18 years and older. It meets from 6 to 8 p.m. every Tuesday for 10 weeks. People who enroll will get insight on the […]
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Lisbon Falls teen denies sex assault
A Lisbon Falls teen on Thursday denied a charge that he sexually assaulted a 16-year-old girl last month in a Westbrook motel room. Rick Powers, 15, denied the charge at a juvenile court hearing in Portland, according to the Press Herald. He is next scheduled to appear in court in May. Powers and another teen, Ernest […]
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Livermore Falls woman pleads guilty to theft, false public report
AUBURN — A Livermore Falls woman pleaded guilty Thursday morning at Androscoggin County Superior Court to a misdemeanor theft charge related to the assault and robbery of a Livermore Falls man in November. Felicia Jewell, 29, also pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of false public report, for which she was sentenced to 180 days in […]
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Accused sex trafficker facing federal gun charge
PORTLAND — An Auburn man facing assault and sex trafficking charges in Androscoggin County is now facing federal charges. Willie Minor, 57, of 30 Lake St. has been charged in U.S. District Court with a single count of possessing a firearm after having been convicted of a domestic violence assault. The charge carries a potential […]
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Lewiston drug trafficker sentenced
LEWISTON — A local man pleaded guilty Thursday to trafficking the prescription painkiller oxycodone in Lewiston last summer. Mark R. Hancock, 52, of 17 Jefferson St., pleaded guilty to a charge of drug trafficking as part of a plea agreement in which other charges were dropped. Hancock was sentenced to four years in prison with all […]
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Police log
Charges Auburn * Matthew James Smith, 28, of 46 Bowdoinham Road, Lisbon Falls, on a warrant charging failure to pay a fine and on charges of refusing to submit to arrest and assault on an officer, 12:22 p.m. Thursday at Third and Mill streets. Androscoggin County * Adam Williams, 36, of Royalsborough Road, Durham, arrested […]
