Maine Crime Stories
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May 21One person is in custody, and Maine State Police are investigating the incident, which occurred Saturday afternoon in the York County town.
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May 21Virgil White, 33, was known last to be in Athens and is wanted for a number of charges.
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May 20Authorities said the shooting of Tyler Morin, 36, happened Friday morning at the Ready Road Services towing company.
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May 20Augusta- and Waterville-area arrests for May 13-20, 2022.
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May 20MSAD 51 Superintendent Jeffrey Porter said the student referenced a gun in a backpack but no gun was found on school grounds.
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May 20Christopher M. Good pleaded no contest to several charges, including reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon and terrorizing in addition to the assault charges.
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May 20Derik Broox Wight, 41, is being held by federal officials for allegedly attacking a security officer April 20 at the Edmund S. Muskie Federal Building in Augusta.
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May 19The Shelton Noyes Overlook offers panoramic views of Rangeley Lake and the surrounding area.
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May 19The victim required immediate eye surgery due to fractured orbital bones and a broken nose from the alleged assault, police said.
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May 18Among those indicted this week was a 55-year-old man accused of setting fires to two homes in Palmyra in January.
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May 14Dylan Brown, 23, of Fairfield, was charged with operating under the influence after traveling at a high rate of speed Friday night in a residential area and rolling over at the intersection of High and Elm streets.
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May 16Police say a Bowdoin man who struck a motorcycle and injured its riders before speeding away from the scene was later captured and held by Madison residents until police could arrive.
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May 13Augusta- and Waterville-area arrests for May 6-13, 2022.
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May 13Kelly Cote, 51, pleaded guilty to a charge of unlawful sexual contact on May 6.
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May 13Wayne O. Draper, 57, of Pittston pleads no contest to Class D misdemeanor charges of unlawful sexual contact and unlawful sexual touching.
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May 11Maine Drug Enforcement Agency agents arranged to buy drugs from another man whom they pulled over in a car driven by Tyrel Cox in 2020.
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May 10The red 2012 GMC Sierra was spotted by police at a Maxwell Road residence and it had been painted gray.
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May 10Hancock County Sheriff's Deputy Luke Gross was investigating a crash when he was struck and killed by a vehicle in Trenton on Sept. 23, 2021, and he is now among the names on the memorial.
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May 10Garret Cote was charged Sunday after a Somerset County sheriff's official said he aimed the weapon at another driver who had honked at Cote for driving erratically.
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May 9Lucas Sirois pleaded not guilty to a 15-count indictment in November in an alleged illicit marijuana operation.