Maine Crime Stories
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April 28Kendall Purnell, 38, is accused of killing Harold Burgess, 71, and seriously injuring Shawn Haggan, 45.
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April 28Christian Meyers, 21, is charged on one count each of elevated aggravated assault, reckless conduct with a firearm, receiving stolen property and sexual abuse of a minor.
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April 26The Gardiner store was locked down and closed for about 2 hours Friday because of the threat, local police said.
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April 24An Oakland woman claimed Maeghan Maloney inappropriately shared information about her case.
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April 22A park official said there is no threat to the public and no one had been reported missing.
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April 22Two adults died after the SUV they were in went off the road and into a tree on Main Street.
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April 17As part of a plea deal with prosecutors, murder and gun possession charges against Tyler Quirion, 21, were dropped.
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April 17Police said Sean McNeil was drunk and driving recklessly on the early evening of Jan. 6 when his Ford pickup truck crossed the centerline on Turner Center Road and into the path of a truck.
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April 16The new law, which will take effect 90 days after adjournment, will expand what protections Maine judges can offer victims of domestic violence and stalking.
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April 16Samuel Whittemore, accused of killing his wife and attacking his mother in February, is to be committed in an effort to restore his mental competency so the criminal case against him can proceed to trial.
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April 16Brittany Moura, 38, has paid $31, 754 in restitution.
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April 16Company president Kevin Webb said no sensitive personal information was compromised during the hack, which forced the business to shut its website down for nearly a month.
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April 15Michael Corson, 55, had asked for the charge to be dropped in March.
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April 15Major crimes detectives are investigating the death of a woman Saturday at a residence on the Canaan Road in Hartland.
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April 15A psychologist testifies that Megan McDonald believes she directly communicates with God, who told her to kill her son before Christmas.
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April 15The University of Maine School of Law is trying to reestablish a criminal justice legal clinic for student attorneys, but funding it could be a roadblock in a tight budget year.
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April 14A detective’s affidavit supporting charges against Rhaheem Friend, the driver in the August 2024 crash, also describes what happened in the five hours between the crash and when it was reported.
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April 16A Virginia man was shot in the head and dumped nearly 40 miles away after a botched robbery last December, according to recently unsealed court documents.
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April 12Harold Lee Lamson Jr. pleaded guilty to dozens of charges Wednesday tied to the thefts while he operated four funeral homes in Penobscot and Washington counties.
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April 11Rhaheem Friend, 34, was driving the vehicle in the August 2024 crash on South Solon Road in Solon that left Nicholas Foss, 39, of Madison, dead.