The unknown quantity of white powder erupted into the air during a brief tug of war between the officer and a 36-year-old woman, according to police.

The owner of the plants said he fired several shots at two people, who fled into woods, police said.

David Louis Woodard was ordered to spend an initial three years behind bars for assaulting a woman sexually in Benton.

The nonjury trial resumes with closing arguments on Oct. 1.

Tabatha Lombard and Lucas Judkins among five, including two New Yorkers, taken into custody in search that turned up crack cocaine, heroin, Oxycodone and over $7,400 cash.

Waterville area police reports for Sept. 20, 2018.

Augusta area police reports for Sept. 20, 2018.

Police say Darren Lilly of Bowdoinham was charged with a new felony after going to the workplace of one of the people who reported him, and jail officials say he later posted bail and was released.

The 65-year-old Corinth man was also charged with attempted murder because his companion had to jump out a window to escape the fire.

Shayne White faces up to 30 years in prison.

A man who drove a bus for the SAD 15 school district in Gray and New Gloucester is accused of striking a student while on a trip to Saco.

Investigators and a doctor will meet in early October to finalize their report on Patrick Lobor, 22, who crashed his car on Brighton Avenue, then died of a stab wound.

Luis Padilla belonged to a gang known as the Red Side Guerilla Brims – part of the Bloods street gang, according to federal prosecutors.

Former Lewiston resident Quaneysha Greeley pleads guilty to two felony charges in connection with the death of nursing aide Sally Shaw, who was shot in the head and left alongside a highway Cherryfield.

Augusta area police reports for Sept. 19, 2018.

Andrew Balcer, who feared gender identity repercussions and a recurrence of alleged sex abuse by mom, now faces 25 to 55 years in prison.

Waterville area police reports for Sept. 19, 2018.

Roger Hamel Jr. denied the allegations and his attorney said the girl was coached by her mother, Hamel's ex-girlfriend.

The judge advised Kevin Rennie, 32, who cooperated with police and admitted what he did, not to return to Maine after his sentence ends.

Scott Bubar is accused of aggravated attempted murder of a Kennebec County sheriff's deputy during a 2017 shootout in Belgrade.