Lance Szady was sentenced Monday to more than seven years in prison for his role in last year’s robbery of an Augusta Rite Aid.
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Canoeist hallucinating on Saco River charged with possession of meth, cocaine
Police take the Massachusetts man to Bridgton Hospital for treatment. He is scheduled to appear in Bridgton District Court on Oct. 13.
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Waterville woman charged in connection with turkey hunting accident
Janice Jacques has been charged with one count of assault while hunting after shooting her husband during a hunt in China.
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Oxford man arrested after two-state chase in stolen car
Wesley Ruede, 22, was charged in Massachusetts with being a fugitive from justice and also faces multiple charges in New Hampshire.
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Three men charged in Cumberland Avenue murder ordered held without bail
Even after Abil Teshome, 23, Osman Sheikh, 31, and Mohamud Mohamed, 36, appeared in court, authorities refused to say how 49-year-old Freddy Akoa was killed.
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Waterville man pleads guilty to federal ammo charges
Brian Mulkern pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of ammunition, which he allegedly stole during a Winthrop burglary last year.
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Woman recants report of being raped along Portland’s Back Cove Trail
She is being investigated for filing a false report, while police and victims’ advocates worry that the fabrication will make it harder for people who are sexually assaulted to come forward.
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Portland police charge 3 with murdering man found dead in his Cumberland Avenue apartment
The suspects are being held without bail pending court appearances in connection with the death of Freddy Akoa, 49, of Portland.
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Fairfield woman convicted of abducting children asks to leave the state
BethMarie Retamozzo, who took her two young children and fled Maine in 2013, seeks permission to go to Florida to help fight efforts to sever her parental rights to a child who lives there.
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Portland police investigate reported rape along Back Cove Trail
Officers and a police dog search for evidence as the woman is taken to the hospital.