The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency says it found 260 oxycodone pills and about $40,000 in cash in the room.
Cops & Courts
Police, crime and court news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Bangor police charge boy, 12, who took school bus on joy ride: Video
A motorist and his girlfriend followed the boy on his short, and erratic, ride.
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Maine man charged in chase, carjacking in Carolinas
Sayer Anthony-Spang Tamiso of Hampden is accused of carjacking a store employee’s vehicle at gunpoint and ramming four police cruisers.
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Three men indicted in bizarre robbery, kidnapping in Waterboro
Police say the three out-of-state men were looking for a large amount of marijuana.
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Waterville man denies sexual assault of 73-year-old woman
Mark Halle, accused of breaking into the woman’s home and raping her at gunpoint in February, pleaded not guilty to six charges in Kennebec County Superior Court.
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Former Augusta man gets deferral in sex abuse case
Michael Hawkins, now of Harpswell, was sentenced on assault and endangering charges.
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Former Portland High teacher sentenced on child porn charge
Gerald White, 44, of Freeport was arrested in December on a charge of possessing sexually explicit material of a child younger than 12.
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Whitefield man facing federal firearms charge
Peter Poland was convicted previously of drug conspiracy.
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Somerset County courts Feb. 22-March 6, 2016
Closed cases for Skowhegan District Court and Somerset County Superior Court.
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Arrowsic man gets six-month sentence for collecting dead mother’s Social Security benefits
Robert Caton, 72, is also ordered to pay back the $162,786 he stole over more than a decade.