More than 100 people reported scam phone calls on Friday alone, the Maine Attorney General’s Office says.
Cops & Courts
Police, crime and court news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Man accused of wife’s shooting in Saco maintains composure on stand for second day
Lawyers in the federal trial of Gregory Owens, 59, of New Hampshire are scheduled to make closing arguments on Tuesday.
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Sebago woman charged with falsely reporting sex assault
In July 2014, 34-year-old Lindsay Anderson told police she was carjacked in Gorham, driven to a remote location and sexually assaulted.
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Scarborough police appeal for information in cold-case killing of Ashley Ouellette
The 15-year-old sophomore at Thornton Academy was found dead 17 years ago on Pine Point Road in Scarborough.
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Retired soldier on trial in wife’s shooting in Saco takes stand to tell his story
Gregory Owens is accused of trying to kill his wife while she was visiting family friends, one of whom was also shot.
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Bath man who shot girlfriend during gun sale charged with manslaughter
Dylan Grubbs, 23, was showing a handgun to a prospective buyer in a supermarket parking lot Nov. 16 when the gun went off, killing his girlfriend.
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Waterville men sentenced on burglary, theft charges
In the same court Thursday, Ryan D. Gagne, 28, pleaded guilty to eluding an officer, operating under the influence and motor vehicle speeding 30-plus mph over the speed limit.
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Families lament young lives lost as Biddeford man gets life in prison for killing 2 teenagers
Relatives of the victims say they are satisfied that James Pak, 77, will spend the rest of his life in prison for killing Derrick Thompson, 19, and Alivia Welch, 18.
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Police seize 240 doses of heroin destined for Biddeford-Saco
Jeffrey March, 24, of Saco, and Brandon Perry, 23, of Scarborough, are charged after allegedly driving to Massachusetts to get the drugs.
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Court documents reveal problems with Windham couple’s marriage before shooting
Noah Gaston, charged with murdering his wife last month, told police they didn’t argue before the shooting, but interviews with the couple’s friends and children suggest a strained relationship.