The Maine State Police’s Proactive Criminal Enforcement Team faces new scrutiny after a trooper was hit with allegations of racial profiling.
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Alaska investigators said they struggled to find witnesses in 1993 campus slaying
Friday marked the fifth day of the trial of Steven H. Downs, 47, of Auburn.
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Lawyers for Waterville man accused of murder seek to suppress evidence from apartment where police saw blood
Nicholas P. Lovejoy is charged with murder in the 2019 shooting death of Melissa Sousa at their Waterville apartment.
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Driver in fatal Acadia crash will plead guilty to federal charges
Praneeth Manubolu was the driver and sole survivor of a crash that killed three people in Acadia National Park in August 2019.
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Crime lab worker describes photos from scene of slain Alaskan woman
Steven H. Downs of Auburn is on trial for murder and sexual assault in 28-year-old case.
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Palmyra man intentionally sets two houses on fire, police say
Aaron Chadbourn, 54, charged with arson after police said he started fires Sunday at residences on Main Street.
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Witness says she heard sound like ‘firecrackers’ when Alaskan woman was killed
An Auburn man faces murder and sexual assault charges at his trial in Fairbanks, Alaska.
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Judge gives defendants in Farmington marijuana case more time to review evidence
The trial on federal charges has been pushed to September.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, Morning Sentinel
Driver in high-speed chase arrested after attempting to flee crash on foot, police say
The driver, Ramel J. Higgins, 28, of Bronx, New York, reached speeds well over 100 mph before attempting to evade police on foot in the woods near Augusta, according to Maine State Police.
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Varney daughters detail a harrowing scene on night of their parents’ murder
Officers held one of them for hours in a room next door while a suspect chanted, vomited and asked police ‘disturbing questions’