Police said Joshua D. Wheaton, 30, was on probation for prior drug charges and subject to searches when they inspected his vehicle and found the heroin.
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Lewiston man pleads guilty in suffocation death of infant son
Danny Adams forced a pacifier into the mouth of his 14-week-old son and held it there to keep him from crying.
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Investigators seek suspect in arson at former Pittsfield shoe factory
Authorities say a fire that started Wednesday afternoon at the former San Antonio Shoe factory was set intentionally.
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Gardiner man who broke into Manchester home sentenced to time served
Joshua Lemar took money and a pound of marijuana from the residents.
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Minot man sentenced on federal drug, gun charges
Ross Tardif was sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison after a home invasion at his house uncovered drugs and a gun.
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Clinton man sentenced in domestic violence threatening case
Joseph Gagnon drove away from the scene last August but turned himself in to police several hours later.
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Morning Sentinel Feb. 8 police log
Waterville area police reports for Feb. 8, 2017.
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Ex-priest at center of Boston scandal indicted on 29 counts of sex abuse in Maine
Ronald Paquin, in his mid-70s and whereabouts unknown, is accused of abusing two boys he brought to Kennebunkport for short visits in the late 1980s.
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Kennebec Journal Feb. 8 police log
Augusta area police reports for Feb. 8, 2017.
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Escape from jail work detail in Augusta brings nine-month sentence
Nicole Dyment had been participating in a specialty jail program when she ran off last spring.