Tyler Woodburn was tasered several times and shot twice following an altercation with the deputy that apparently stemmed from a burnout while Woodburn was driving home, according to his fiancée.
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Police provide no update on Gardiner shooting, but more details emerge from early dispatches
Wednesday’s shooting, which remains under investigation, caused buses from Gardiner Regional Middle School to be routed around the area where the shooting occurred.
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Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Maine Crime
Augusta man charged with stealing Pride flags in Hallowell
Caleb Braginton-Hoyt, 28, arrested after allegedly stealing flags from two residences and the NAMI Maine building at 52 Water St.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Maine Crime
Police investigate shooting of man in face on Gardiner street
Police say the man was shot Wednesday and taken to the hospital in an incident that remains under investigation.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, Morning Sentinel
Police: Four arrested, Cambridge home searched as part of investigation into illicit sale of fentanyl
Authorities seized nearly 4 pounds of suspected fentanyl and $13,000 in drug proceeds that were part of an effort to distribute the drug in Somerset, Penobscot, Hancock and Washington counties, authorities said.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Half of Maine indigent cases are being defended by just 33 lawyers, analysis finds
Gubernatorial candidates Janet Mills and Paul LePage chart different paths to improve indigent defense.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Woman shot, wounded in Portland early Saturday
Portland police responded to two separate shootings in Riverton Friday night and Saturday morning. In one case, a bullet rang through the wall of a bedroom where a mother and her young child were sleeping.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Maine Crime
Police standoff at Richmond mobile home park ends after man taken to hospital
Authorities were called to a home off Hatch Street on Friday after a relative reported the man had made suicidal statements and had a firearm.
Posted inMaine Crime, News
Two teens charged in arson, burglary, theft case in Farmington
A 13-year-old and a 14-year-old are accused in the Aug. 1 incidents on Town Farm Road.
Posted inMaine Crime, News
Mexico man charged with escape after leaving Augusta mental health services facility
Darryl Streeper, 34, is an inmate at the Franklin County jail and was at Motivational Services Inc. for treatment.