Officers arrested Mayo Anthony Jones, 44, following a two-month, multi-agency investigation.
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Convicted killer seeks release from state custody
Mark Ian Gessner served 22 years for a 1994 Bath murder but remains in state custody at Riverview Psychiatric Center because he was found not criminally responsible on other charges.
N.H. man arrested after two-state chase
Joshua Kozacka, 30, of Madison is charged with multiple crimes.
Portland police charge man with random Old Port assault
Police say a homeless man from South Carolina is responsible for the random attack Jan. 13 on a woman walking in the Old Port.
Vigil in honor of slain Newport woman scheduled for Monday in Bangor
Beal College in Bangor has encouraged students, faculty and community members to attend a Monday morning vigil to honor former student, Anielka Allen, 37.
Report: Fewer guns found at New England airports
Decrease in airport numbers bucks national trend as TSA officer caught more firearms in agency’s 19-year history than ever before at checkpoints.
New York man pleads guilty to role in attempted Rangeley drug robbery
Hector Munoz, 52, of New York City, pleaded guilty to charges relating to his role in a 2016 attempted drug robbery in Rangeley.
Suspect in Livermore kidnapping still at large
Shannon Lee Dupree is believed to be with friends in Wilton and Rumford.
Police charge Standish couple with operating meth lab
Authorities say Jeffrey Makela and Nicole Makela were manufacturing the drug on the property where they lived with their 4 children – a 3-week-old baby, a 15-month-old boy and girls 10 and 12.
Auburn man’s murder and sexual assault trial slated for September in Alaska
A Fairbanks judge set dates for Steven H. Downs’ hearing and trial in the 1993 slaying of a 20-year-old Alaska woman.