The Legislature’s criminal justice and public safety committee approved the bill, with some amendments, on Wednesday.
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Maine Mall shooting suspect makes first court appearance
Ahmed Basheer Awad, 20, of Westbrook connected to his first appearance via Zoom from the jail on Friday afternoon.
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Farmington man accused of drug trafficking within 1,000 feet of school
Farmington police arrested Jacob Danforth, 36, as police responded to a reported burglary and theft at Orchard Street apartment building on Jan. 31, according to Police Chief Kenneth Charles.
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Former administrator faces charge he stole thousands from Pittsfield church
Michael R. Mooney, now 53, of Waterville was hired in 2019 as the administrator at the Unitarian Universalist Meeting House of Pittsfield.
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Maine Mall shooting suspect surrenders
Ahmed Basheer Awad, 20, of Westbrook, is accused of shooting another person inside the mall Wednesday afternoon.
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Maine Mall shooting: Police search for suspect, mall fully evacuated
South Portland police released photos of the suspect, who was seen leaving through the food court and has not yet been identified.
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Waterville man sentenced in gun store burglary
Damiean Marcial-Alexander stole firearms from J.R.’s Trading & Pawn in downtown Waterville in 2022.
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Clinton man arrested after hit-and-run in Palmyra parking lot
Paul Dunphy drove into a man who was reporting his erratic driving in a store parking lot and then fled the scene, according to the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office.
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Some of Maine’s bail violation charges could be eliminated by proposed bill
Maine is one of a handful of states that treat bail violation as a new criminal charge, even when the alleged misconduct isn’t inherently criminal.
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Solon chase, fight, crash lead to arrests
Alexander Wyman and Sarah Wyman of Solon are facing charges in connection with the incident that took Somerset County Sheriff’s Office investigators days to unravel.