Richard E. Tanguay, 68, has no recent record of driving infractions, but was involved in a minor collision while driving a district school bus in 2011.
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
U.S. Attorney for Maine warning public about dangerous counterfeit pills
Based on a sampling of tablets seized nationwide between January and March of 2019, the DEA found that 27% contained potentially lethal doses of fentanyl.
Maine woman found guilty of sending threatening mail to Sen. Collins
Suzanne Muscara said the letter, which claimed to contain anthrax, was a joke. A jury thought otherwise.
Burglary reported at Litchfield grocery store
State police investigate break-in at Gowell’s Shop ‘n Save in Litchfield.
Kennebec Journal Nov. 3 police log
Augusta area police reports for Nov. 3, 2019.
Biddeford bus driver charged with OUI and endangering minors returning from Oakland
A state trooper pulled the bus over after observing erratic driving in Scarborough while he was transporting the Biddeford field hockey team home from game at Messalonskee.
Promised $2.5 million and Mercedes, Auburn senior loses life savings
Barbara Hinckley, 95, lost everything to a sweet-talking scam artist who told her she’d placed second in a sweepstakes for the Publisher’s Clearing House.
Lisbon man allegedly trying to meet 13-year-old girl charged with attempted gross sexual assault
Sagadahoc County Sheriff Joel Merry said 35-year-old Chad Cornish was exchanging text messages with a 13-year-old girl but found police instead when he tried to meet her after school Friday.
Portland police report string of burglaries at businesses
Authorities won’t say if the 15 crimes are connected, but there are similarities.
High winds in Central Maine knock out power, close schools
High winds from a storm Thursday night into Friday downed power lines and tree limbs across central Maine.