Vincent Robinson, 52, was living in a tent on property where two foster children resided and was arrested on a fugitive from justice warrant, authorities said.
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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South Portland fishing captain admits to hindering Coast Guard inspection
Prosecutors say Thomas Simpson was the captain of a New Bedford commercial fishing vessel in 2014 when he dumped a fishing net into the ocean in defiance of Coast Guard commands to haul it in.
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Work-release inmate who failed to report for job taken into custody at Maine Mall
Cumberland County Jail officials don’t indicate what Jeremiah Gamblin, 19, of Vassalboro was doing when he was located at the South Portland shopping center.
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Maine State Police now doubt truck driver’s report of shooting incident on I-95
The driver hauling water for Poland Spring said he had been shot at by men in a red car and then robbed by them, but police say evidence and interviews indicate the incident did not occur as the driver reported.
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Police investigate body found by roadside in Augusta
The identity of the deceased was not yet known, but police say they found the body while looking into a missing persons case.
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Four charged in Oakland heroin bust
Officers and drug agents seized about $10,000 worth of heroin from a home on East Pond Road.
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Clinton aggravated assault sends man to prison for 28 months
The victim told police Jonathan Petgrave tried to strangle her twice in the August 2017 attack.
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Gorham man reportedly swims Kennebec, begs for clothes to escape from police
Corey W. Paradise is wanted on numerous charges in Somerset County including burglary, theft and eluding an officer.
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Hearing set on new trial for Farmington man
In June, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court ordered a new trial, after finding a Franklin County court erred when giving instructions to the jury.
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Kennebec Journal Aug. 23 police log
Augusta area police reports for Aug. 23, 2018.