A surge in shoplifting has prompted the department to use social media for what detractors describe as ‘shaming’ suspects, but others see as a good deterrent.
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Police, crime and courts news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Man convicted of kidnapping, assaulting Augusta girl seeks new trial
Albert Dumas pleaded guilty to abducting and sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in Augusta but now says he wouldn’t have made the guilty plea if he had known about a change in genetic evidence.
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Teenager charged with imprudent speed in Smithfield rollover
Kane Grondin, 17, of Oakland, allegedly was traveling along Wilder Hill Road on Thursday at an excessive rate of speed when he lost control and the car rolled into the ditch.
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Justice Department to launch ‘enforcement surge’ in Maine, elsewhere to fight opioids
Additional federal prosecutors will help pursue cases against dealers of synthetic opioids, regardless of the drug quantity, with a focus on Cumberland County.
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Kennebec Journal July 12 police log
Augusta area police reports for July 12, 2018.
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Baby’s 1979 death was homicide, not SIDS, judge finds, so murder case against father moves ahead
Burton Hagar has been charged with murder and repeatedly confessed to smothering his 4-month-old son with a pillow, but the case couldn’t proceed until the court determined the boy didn’t die accidentally.
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Driver charged with felony OUI after trying to elude deputies on foot
Police say David Barrett ran into a house, escaped from a bathroom window and was found in the woods hiding behind brush.
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Owner of dog left in hot car at Walmart spent night in jail for shoplifting, police say
Auburn police say the Poland woman didn’t tell them about the canine.
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Auburn man faces assault, gun charges for second time in less than a week
James L. Crump, who already is in jail on the previous charges, is accused of shooting at a man in Lewiston early this month.
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Shoplifting prompts social media shaming by Auburn police
Rather than issue a summons and court date to suspects, police will now arrest them, take them to jail and post their mugshots on Facebook.