The caller, sometimes calling himself ‘Sgt. Jackson’ or ‘Dep. Timothy Cook,’ threatens to issue an arrest warrant if the victim doesn’t pay a fine.
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Jury picked for Robert Burton’s murder trial, due to start Monday in Bangor
Burton, who led police on one of the longest manhunts in state history, is accused of killing his ex-girlfriend, Stephanie Gebo, in June 2015 in Parkman.
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‘I freed them,’ Orion Krause said after telling police he killed 4 people with baseball bat
The arrest affidavit of the Rockport man includes graphic details about the quadruple homicide in Massachusetts that took the lives of his mother, grandparents and a caretaker.
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Standish man sentenced to more than 5 years on drug charges
Kyle Braga was arrested last year after heroin, cocaine and crack cocaine were found in his car.
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State seeks more time to reply to filings in Sanborn murder case
An Oct. 10 hearing is pending for Anthony Sanborn, who was freed in April after his lawyers questioned evidence in the Portland police investigation of the 1989 murder of Jessica Briggs.
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Lewiston man gets 5 years in prison for credit union robbery
Brent Roaix had pleaded guilty to robbing a Rainbow Federal Credit Union branch in January.
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Maine man charged with killing 2 cats agrees to fine, counseling
Michael Hermann of Greene says his daughter is allergic to the felines.
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Waterville man to serve 20 months for cocaine possession
Ruben Rincon was sentenced Thursday at the Capital Judicial Center.
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Juvenile charged with terrorizing at Thorndike school complex
A threatening note found in a student bathroom led to the lockdown of the Mount View school complex earlier this month.
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Judge hears request to legally declare Ayla Reynolds dead
The missing child’s mother asksMaine for the court order, which would open the door to a wrongful death lawsuit against Ayla’s father.