Tremayne A. McWilliams of Biddeford is charged with selling cocaine, and two Connecticut men are charged with selling heroin in Oakland.
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Norridgewock man who threatened ‘suicide by cop’ found not guilty on felony gun charges
Donald Bessey had a gun, but evidence at a recent trial showed he did not threaten people at the Cumberland Farms store in December, his lawyer said.
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Two people sentenced in Augusta for lying to receive Social Security, food stamp payments
Loretta Reynolds, 52, of Embden, pleaded guilty to theft by deception after she failed to report her husband’s income so she could qualify for food stamps.
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Judge finds woman violated motor vehicle law in fatal Lewiston accident
Laurie Young had been charged with a motor vehicle violation resulting in death when she ran into 13-year-old Jayden Cho-Sargent as he was in a crosswalk.
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Baby taken to hospital after rock is dropped from highway overpass in Sidney
Police are searching for those responsible in the Wednesday evening incident in which a rock smashed the windshield of a car traveling on I-95.
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Two York County men charged in Waterboro Aroma Joe’s robbery
Police say Adam Jalbert and Coty McGahey robbed the drive-through coffee shop on Monday.
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Hollis man arrested with machete, clown mask pleads not guilty
Police say Corey Berry, who has one arm, had a machete taped to the stump of his missing arm and was wearing a clown mask when he was arrested.
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Bangor man pleads guilty to sexual exploitation of children
Jeffrey Swimm, 38, produced child pornography from 2012 to 2017, some of it by using a camera hidden in his bathroom, authorities say.
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Bangor man pleads guilty to sexual exploitation of children
Jeffrey Swimm, 38, produced child pornography from 2012 to 2017, some of it by using a camera hidden in his bathroom, authorities say.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Ruling by Maine’s top court makes distracted driving easier to prove
In a decision that applies to civil cases, justices say identifying the specific diversion is not required, circumstantial evidence may be sufficient.