A man and two women from Oakland, Penobscot and Skowhegan were arrested on multiple charges after a traffic stop Wednesday night, police said.
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Four people charged with dealing crack in Biddeford
MDEA agents made the arrests Thursday at an apartment on Wentworth Street. Undercover agents had allegedly purchased the drug several times from two of the suspects arrested.
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Police charge Thorndike woman with manslaughter in ‘bizarre’ Burnham death
Tara Shibles, 37, of Thorndike, was arrested Thursday for entering the home last month of Joyce Wood, 72, after which Wood was ‘stricken’ and died outside in a vehicle, police said.
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Topless cleaner charged with shoplifting ‘naughty underthings’ in Bangor
A woman who operates a topless cleaning business allegedly stole undergarments from a local store, according to a post on the Bangor Police Department’s Facebook page.
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Franklin County court for March 27-April 24, 2017
Closed cases from Franklin County Superior Court and Farmington District Court.
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Sympathy turned to suspicion for friends of Sebago woman accused of faking cancer
Some think the well-liked Hillary McLellan, accused of stealing $10,500 that was donated to assist her, was motivated by the attention she got, not money.
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Murder trial of Robert Burton, of Abbot, set for late September in Bangor
Burton, 40, is charged with killing his ex-girlfriend, Stephanie Gebo, in June 2015 in Parkman, and he may face stiffer prison penalties under new legislation heading toward approval.
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New Hampshire police say motorcyclist fled into Maine at 130 mph
A Facebook post says the police are obtaining arrest warrants, but doesn’t name the man.
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Augusta man’s 2016 murder conviction upheld in woman’s stabbing
Attorney Caleb Gannon argued that Justin Pillsbury, 42, was entitled to a new trial because a prosecutor’s ‘green-eyed monster’ statement had ‘pandered to sympathy, prejudice and bias of the jury.’
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Biddeford police officer accused of sexual abuse in new lawsuit
The lawsuit is the fourth alleging abuse by former city officers, but a lawyer for the defendant says the allegations were investigated and dismissed many years ago.