Derek J. Nickerson was caught on security cameras inside his former spouse’s house and was charged with multiple offenses after police chased him down through Skowhegan on Friday.
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime, News
Two days, two hatchet attacks in Lewiston
Lewiston police say a man was bleeding after he was struck by a hatchet during a fight Wednesday night. In an unrelated incident Thursday afternoon, another man with a hatchet reportedly threatened a tow truck driver in Lewiston.
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Man arrested following road rage incident in Madison
Strong man accused of firing a handgun in the parking lot of a gas station.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime, News
Winthrop woman gets 3½ years for welfare fraud
Nancy Ludwig defrauded MaineCare at her Lewiston mental health counseling business.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Defrocked priest appeals conviction for sex crimes in Maine
Last year a judge ordered Ronald Paquin to serve 16 years in prison for sexually abusing a boy on trips to Maine in the 1980s.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, Morning Sentinel
Skowhegan Police Department now fully staffed
Two officers with experience from throughout Somerset and Kennebec counties were sworn in Tuesday night.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime
Woolwich medical marijuana store burglarized
The Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Office says it has leads and is still investigating the early Tuesday morning burglary.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Maine Crime
Litchfield man, indicted on manslaughter charges, found dead at home
The body of Shawn W. Metayer, 60, was found Tuesday morning at his Litchfield house after deputies from the Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of an unattended death.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Maine Crime
Man gets 3 years in prison for burglaries of Augusta restaurants
An Apple iPad that John P. Cella, 54, took from an Augusta restaurant had a tracking device that led police to his girlfriend, to whom he had given the tablet computer and a stolen laptop.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Maine Crime
Quick work from Monmouth police saves local woman lost outside
Sgt. Dana Wessling said he found a missing woman three miles away from her home, only three hours after she reportedly left.