GREENE — The Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office on Friday was searching for the driver of an SUV that slammed into a utility pole, bringing it down on Sawyer Road late Thursday night. Deputies say a silver vehicle hit the utility pole and snapped it at about 10:10 p.m. Thursday. Police said the driver fled the […]
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Canadian police arrest Eliot woman who took sons, fled U.S. in contentious divorce
Sarah Teske, 39, faces 2 felony charges of criminal restraint by a parent for taking her sons, ages 7 and 4, to Quebec.
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Windham police search for suspect in stabbing
Windham police warn the public not to approach Jayce Segler of Windham, whom they consider armed and dangerous.
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Portland man shot his sister’s boyfriend in the back, forensic experts agree
But the state medical examiner and an expert testifying for the defense in Mark Cardilli Jr.’s murder trial offer different theories about what happened in the final moments of the confrontation in which Cardilli killed Isahak Muse.
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Kingfield snowmobilers arrested on aggravated assault charges
A resident of Trestle Avenue in Kingfield confronted snowmobilers for waking him and his child up early Wednesday.
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In her final days, abused 10-year-old said, ‘I feel like I’m dying,’ mother told police
Those are just the latest gut-wrenching details to be presented to jurors in the murder trial of Marissa Kennedy’s mother, Sharon Carrillo.
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Years after going to prison for stealing cars, Warren man is charged with auto theft – again
Police say Robert G. Steiner, who talked about his decades-long record in a 2015 interview, has been arrested in Michigan on charges he stole 2 vehicles from Wiscasset Ford.
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Westbrook man gets 7 years in prison for robbing 2 banks
Aaron West robbed the second bank while he was free on pre-trial release after being charged in an earlier robbery.
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Grand jury indicts Pittsfield man on several drug charges
The Somerset County Grand Jury handed up indictments Friday, including drug and domestic violence charges.
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Portland man’s mother testifies she tried to call 911 before he fatally shot sister’s boyfriend
The defense in Mark Cardilli Jr.’s murder trial tries to use Suzanne Cardilli’s testimony to contradict statements her daughter made about the death of her boyfriend, Isahak Muse.