Police say Tim Toun, 30, was arrested and is being investigated in connection with more than a dozen recent burglaries at businesses in the city.
Maine Crime
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State Police looking for Litchfield man in connection to kidnapping
Police are looking for Joshua Tilley, 36, who fled his mother’s house at 746 Dead River Road Tuesday night.
Augusta woman found guilty in knife attack
Kiana D. Green was charged with aggravated assault following a 2018 confrontation in which she wielded a knife and her ex-boyfriend was cut on his hand.
Lewiston man admits to leaving scene after striking jogger
Aaron Crenshaw struck a woman in Lisbon last February.
York County sex offense conviction thrown out over prosecutor misconduct
A prosecutor’s statements biased the jury against a man charged with unlawful sexual touching, the Maine supreme court ruled Tuesday.
String of business break-ins goes on, but Portland police say some still aren’t locking up
Two more burglaries, reported early Tuesday, prompt police to step up patrols of businesses. One of the 14 victims says, ‘It’s not your typical smash and grab.’
Livermore Falls man accused of selling crack cocaine in Wilton
Boothby is known to MDEA as “a trafficker in heroin, fentanyl and cocaine base,” according to an affidavit for an arrest warrant filed by an MDEA agent in a Farmington court Aug. 6.
Police never asked landlord who killed 2 teenagers if he had a gun, court records reveal
Biddeford is asking a judge to end lawsuits filed against city police in the murders of Derrick Thompson and Alivia Welch by James Pak, who had threatened to shoot one of his tenants.
Burglaries at Portland businesses seem similar, but may not be related, police say
Investigators say it is too early to determine if the 12 break-ins were committed by the same person or people.
Augusta man charged in assault allegedly recorded police interview of victim
Robert William Elston, 29, of Augusta, was arrested Saturday night.