After Oakland businesses and schools were targeted, authorities received tips that lead them to charge a 37-year-old man.
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Two charged after methamphetamine materials found in car in Portland
Both men have been charged with operating a meth lab using a motor vehicle, a Class B felony
Albert Flick sentenced to life for murdering Kim Dobbie — the second woman he has fatally stabbed
This is the second time the 77-year-old man has been sentenced for killing a woman. He was released from prison in 2000 for that crime. One of Dobbie’s friends said “I hope he rots in hell.”
Driver charged in South Portland car-crash death pleads not guilty
William Blanchard, 19, is charged with manslaughter in the September 2018 crash that killed a 20-year-old man from Wilton.
Portland police close street after finding meth-making chemicals in car
A section of Somerset Street was closed Thursday night while police conducted a drug investigation.
Buxton man indicted on arson charges
Donovan C. Sanborn, 25, is charged with setting fire to a vehicle and some woods in May.
Lewiston man arrested after altercation at Falmouth home
Donald Murphy, who is facing several charges, was restrained by police after he started an altercation with 2 residents of the house, police say.
Portland police arrest man charged with child rape in Pennsylvania
Jeremiah L. Gleason, 42, faces an extradition warrant on 7 felony charges brought by a police department near Harrisburg, according to police.
Bronx man sentenced to 26 years for sex trafficking, drug dealing
Vincent Graham, 35, pleaded guilty in federal court earlier this year to selling drugs and coercing a Biddeford woman into prostitution.
‘Not a gun control problem:’ Son of man shot to death at Auburn Walmart defends right to carry
Justin Karcher, 19, was in the parking lot with his father, Jean Donald Fournier, on July 27 when an argument ended with the fatal shooting.