The incident took place just before 9 a.m. Sunday. The animal is not facing charges, according to Oakland police, who went to the scene.
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Maine prison inmate sues to receive cure for hepatitis C
A class-action lawsuit argues that the Department of Corrections should provide a cure to the more than 500 inmates who have hepatitis C, roughly one-quarter of the state’s prison population.
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Truck driver’s appeal asks: Is taking blood constitutional in fatal OUI cases?
Maine’s highest court wrestles with warrantless blood draws as a driver convicted in a double-fatal crash claims unreasonable search and seizure.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Maine Crime
Impact of Maine’s $300,000 impaired driving testing vehicle hard to measure
State officials said the goal of deploying the truck is to deter impaired driving, which is difficult to show with data.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Bowdoinham teen charged with killing grandmother pleads not guilty
Dominic Sylvester was 16 when Beulah “Marie” Sylvester was found unconscious inside their home. He faces a charge of depraved indifference murder.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Auburn man stuck in limbo on way to Alaska to face murder and rape charges
On June 3, Steven Downs left Androscoggin County Jail in Auburn and headed to the Strafford County Jail in Dover, New Hampshire. From there, federal marshals eventually brought him to the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, where he now remains.
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Medical examiner to be deposed on autopsy change in Windham murder case
Dr. Mark Flomenbaum prompted a mistrial in a murder case earlier this year when he changed his description of the angle at which Alicia Gaston of Windham was shot in 2016.
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Alleged Palmyra child sex offender who fled state indicted by grand jury
David T. Freeman, 59, of Palmyra, is charged with three counts of gross sexual assault and three counts of unlawful sexual contact involving a minor under the age of 12.
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Saco man who sold bomb to federal agent gets 2 years in prison
Michael Rickett, 23, sold a military-grade improvised explosive device to an undercover agent for $350.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Maine Crime
Woman arrested in Waterville drug sweep pleads guilty
Devon Ayotte was one of six people arrested in March in two drugs busts in which significant amounts of fentanyl, crack and powdered cocaine were seized.