Police say the robber, who displayed a weapon, fled on foot into a wooded area behind the Cumberland Farms store on Bridge Street.
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Inmate expected to get drug treatment in jail as court order stands, at least for now
Aroostook County officials sought to delay the order that they provide Brenda Smith with Suboxone while they appealed it over concerns about administering the drug in the jail.
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Four men charged with cutting dozens of rival lobsterman’s traps
The Maine Marine Patrol found that the targeted lobsterman lost more than 70 traps.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Maine Supreme Judicial Court rejects Luc Tieman murder appeal
Luc Tieman, 35, appealed to the Law Court through his attorney, Clifford Strike, challenging emails and Facebook messages that were used as evidence against him in Somerset County Superior Court.
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Jury deliberates fate of former prison guard accused of sexually assaulting inmate
Explicit text messages between Joshua Dall-Leighton and the alleged victim could play a key role in the case.
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Ex-lawmaker who defrauded elderly widows out of $3 million gets 10 years in prison
Robert Kenneth Lindell was sentenced Tuesday in what authorities call one of Maine’s worst cases of elder financial abuse.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime, News
State seeks to try Lewiston teen as adult on manslaughter charge
A judge rules that the 17-year-old boy charged in the June 12, 2018, Knox Street melee will remain in custody.
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Kittery man charged with violating domestic violence protection order
Authorities say Nelson Jean Dion traveled across state lines and made contact with a former girlfriend in violation of the order.
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Accuser takes the stand in former prison guard’s sex assault trial
The defense attorney questions the woman about the alleged sexual encounters while she was incarcerated at the Southern Maine Reentry Center in Alfred.
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Man charged with drunken driving after Buxton police notice ‘strange sight’
Police say Justin Sproul backed his truck into another vehicle and inadvertently towed it from a bar parking lot.