A man indicated he was armed and demanded money from an employee, police say.
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Central Maine Sunday Oct. 27 police log
Augusta and Waterville area police reports for Oct. 27, 2018.
Former UNE student gets 45 days in jail for domestic violence assault
Nicholas Norton of Medway, Massachusetts, was convicted of the assault and criminal restraint of a fellow student in his dorm room.
Five arrested in Detroit drug raid indicted on charges
Trafficking, possession and conspiracy are among the charges levied against two Detroit residents, two people from Bronx, New York, and one from Plymouth.
U.S. border agents arrest 2 Canadian men after Houlton crossing shut down
Traffic is redirected away from the crossing from Woodstock, New Brunswick, after the men stop their vehicle and refuse to communicate with Canadian officials.
Lewiston man charged with OUI after turnpike crash
The crash, which occurred Thursday evening, injured 3 people.
Judge: Maine AG erred in subpoena to newspaper for video interview of admitted killer
The attorney general’s office had sought unedited video taken in September of a jailhouse interview with Andrea Balcer, who admits having murdering her parents in 2016 at their Winthrop home.
Former Skowhegan Planning Board member pleads guilty to child porn charges
Christopher Kruse, 50, entered pleas in U.S. District Court in Bangor and faces a minimum of five years in prison.
Contractor charged with failing to finish $170,000 worth of work
David Webber of Monroe is charged with theft by deception and was jailed on $50,000 bail.
New York man arrested in Newport charged with forgery, fraud
Mark Pignatello is involved in a multi-state crime ring that covers Maine and five other Northeastern states, according to the Newport police chief.