‘Withholding needed treatment actually undermines our chances of keeping people off of opiates,’ says Zachary Heiden, legal director for the ACLU of Maine.
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N.H. sheriff warns of phone scammers posing as law enforcement
Strafford County Sheriff David Dubois says the scammer is using fake phone numbers that make it seem like the calls are coming from the department.
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Freeport school had concerns about teacher accused of sexually assaulting student
Officials at Pine Tree Academy noticed earlier this year that the math teacher was spending too much time alone with a female student.
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Suspended Brunswick lawyer pleads not guilty to theft charges
James Whittemore allegedly took money that belonged to three clients, including the Brunswick Topsham Land Trust.
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Farmington man sentenced to 20 years for raping two girls in Skowhegan, Farmington
Joseph L. Magee pleaded guilty to five counts of gross sexual assault on two girls — one when she was under 14, the other when she was under 18.
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Motorcyclist tries to elude police by hiding bike in bushes
York officers arrest Donald Hathaway of Portsmouth, N.H., and charge him with eluding an officer and drug possession.
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Four charged with cocaine trafficking in Bangor
Authorities say they have been investigating the ring, which included three Michigan men, for about a month.
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Former restaurant owner pleads guilty to underreporting $2.5 million in income
Junlong Bunleng, 51, former owner of the Pepper & Spice Thai Cuisine in Lewiston will be sentenced in January.
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Judge orders former prison guard to pay $1.1 million to woman he’s accused of assaulting
It’s unclear whether Joshua Dall-Leighton, who still faces criminal charges that he sexually attacked the woman in a prison van when she was an inmate, can or will pay her the award.
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Man pleads no contest in fatal crash in Etna
The judge says the case is an example of how the opioid epidemic is affecting more people than drug users and their families.