Authorities said state drug enforcement agents intercepted two unrelated shipments of drugs over the weekend, resulting in the arrests of four people.
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Maine supreme court won’t remove prosecutors from case of woman charged in daughter’s beating death
Sharon Carrillo, who is accused along with her husband, Julio, of beating to death her 10-year-old daughter, Marissa Kennedy, wanted the Maine Attorney General’s Office removed from the case.
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Skowhegan BB-shooting victim ‘stable’ but could have brain damage
Charles Quimby, 19, was shot in the head and the BB is lodged in his brain, according to his father.
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Lewiston police investigate bloody downtown assault
Police had a description of the suspect who allegedly assaulted a man and left the road bloody.
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Berwick couple face bottle-stealing charges
A community member alerted police the couple might be stealing from a school donation bin.
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Flurry of shootings and stabbings adds to fears for Bayside residents
Neighborhood residents say the amount of violence in a short period is unusual but still intensifies their safety concerns. Portland police say they are moving to address the problems.
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Augusta woman contests extradition to New York on murder indictment
A judge on Monday ruled that Yashonia Davis is the Bronx woman wanted on a charge of murder in the 2nd degree.
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Maryland pair arrested after highway chase said they were driving to Canada
Police reported finding more than 16 grams of heroin in woman’s purse, loaded handgun in glove box.
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Somerset County court for April 2-6, 2018
Closed cases from Skowhegan District Court and Somerset County Superior Court.
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Feeling ‘deeply ashamed,’ retired state trooper sent to prison for selling drugs
Jeffrey Linscott of Buxton, whose lawyer says he sold cocaine and fentanyl to support an addicted woman he knew, receives a one-year sentence and must forfeit a truck and cash.