Neither the Holden officer nor the Orrington boy is injured.
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Kennebec County courts May 10-16
A roundup of cases closed May 10-16, 2018, at courts in Augusta and Waterville.
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Police arrest Skowhegan man after finding explosives ingredients in home
Officials found chemicals, gasoline, kerosene, tannerite and gunpowder early Sunday morning in a Summer Street residence.
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Central Maine May 19 police log
Augusta and Waterville area police reports for May 19, 2018.
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Limerick man arrested on 21-year-old warrant
Deputies responded to a possible domestic assault after being alerted by Colorado authorities, the York County sheriff says.
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Armstrong attorney suggests someone else murdered Augusta man
Defense attorney Brad Grant on Friday pointed to Zina Fritze, who later committed suicide in jail, saying she, not Armstrong, participated in the fatal drug robbery.
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Garland man pleads guilty to failing to register as a sex offender
The man moved to Maine in 2016.
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Police say they caught up with trucker who used the Maine Turnpike toll-free for 6 years
Danny Olson, 61, of Turner allegedly affixed other people’s license plates to his truck when he passed through Maine tollbooths.
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Waterville couple stuck with a lemon of a vehicle – and now they know why
They are among a dozen or so unwary car buyers allegedly taken by James Shaw, a Standish man who faces multiple felony counts of tampering with vehicle odometers.
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Maine Voices: State’s failure to fund jails threatens an already barebones system
Lawmakers should treat the county facilities like they do other necessary infrastructure and provide adequate assistance.