Police are investigating what led to the fight Saturday afternoon in the Family Dollar Store on Heath Street.
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Central Maine May 5 police log
Augusta and Waterville area police reports for May 5, 2018.
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Jail closed to new inmates for 2 hours because of fentanyl contamination
An incoming prisoner carrying fentanyl spilled some and it became airborne, sending several Cumberland County Jail officers to the hospital for possible exposure.
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New York City police to lead funeral procession of Cpl. Eugene Cole to Bangor
After a viewing day Sunday at the Skowhegan Armory, a 40-car escort will take Cole’s remains to the Cross Insurance Center on Monday, where thousands from across the country will converge.
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Waterville sex offender indicted on new gross sexual assault charge
David L. Woodard, 55, pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Friday to a charge alleging he sexually assaulted a woman in Benton.
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New murder trial ordered for Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel
Skakel was convicted of murder in 2002 in the bludgeoning death of neighbor Martha Moxley in 1975, when they were teenagers.
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State police sergeant wounds man in armed confrontation in Aroostook County
The 20-year veteran is on administrative leave after shooting a Smyrna man whom police sought to arrest Friday at a store in Oakfield.
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Wild car chase ends in Gardiner with suspect dipping in river, police say
Daniel Lewis, 25, continued his escape on foot after the car chase, briefly going into the Kennebec River before he was arrested.
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South China man faces drug, speeding charges
Derek Farnsworth was arrested after a deputy allegedly clocked his car going 79 mph in a 55 mph zone.
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Waterville man charged after posting videos of his involvement in high-speed chase through city
Videos on Facebook show Peter Speropolous chasing a motorcyclist through Waterville’s streets and threatening him.