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Portland police ask for help 20 years after unsolved homicide

by John Richardson April 4, 2018April 4, 2018

Robert Joyal of Gorham was 18 when he was stabbed to death in a Denny’s parking lot in 1998, and no one was ever convicted of the crime.

Drugs found in Valerie Tieman’s body did not kill her, medical examiner says

by Doug Harlow April 4, 2018April 4, 2018

Either gunshot to the head or neck would have been fatal, former ME Dr. Clair Bryce told the jury in the murder trial of Luc Tieman.

Cops & Courts, Local & State, Maine Crime

Judge says ‘shocking’ amount of drugs seized during raid of Augusta hotel room

by Betty Adams April 4, 2018April 4, 2018

Agents reported seizing an estimated $70,000 worth of heroin and $3,852 in cash following the raid Monday night, charging four people in connection with the incident.

Local & State, Maine Crime, News

Brunswick man sentenced to 2½ years in prison on federal firearms charge

by Dennis Hoey April 3, 2018

Evan Lewis, 28, a convicted felon, tried to buy a gun from a Lewiston pawnshop, the U.S. attorney says.

Local & State, Maine Crime

Man sent to prison after making offensive hand gesture at woman he assaulted

by Betty Adams April 3, 2018April 3, 2018

Terrence N. Townes, 40, and formerly of Bangor, was subject to bail conditions prohibiting him from contact with the assault victim when he made the obscene gesture at her on April 11, 2017.

Cops & Courts, Local & State, Maine Crime

Car crashes into Skowhegan police cruiser while Madison man allegedly drives it from passenger seat

by Colin Ellis April 3, 2018April 3, 2018

Police say the driver, Rex Hinerman, claimed another person he did not know was driving the van but had gotten out and run away before the crash Monday night.

Local & State, Maine Crime

State trooper describes contents of Valerie Tieman’s shallow grave

by Doug Harlow April 3, 2018April 4, 2018

After a warden’s dog found human remains behind Luc Tieman’s parents’ house, the police evidence team slowly took inventory.

Business, Local & State, Maine Crime, News, Politics

Lawyers for Eves, LePage make their cases in federal court

by Edward D. Murphy April 3, 2018April 3, 2018

Both sides present oral arguments to the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals about the governor’s right to withhold funding to a charter school because of a hiring dispute involving Eves.