Police have 5 suspects – 3 women and 2 men – in custody.
Maine Crime
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Police identify ‘person of interest’ in killing of goat at Smiling Hill Farm
The farm’s owner says public tips helped identify the potential suspect.
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Man convicted of murdering wife and 3-year-old son 32 years ago dies in prison
Robert William Forrest, 72, formerly of Island Falls, was one of 12 inmates to participate in an art project that had them write letters to their younger selves.
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Pittston man accused of hitting pedestrian with car in BMV parking lot
One person was treated at the Augusta hospital after the incident in a Bureau of Motor Vehicles parking lot off Hospital Street in Augusta, police said.
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Augusta man sentenced on burglary, theft charges from 2016
Cullen Penney, 22, was removed from a specialty court program for people with substance abuse and mental health problems designed to spare him more imprisonment.
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After seizing Lamborghini, weapons and pot, agents charge 2nd man in Lewiston-Auburn sweep
Brian J. Bilodeau had 183 pounds of marijuana and butane hash oil in a vault room in the basement of his Auburn home, according to a court affidavit.
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Neighbors say they warned police and social services about violence in home of slain girl
‘Someone dropped the ball here,’ says a man who lived near Sharon and Julio Carrillo in Bangor. The Carrillos are now charged with murdering 10-year-old Marissa Kennedy, whose treatment is described by a prosecutor as ‘torture.’
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Teenage boy charged with murdering Bowdoinham woman
The teenager, who hasn’t been publicly named, lives in Bowdoinham and will be held at the Long Creek Youth Development Center until a court appearance Friday.
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Thomaston student charged with threatening two others
Police charge the middle-schooler with misdemeanor terrorizing and witness tampering, but found he had no means of carrying out the threat to ‘shoot it up.’
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Boy, 13, under house arrest after he’s overheard threatening Mt. Blue Middle School
A teacher notified the principal after hearing the Farmington boy threaten to ‘shoot up the school,’ police say.