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Mother, stepfather charged with murdering 10-year-old girl in Stockton Springs

by Dennis Hoey February 26, 2018February 26, 2018

One of the adults called for an ambulance about 2:30 p.m. Sunday for an unresponsive child at a condominium where they had been staying.

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Police: Man dies from self-inflicted gunshot after standoff at home in Mercer

by Doug Harlow February 26, 2018February 27, 2018

Gary Picard, 51, had been on a deferred disposition through the Somerset County District Attorney’s Office for a prior domestic incident and police said they were called to a home Sunday night for a reported assault.

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Suspect in fatal stabbing of UNE medical student has ‘severe mental illness,’ his attorney says

by Matt Byrne February 26, 2018March 2, 2018

Jeffrey Yao, 23, has been hospitalized multiple times, according to his lawyer, and Yao’s neighbors in Massachusetts say they felt terrorized by him.

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Cape Elizabeth student charged with terrorizing after alleged threat shuts down schools

by Matt Byrne February 26, 2018February 27, 2018

The 17-year-old faces a misdemeanor charge after being taken into custody early Monday morning in South Portland, police say.

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Car driving on train tracks gets stuck, blocks freight traffic

by Dennis Hoey February 25, 2018February 26, 2018

The incident occurred Sunday night in the Woodfords neighborhood between Lincoln and Coyle streets.

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Fatal stabbing of UNE medical student in Massachusetts library shocks campus

by Dennis Hoey February 25, 2018March 2, 2018

Deane ‘Kenny’ Stryker was a first-year student in the College of Osteopathic Medicine in Biddeford. She was attacked Saturday at the public library in Winchester, Mass.

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