City councilors voted 5-1 to allow recreational cannabis sales in Augusta, where previously only medical cannabis businesses were allowed.
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Waterville man indicted on charges of assaulting woman
Carl A. Hunter, 30, allegedly strangled and beat a woman at a Waterville hotel, causing her to temporarily lose consciousness.
Central Maine arrest log: July 27-Aug. 2 2024
IN AUGUSTA, Saturday, July 27, at 6:23 p.m., Benjamin Rhye Duffany, 45, of Augusta, was arrested on charges of violating conditions of release, unlawful possession of a drug and on a warrant. 8:40 p.m., Rachel Parker, 43, of Unity, was arrested on two warrants. Sunday, July 28, at 4:59 a.m., Steven Frank Shaw, 37, of […]
Waterville man arrested on drug charges, held on $240,000 cash bail after three-month investigation
Omar Sims Marquez, 21, formerly of Connecticut, was arrested Thursday during execution of a search warrant at 18 Edwards St. in Waterville, police said.
Driver charged in Waterville pedestrian crash that seriously injured woman
Peter Michaud, 70, of Waterville, was charged with aggravated driving to endanger after the Jeep he was driving Sunday on Elm Street in Waterville struck and seriously injured a woman and left another person with minor injuries, police said.
Woman driving on 2 blown tires crashes car in Penobscot County
Maine State Police say the crash injured all of the vehicle’s occupants: driver Jennifer Harriman and 3 children. A 1-year-old was flown by Life Flight to Eastern Maine Medical Center.
Wilton woman arrested again on drug charges
Lisa Miniutti, 50, of Wilton was on bail for drug-related charges when a search of her residence yielded drugs and trafficking-related items.
Wedding of couple connected to Richmond killing brings probation violation charge
Prosecutors say Chanda Lilly, now 35, who pleaded guilty to robbery in connection to the 2019 murder of Andrew Sherman in Richmond, violated probation by marrying Tyon Shuron, now 47, who was found not guilty of Sherman’s murder.
Details emerge in manslaughter case involving death of Owls Head toddler
In a hearing to reconsider Aziayh Scott’s bail, prosecutors said Scott made numerous calls to his girlfriend from jail, asking her to tell police that he didn’t kill her 2-year-old son.
Dixfield man charged with possessing methamphetamine, crack cocaine
Antone Morris, 37, was charged after Franklin County deputies conducted a bail check on another person at a home in Washington Township.