Augusta area police reports for Oct. 14, 2017.
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Morning Sentinel October 14 police log
IN ATHENS, Friday at 3:56 p.m., a vehicle fire was reported on Main Street. IN BELGRADE, Saturday at 6:51 a.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on Manchester Road. IN BENTON, Friday at 5:59 p.m., a fire with wires down was reported on Neck Road. IN BURNHAM, Friday at 12:46 a.m., a domestic disturbance was reported […]
New York man arrested in Windham after fraudulent withdrawals from TD Bank branches
He withdrew nearly $20,000 Thursday from five branches in Greater Portland, according to the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office.
Sanborn’s attorney casts doubt on detectives’ work in 1989 murder case
Amy Fairfield suggests they didn’t follow up on alternate suspects or fully check out the alibis of some people connected with a teenage girl brutally murdered on the Portland waterfront.
Waterville baseball bat attack brings four-year sentence
Tyheen Shakee Walker, 33, formerly of New York, was ordered to serve an initial five months of that sentence, with the remainder suspended while he spends three years on probation.
Auburn man arrested in connection with Lewiston shooting
Zachery Paradis is accused of shooting a man in the stomach in September.
Maine high court weighs fate of two ‘dangerous’ dogs
The owners of Bentley and Kole are seeking to have a euthanasia order overturned in a case heard Friday by the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.
Madison truck driver charged with OUI, possession of narcotics
A report of erratic driving led police to discover Norman Seeley, 55, seated in his flatbed truck after it crashed, snapping a utility pole, Thursday night.
‘Armed and dangerous’: Police search for suspects in Auburn home robbery
Armed men tied up a woman and stole her Harley-Davidson motorcycle and an SUV on Thursday.
Dozens gather for Skowhegan vigil against domestic violence
District Attorney Maeghan Maloney said this year’s event takes on special significance by coming so soon after Robert Burton’s murder conviction and the deaths of three victims in Madison.