The Florida men took numbers belonging to Mainers and shopped in Portland and Augusta.
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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West Gardiner man arrested on murder charge
Derrick Dupont was indicted Thursday in the June 17 shooting death of James Haskell outside Dupont’s home.
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Two Connecticut men arrested in Oakland on drug charges
Luis Baez is being held on $50,000 bail and a second defendant was ordered released without bail.
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Readfield woman indicted for allegedly shooting her husband in May
A number of other people were indicted Thursday by a Kennebec County grand jury.
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Car clocked at 115 mph on I-95 crashes during chase; 2 arrested
The driver is charged with criminal speed, failure to stop for an officer, operating without a license, and operating under the influence.
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Jay man indicted on murder charge in death of longtime girlfriend
James Sweeney has been charged with “intentionally or knowingly” causing the July death of Wendy Douglass.
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Three men charged in separate drug arrests
Tremayne A. McWilliams of Biddeford is charged with selling cocaine, and two Connecticut men are charged with selling heroin in Oakland.
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Norridgewock man who threatened ‘suicide by cop’ found not guilty on felony gun charges
Donald Bessey had a gun, but evidence at a recent trial showed he did not threaten people at the Cumberland Farms store in December, his lawyer said.
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Two people sentenced in Augusta for lying to receive Social Security, food stamp payments
Loretta Reynolds, 52, of Embden, pleaded guilty to theft by deception after she failed to report her husband’s income so she could qualify for food stamps.
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Judge finds woman violated motor vehicle law in fatal Lewiston accident
Laurie Young had been charged with a motor vehicle violation resulting in death when she ran into 13-year-old Jayden Cho-Sargent as he was in a crosswalk.