The supermarket and other stores in the Route 1 plaza are evacuated as a precaution.
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Joint police effort yields drug bust in Bath-Brunswick area
Officers from three police departments, two sheriff’s offices and the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency say a Delaware man had hundreds of doses of heroin.
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Doctor convicted of tax evasion files for bankruptcy
Joel A. Sabean, who is due to report for prison in two weeks, owes nearly $2.3 million, mostly for taxes and to his attorneys.
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Probe of Cumberland County Jail suicide shows no policies violated
Sheriff Kevin Joyce says staff members at the jail followed policies in responding to the suicide in March, but he won’t release the report.
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Mother of Oakland woman shot by police plans to file wrongful death lawsuit
Jessica Fagre filed a notice of claim to the three officers involved in the February shooting in Vassalboro.
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Angry Acton landlord accused of running into tenant with tractor
Leslie Dennis was charged with aggravated assault after he got angry at two tenants who were digging up plants in the yard, police say.
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Neighbors call Skowhegan woman charged with endangering her child good mother
Stephanie Freeman is free on bail after her arrest Sunday in an “atrocious” apartment on Waterville Road.
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West Bath man pleads guilty to distributing heroin linked to death
Mickey Gilley bought the drugs in Portland and supplied them to a person in West Bath.
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Maine police leaders say Trump’s advice to rough up suspects is ‘wrong message’
Officials say it’s illegal, hurts community relations, weakens criminal cases and violates their core values of professionalism.
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Clinton man arrested for possession of drugs after police respond to assault call
Witnesses reported hearing an argument across the street where Benjamin McIntosh, 30, was found to have oxycodone and other drugs.