Buddy Burton, 36, was apprehended in a ditch at mile 133 in Waterville after veering off Interstate 95, following a police chase prompted by reports that he was suspected of theft at Wal-Mart in Palmyra.
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Acton woman indicted on murder charge
Kandee Weyland is accused of stabbing her ex-husband in front of their children.
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St. Albans man charged in uncle’s death to face murder trial in November
Jeremy Erving, 25, has pleaded both not guilty and not criminally responsible by reason of insanity in the April 2016 shooting death of his uncle, Randy Erving, 53.
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South Paris woman pleads to buying gun for felon who died in shootout
The firearm that Stephanie Knightly, 50, bought in August 2014 was used the next day in the shootout with police in which Steven Piirainen was killed.
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Pittston machete attack convict loses appeal
Daniel Fortune was sentenced to life in prison for the 2008 attack, which left a 10-year-old girl and her father severely injured.
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Westbrook tax collector who stole $118,000 is sentenced to 6 months
Ann Marie Williams, 52, of Falmouth was also ordered to repay the $118,000 in cash payments she skimmed from city coffers.
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Portland responds to 8 suspected overdoses in about 24 hours
None of the overdoses were fatal, police said.
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Bipartisan bill seeks rights for the victims of violent crime in Maine
The bill was inspired by the family of a murdered child who encountered the man charged in her death out in public.
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Maine lobsterman denied bail in federal manslaughter case
Christopher Hutchinson, 28, of Cushing is charged with seaman’s manslaughter in the deaths two crewmen in 2014.
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Man arrested after weekend robbery of Portland theater
A man handed a cashier at the Nickelodeon Cinema a note saying that he had a gun on Saturday night.