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Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Randolph man with previous manslaughter conviction indicted on new drunken-driving charge
Timothy Simpson, 62, is accused of aggravated criminal operating under the influence and leaving the scene of an accident involving an unattended vehicle Nov. 30, 2016.
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Skowhegan man arrested on drug charges after police search
Police said Jacob Hemingway, 27, allegedly told his customers he was selling heroin, when it was actually prescription medication used to treat opioid addiction.
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New details revealed in Sidney home invasion case
Dreaquan Foster, who was shot by the homeowner’s son, apparently walked to the Lyons Road home after abandoning a stolen car on Interstate 95 northbound when it ran out of gas.
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Lobster boat captain charged in crewmen’s deaths arrested after reported overdose
Christopher Hutchinson, 28, of Cushing faces manslaughter charges in the deaths of two crew members after his lobster boat sank in 2014.
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Augusta man convicted on child pornography charges
Randy R. Marquis’s trial ended Thursday, and his sentencing is expected to take place in April.
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Sidney home invasion suspect charged with elevated aggravated assault
Dreaquan Foster, 21, was shot in the chest March 12 after he allegedly forced his way into an 84-year-old woman’s home.
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Wales man arrested – again – on charge of stealing electricity
State police say tipsters told them that Nicholas Gagne illegally connected power lines to a transformer and ran them to his house.
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Augusta man arrested after heroin found in home
Officers from the Augusta Police Department and the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency secured a search warrant after an investigation of several months of drug sales from the home.
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Somerset County court for Feb. 13-17, 2017
Closed cases from Skowhegan District Court and Somerset County Superior Court.