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.
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Alligators in Augusta not your biggest worry, wildlife officials say
While wildlife officials moved quickly Tuesday to confiscate five baby alligators at an Augusta bus depot, smaller invasive species such as green crabs and pike are a more serious threat to Maine’s natural world.
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Man charged with attempted murder in 2015 Old Port shooting will admit to having gun
Moses Okot, who was already on probation in a 2010 murder, was arrested near the site of the stabbing and shooting after a police officer saw him driving fast from the area.