The state on Thursday dismissed a charge of official oppression that was brought after Donald Reiter allegedly asked an 18-year-old student for sex.

A Kennebec County sheriff’s deputy says the driver fled from the traffic stop and almost struck pedestrians.

Calvin D. Crowell, 19, of Fairfield, was arrested Tuesday night just over the Norridgewock line, police said.

Alexis and Zachary Casey are charged with destroying a car with a Molotov cocktail in Madison as revenge for the theft of marijuana plants.

Dale Pomeroy, 48, is charged with criminal mischief, burglary and theft, stemming from an incident at Tewksbury Hall, police said.

Augusta Planning Board OKs plans for what DHHS Commissioner Mary Mayhew calls a group home as defined in the city’s zoning ordinance.

The men were ordered to serve an initial nine months and one day behind bars for heroin and cocaine trafficking charges.