Three transport officers at Androscoggin County Jail test positive for the virus, prompting the state agency to step in to assist.
Maine Crime
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Three teens summoned, including 2 suspected in racist graffiti incident
Yarmouth police say they believe two of the teenagers may be connected to a racial slur scrawled on a Yarmouth roadway last weekend.
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Lewiston man denies murder charge in the shooting of Natasha Morgan, is held without bail
Jaquille Coleman fled the state after the shooting of a 19-year-old Lewiston woman in her driveway.
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Dayton man charged with threatening to kill his partner and burn her house down
Rock Varnum also allegedly attacked another woman with a knife on Friday, according to Maine State Police.
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Yarmouth police investigate racial slur painted on road
Someone scrawled a racial slur for Black people, lewd images and the word ‘trump’ on the pavement on Talbot Road sometime between Saturday evening and Sunday morning.
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Lawsuit against Maine State Police troopers can go forward, appeals court says
The lawsuit says police failed to protect a woman from her former boyfriend Anthony Lord, who in 2015 went on a shooting rampage that killed 2 people after she reported that he raped her.
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Extradition delayed for suspect in 2016 Portland shooting death
Aristotle Stilley, 22, who is charged with murder in the case, will serve a 240-day sentence in a California jail for drug possession before he is sent back to Maine.
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Political vandalism continues at Bowdoin home
A homeowner who had a Trump sign destroyed by a vehicle in front of his property last week found his new fence spray-painted with graffiti Tuesday morning.
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Auburn man charged with Lewiston murder held without bail
Abdikadir A. Nur, 20, is accused of shooting Hassan Hassan, 18, Saturday night.
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Police: Richmond man found dead in apartment with woman died by self-inflicted gunshot
State Police spokesperson Katy England said Dana Shulman, 49, shot himself and the circumstances around the death Robin Bowler, 47, are still being investigated.