A man who was protesting police brutality Monday showed a handgun in a threatening manner to a motorcyclist stopped at an intersection, police say, and was charged with criminal threatening.
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Two arrested after shots fired in Waterville neighborhood
Police responded to the report of a drive-by shooting Friday night on Oak Street.
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Farmington, Kingfield men charged after climbing public safety communications tower
The two were halfway up the 190-foot tower when a Farmington police officer arrived.
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Monmouth man pleads guilty to robbery of Bowdoin store
Dakota Madore, 23, will serve three years in prison as part of a plea agreement for robbing the Bowdoin Country Store in 2019.
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Three charged with drug possession in Dallas Plantation
Franklin County deputies stopped a vehicle for a broken taillight.
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Man found guilty of murdering Somerset County sheriff Cpl. Eugene Cole will appeal conviction
John Williams, who murdered Cpl. Eugene Cole in 2018, and Kandee Weyland Collind, who pleaded guilty to stabbing her ex-husband to death, will have their appeals heard by Maine Supreme Judicial Court on Sept. 15.
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Lewiston man charged with killing Natasha Morgan held without bail
Jaquille Coleman, 26, is accused of murder in the Lewiston shooting.
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Sidney man who had conviction in child rape overturned seeks to suppress evidence in new trial
Eric Bard had a conviction of multiple sex offenses on a young child overturned on appeal after the district attorney met with the judge without the defense present.
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Maine man pleads guilty to federal domestic violence charges
Nelson Jean Dion of Kittery crossed the Maine-New Hampshire border in 2016 to harass a girlfriend who eventually killed herself, prosecutors say.
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Sheriff says Chelsea man shot himself
Dean G. Ouellette, 59, reported Monday morning someone had shot him. Deputies from the Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office said their investigation found Ouellette’s gunshot wound was self-inflicted.