James Sweeney, 56, was charged Tuesday with the murder of his longtime girlfriend.
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Touch snake or burn car? Auburn cop saves snake-fearing driver
Officer Travis Barnies came to the rescue by removing the snake from the door of a car.
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Scarborough man charged with threatening woman with firearm
The woman had escaped by the time police arrived, and Willis Moulton, 74, was arrested after leaving the home on Black Point Road.
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Foot chase in Saco leads to 2 arrests
A man from Saco and a woman from Old Orchard Beach who were prohibited from having contact with each other fled after their car was stopped, police say.
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Portland man sentenced for possession of child pornography
Officials who were conducting an investigation of child porn remotely downloaded images from a computer in the home of Glenn Strout
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Police: Boyfriend charged with murder of woman in Jay
Police have charged James Sweeney, 56, in the killing of his girlfriend, Wendy Douglass, 51, police said.
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New Yorker sentenced to 12 years behind bars for drug trafficking in Augusta
The prosecutor described Kashawn McLaughlin as ‘a for-profit, armed drug trafficker’ during Tuesday’s court proceeding.
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Morning Sentinel July 11 police log
Waterville area police reports for Tuesday, July 11, 2017.
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Mexican man sentenced in Maine for returning to U.S. after deportation
Presiliano Gonzalez Berruete was deported in 2010 after a drug trafficking offense, then tried to return through Canada.
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Maine man sentenced to 16 months for veterans’ benefits fraud
David Watson Sr. of Madison was convicted of illegally collecting more than $48,000 in veterans’ benefits for a relative.