Classes were canceled for Monday after a threatening text message prompted officials to close the high school and middle school campus on Halloween.
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Staff at youth prison slept in empty inmate housing between long shifts
Employees at Long Creek Youth Development Center were allowed to sleep in a housing unit meant for female inmates so they could cut down on long commutes.
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Too many cases. Too few lawyers. Maine courts stretch to find available defense attorneys
The state’s chief judge for superior courts says courts are unable to find a defense lawyer with ‘disturbing frequency’ for the state’s poor.
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Maine man killed in Florida in random attack
Police in Clearwater Beach said Jeffrey Chapman, 49, of Bangor, died after being accosted while he was bicycling.
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Oregon man indicted for alleged assaults in Augusta hotel room
Damian E. Sanchez allegedly raped his girlfriend, struck her in the head with a beer bottle and strangled her at an Augusta hotel room in the presence of their young son in January.
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Man arrested at Fairfield truck had shot at ex-girlfriend inside vehicle, police say
Steven Pratt, 39, is in jail and faces multiple domestic violence and assault charges after allegedly firing a gun into the vehicle of his ex-girlfriend and her friend on China Road in Winslow a week ago.
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Police arrest 3, remove children after raid of suspected drug lab in Palmyra
Authorities said toxic methamphetamine lab materials were removed from the scene following a search Thursday of properties off Wyman Road.
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Wilton residents arrested on fentanyl, crack cocaine charges
The arrests came after a two-month investigation by the Wilton Police Department.
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Former Kennebec County Sheriff’s deputy indicted on sexual assault, multiple domestic violence charges
Daniel R. Ross, 29, is accused of sexually assaulting, assaulting and threatening a woman. He remains jailed and has been terminated by the county.
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Lewiston murder suspect held without bail
Barry Zollarcoffer, 47, is charged with killing Nicholas Blake on Oct. 19.