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Woman shot, wounded in Portland early Saturday
Portland police responded to two separate shootings in Riverton Friday night and Saturday morning. In one case, a bullet rang through the wall of a bedroom where a mother and her young child were sleeping.
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Police standoff at Richmond mobile home park ends after man taken to hospital
Authorities were called to a home off Hatch Street on Friday after a relative reported the man had made suicidal statements and had a firearm.
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Two teens charged in arson, burglary, theft case in Farmington
A 13-year-old and a 14-year-old are accused in the Aug. 1 incidents on Town Farm Road.
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Mexico man charged with escape after leaving Augusta mental health services facility
Darryl Streeper, 34, is an inmate at the Franklin County jail and was at Motivational Services Inc. for treatment.
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Former RSU 2 employee pleads guilty to sexual exploitation of 7-year-old student
Benjamin Conroy, 33, worked at Ocean Avenue Elementary School in Portland before he was arrested last fall.
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Bowdoin man indicted in hit-and-run collision in Madison that seriously injured Cornville couple
A Somerset County grand jury last week indicted Edward McGuire, 62, on several counts following the collision that occurred in May.
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Former director of Skowhegan Regional Chamber of Commerce charged with theft, forgery
Jason Gayne pleaded not guilty Monday to several charges that accuse him of taking nearly $200,000 from the chamber and another organization he led, Hospice Volunteers of Somerset County.
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State drops murder charge against Limington man whose conviction was thrown out
The state cites a lack of sufficient evidence to retry Bruce Akers, 64, who until recently had been incarcerated since his 2016 arrest in connection with the slaying of his neighbor, Douglas Flint.
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Man sentenced to life in prison for triple killings Down East
A fourth shooting victim survived the attack and spoke during Friday’s sentencing.