The Maine State Police conducted more than 200 internal affairs investigations in the past six years and found allegations to be true in 65 cases, but the misconduct is kept hidden in all but a small number.
Maine Crime
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Augusta residents to decide whether to build new police station
City councilors voted Thursday to send a proposal to voters to borrow $20.5 million to build a new police station on Willow Street in a June 15 referendum.
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Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, Morning Sentinel
Two police officials injured, father and son arrested after high speed chase on I-95 in Pittsfield
Joseph Chambers, 46, was charged Thursday with reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon, operating under the influence, eluding an officer, and refusing to submit to arrest, and his son, Devin Chambers, 25, was charged with two counts of assault on a police officer and violation of probation.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
MDEA arrests Paris man; police seize cocaine, more than 125 guns and $200,000 cash
Richard Fitts, 60, is charged with aggravated trafficking in cocaine.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Former Cumberland County Jail officer charged with gross sexual assault of inmate
Investigators say Jonathan Williams, 30, had sexual contact with a person incarcerated in the jail’s community corrections center in 2019.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Dresden woman arrested on drug charges in Brunswick, police say
Rochelle Warren, 23 was charged with unlawful trafficking in scheduled drugs and prison contraband.
Posted inMaine Crime, News
12-year-old boy injured when truck takes out utility pole in Avon
Jesse J. Longley, 45, of Phillips was arrested on charges of OUI and endangering the welfare of a child.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Windham standoff ends peacefully, police say
Brandon Croy, 33, of Windham is facing several criminal charges following the standoff on Forest Avenue, which lasted nearly 6 hours Wednesday.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime, News
Experts say Alaska woman murdered in 1993 could have been killed by one of millions of guns
Police say a gun seized from the Auburn home of Steven Downs, who was connected to Sophie Sergie’s murder in 1993 by DNA evidence, could have fired the fatal bullet.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime, News
Alternative suspects named in Auburn man’s Alaska murder case
Steven Downs is hoping a judge will allow alternative suspects at his 1993 cold-case trial.