Reed Rickabaugh, 59, was fatally wounded by two state troopers following a 12-hour standoff that ended late Saturday morning, the state police chief says.
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Woman shot in Lewiston; suspects in custody
Police say someone fired a bullet into an apartment through a window late Friday, striking a woman in the back.
Portland man leads New Jersey police on high-speed chase
The pursuit happened after Paul Grandmaison was accused of head-butting his girlfriend, also of Portland. He remained at large Thursday night.
State police say Lebanon man threatened 3 people with large hunting knife
Maine State Police arrested Andrew Bleyl of Lebanon and charged him with criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon.
Maine high court upholds sex crime convictions of defrocked priest
The justices affirm 10 of the 11 convictions against Ronald Paquin, 77, a former Catholic priest from Massachusetts, leaving his 16-year prison sentence unchanged.
Woman pleads guilty to murder of 83-year-old in Owls Head
Sarah Richards, 38, of South Thomaston admits that she beat and strangled Helen Carver in February 2019.
Two arrested after drive-by shooting in Jay
Police charged a Bangor woman and a Connecticut man after witnesses said they saw them drive away toward Livermore Falls in a white SUV after the shooting on Otis Street in Jay.
Police don’t have a motive for Thursday’s drive-by shooting in Jay
Police charged a Bangor woman and a Connecticut man after witnesses said they saw them drive away toward Livermore Falls in a white SUV after the shooting on Otis Street in Jay.
Bangor man arrested after barricading himself in stranger’s Augusta apartment
Augusta Sgt. Jesse Brann said the man was attempting to get away from police when he locked himself inside someone’s apartment Wednesday.
Prisoner charged with making repeated phone calls to his alleged victim
Joseph Chamberlin, 29, of Lyman is being held without bail and is due in court Thursday.