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Police break up meth lab in Bucksport

by Staff Report November 28, 2018November 29, 2018

They arrest 49-year-old Adam Staples Tuesday night after dismantling the 50th methamphetamine production facility found in the state this year.

Auburn Christmas tree dealer, citing thefts, adds security cameras

by Mark LaFlamme Sun Journal November 28, 2018November 28, 2018

The business’s online posting about the thefts drew widespread criticism of the thieves.

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Mistrial declared in Augusta sexual assault case

by Betty Adams November 28, 2018November 28, 2018

The defendant, from Hancock County, remains free on bail.

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Sex-abuse case against defrocked priest rests with York County jury

by Megan Gray November 28, 2018November 28, 2018

The panel will resume deliberations early Thursday, after three days of testimony in the case of a former Boston clergyman accused of molesting boys in Maine decades ago.

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Police arrest Sanford man accused of bringing crystal meth to court

by Journal Tribune November 28, 2018November 28, 2018

Marshals at the York County courthouse detain Ronald Seth Johnson for state troopers.

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Harpswell man charged with threatening man with a knife

by Staff Report November 27, 2018December 27, 2018

Nathan Kane, 35, is arrested after the incident in a parking lot at the Topsham Fair Mall on Tuesday afternoon.

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Second accuser testifies his Boston-area parish priest abused him for years in Maine

by Megan Gray November 27, 2018November 28, 2018

Keith Townsend, now 44, says Ronald Paquin plied him with alcohol and assaulted him repeatedly during trips to a Kennebunkport campground in the 1980s.