A third man, James R. Simmons of Friendship, is scheduled to go on trial in October on charges that he also set the blaze that destroyed a boathouse valued at $50,000 and a lobster boat worth $150,000.
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Westbrook man pleads guilty to string of robberies that rattled small businesses
Travis Card’s plea closes 11 cases in Greater Portland, including incidents in which he was thwarted by a language barrier, a clerk who locked herself in a bathroom and a club-wielding employee.
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Jailed Winslow man charged with arson, burglary
Investigators say Victor Dudley broke into Winslow Century 21 offices on Sunday and set a small fire there.
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Lewiston police arrest man in connection with gunfire during altercation
Anthony Dipierro was charged with reckless conduct with a firearm, and drug agents also responded to the area where witnesses reported a fight and gunshots.
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New Hampshire man accused of pulling gun in road rage incident
Maine State Police say Philip A. Gordon pulled the gun on another driver while on the Maine Turnpike in Portland.
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Two New Yorkers, two local residents arrested in Gardiner drug raid
A judge said the amount of drugs and money found has ‘all the earmarks of a major drug-trafficking operation.’
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Police investigating mysterious shooting in Augusta that left man injured
A man was shot Sunday morning at a home on South Belfast Avenue, taken to the hospital and released later that morning.
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Man arrested after road rage attack on couple, 2 children in Sedgwick
State troopers arrested Richard Bubar, 43, of Deer Isle on Tuesday night following what they are calling a road rage incident Sunday.
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Kennebec Journal Aug. 1 police log
Augusta area police reports for Aug. 1, 2018.
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Morning Sentinel July 31 police log
Waterville area police reports for Tuesday, July 31, 2018.