The suspect, who had a canoe on the roof of his car and a rifle on the back seat, drove on the opposite side of Route 1 in an effort to elude them, police say.
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Armed man robs Topsham tanning salon Tuesday night
A man with his face covered entered Sun Tan City at the Topsham Fair Mall, showed a handgun, demanded money and fled, police said.
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Man charged with Gorham Domino’s robbery also held up cabdriver, police say
Nathan J. Allen, 36, of Portland faces 2 felony counts of robbery after he allegedly confessed to the crimes.
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Nearly 40 years after infant’s death in Brunswick, prosecutors argue that his father murdered him
The cause of Nathan Hagar’s death was initially classified as Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, but Burton Hagar told more than a dozen people that he smothered his 4-month-old son.
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Wrong-way highway driving suspect summoned after crash on I-95 in Augusta
Maine State Police say a minor crash with no injuries resulted when Alden Glidden drove south on the interstate’s northbound lanes Tuesday afternoon.
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Whitefield woman charged with OUI in crash that damaged cemetery gravestones
Katelyn N. Jacques, 19, has been issued summonses charging her with operating under the influence and other offenses related to the crash on Grand Army Road in Whitefield.
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Pennsylvania man sentenced to 100 days in jail for high-speed chase in central Maine
Robert E. Rohwer, 33, now will be taken back to his home state to face fraud charges alleging the loss of about $500,000, officials said.
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Augusta police mistakenly aid private bail bond agency after miscommunication
The call prompted Augusta police officers to go to Mount Vernon Avenue on Tuesday morning before Northeast Fugitive Recovery Taskforce was determined to be a private bail bond recovery agency.
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Police looking for suspect in Unity Pharmacy robbery
A male wearing a black mask took an undetermined amount of prescription drugs from the pharmacy Monday afternoon, according to police.
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Tiny town of Andover on edge after 2 suspicious fires
The fires, which destroyed large, vacant homes, were arson, state investigators say.