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Morning Sentinel Oct. 12 police log

October 12, 2017October 12, 2017

Waterville area police reports for Oct. 12, 2017.

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Kennebec Journal Oct. 12 police log

October 12, 2017October 12, 2017

Augusta area police reports for Oct. 12, 2017.

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Sanford police charge woman with taking bag of cash dropped in store

by Gillian Graham October 12, 2017October 12, 2017

A store security video that shows the woman picking up a bank deposit bag and keeping it led to tips about her identity, police say.

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Portland police unions sign off on pay raises, wearing body cameras

by Dennis Hoey October 11, 2017October 12, 2017

Several Maine police departments are already using body cameras, including Fairfield, Gardiner, Wilton, Farmington, Richmond, Monmouth, Winslow and South Portland.

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Homicides at forefront of domestic violence vigil in Skowhegan

by Doug Harlow October 11, 2017October 12, 2017

Nearly half the homicide victims from 2006 to 2015 in Maine were killed by an intimate partner or family member.

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Maine justices ask man sentenced for serial OUIs: ‘Why are you here?’

by Edward D. Murphy October 11, 2017October 12, 2017

Andrew Bean got 5 years in prison for his 10th and 11th OUI convictions. One justice tells him ‘the sentence can only get worse.’

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Winner of $1 million teaching prize accused of stealing $28 leash

by Stephen Betts Courier Gazette October 11, 2017October 12, 2017

Nancie Atwell admitted to stealing the leash from a Wiscasset hardware store, police say, and it could affect her plea agreement in a previous shoplifting case.

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In case review, Sanborn attorney goes after lead detective’s credibility

by Matt Byrne October 11, 2017October 12, 2017

Amy Fairfield hopes to show investigator James Daniels withheld material before the 1992 murder trial that would have helped her client’s case, violating a constitutional principle established in 1963.