Several local, high-profile cases will be heard by the Maine Supreme Judicial Court starting Tuesday.
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Hollis man shot sons with BB gun as ‘rite of passage,’ state police say
James Pelletier, 46, is arrested and charged with two felonies.
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Bangor man sentenced to 18 years in prison for drug conspiracy
Mario Lee was sentenced in federal court for distributing heroin in the Bangor area.
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Somerset County Jail inmate who overdosed saved by opioid antidote Narcan
The medical emergency happened Tuesday at the East Madison facility, where heroin possibly laced with fentanyl was smuggled in.
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Maine police arrest Massachusetts man after multiple car chases
Tyler Keating avoided police for more than a week, they say, fleeing from traffic stops on the highway and in Portland.
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Portland taxi driver recounts knife attack by passenger
‘He just reached around and said, I’m gonna cut you,’ says Joe Kamysz, 60, of Gorham of the attack early Friday outside a strip club.
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Maine woman accused of killing her dog will appear in court this month
Marinna Rollins, formerly of Windham, and her boyfriend are charged with tying the pit bull to a tree in North Carolina and taking turns shooting it.
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Buxton teenager charged in crash that injured 3 people
Joseph Cady is arrested and accused of drunken driving and reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon.
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Lewiston sweep nets 14 on drug, various other charges
The operation results in two arrests on felony drug counts, along with a dozen arrests for charges including outstanding warrants.
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Westbrook brothers plead not guilty to welfare fraud
They are accused of using a Portland grocery store owned by the older brother to defraud the government in a cash-back scheme involving welfare benefits.