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Auburn man gets 8-year sentence for distributing heroin

by Staff Report May 3, 2017May 3, 2017

Darnell Robinson sold $1,000 worth of heroin to an undercover witness, prosecutors say.

Lawyers representing indigent defendants for the rest of the fiscal year will have to wait until July 1 to be paid.

A man from Connecticut and a woman from Biddeford are arrested after an eight-month investigation.

Derek D. Taylor, 33, of Norridgewock, pleaded guilty Wednesday in Augusta to violating conditions of release.

by Dave Sherwood Pine Tree Watch May 3, 2017May 2, 2017

The 2015 spike in horse-drugging cases cast a pall over Maine’s horse racing industry.

A woman runs to a neighbor’s house and calls police, warning them that the suspect threatened to shoot her and police.

The wound is not life-threatening, and the neighbor, Thomas Proctor Jr., 66, is charged with reckless conduct with a firearm.

Andrew Grover, of Bangor Savings Bank, said scam artists are constantly at work trying to gain access to people’s information.

Jacob Hastings, 28, was sentenced Tuesday at the Capital Judicial Center, where family members of the victims gathered to watch the proceeding.

Police say Garlrenice Somnang Tek, 27, of Portland threatened and poked a knife at a store clerk.