An online ancestry test helped locate Luis Armando Albino, who was 6 in 1951 when a woman kidnapped him, flying him to the East Coast where he ended up with a couple who raised him as their own son.
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Somerset County Commissioners OK contract for AI technology that helps write police reports
The AI technology takes audio from body camera recordings and generates a draft template of a police report to be reviewed and edited, which proponents say can free up law enforcement officers to do other police work.
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Sheriff: Four arrested in Solon drug bust
The Somerset County Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant Friday at 1111 South Solon Road, finding crack cocaine, fentanyl, cash and other drug-related items inside the home, officials said.
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Watch: Fairfield man convicted of assaulting child flees Skowhegan courthouse, nabbed by 2 jurors outside
Nicholas Carter, 31, ran out of the Somerset County Courthouse in handcuffs Wednesday after a jury convicted him of aggravated assault against a 14-month-old child, officials said.
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Norridgewock man involved in standoff indicted on attempted murder, other charges
Nicholas Eckert, 33, is facing additional charges brought by prosecutors in connection with the April incident, according to his indictment.
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Somerset County Sheriff’s Office considers AI-powered cameras to generate police reports
New artificial intelligence technology may help deputies write reports quicker, leaving them with more time for other police work and helping to keep them from leaving for other agencies, the sheriff and other proponents of the cameras say.
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Fairfield woman pleads guilty to home burglary, theft
Rebecca O’Clair, 41, will serve just over nine months in prison and pay more than $7,000 in restitution for the stolen items.
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Most charges dismissed against Skowhegan man accused of sex crimes involving child
Isaiah Merrill, 27, agreed to plead guilty to one count of visual sexual aggression against a child, while prosecutors dismissed 10 other felony-level charges.
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Two shootings reported Friday night in Lewiston; police question 3 juveniles
The first report came in just before 7 p.m., police said, when rounds were reported fired behind a mosque on Bartlett Street. At the time, a community event with hundreds of people was taking place at Mike McGraw Park in the same area.
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Judge declines to dismiss murder case against Karen Read after July mistrial
A Massachusetts judge has ruled that Karen Read can be re-tried for murder and leaving the scene where her Boston police officer boyfriend died.