A third man, James R. Simmons of Friendship, is scheduled to go on trial in October on charges that he also set the blaze that destroyed a boathouse valued at $50,000 and a lobster boat worth $150,000.
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Westbrook man pleads guilty to string of robberies that rattled small businesses
Travis Card’s plea closes 11 cases in Greater Portland, including incidents in which he was thwarted by a language barrier, a clerk who locked herself in a bathroom and a club-wielding employee.
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Westbrook police find missing 16-year-old girl
Bridget Kelley had been missing since Wednesday night.
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New Hampshire man accused of pulling gun in road rage incident
Maine State Police say Philip A. Gordon pulled the gun on another driver while on the Maine Turnpike in Portland.
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Daring thieves swipe Sweden’s royal jewels
Police say two men pulled off the daring daytime heist and then escaped by bicycle to a nearby lake, where witnesses said they boarded a speedboat or personal watercraft.
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Massachusetts valedictorian charged in elaborate cryptocurrency scheme
Joel Ortiz is charged with hacking phones, email to steal at least $2 million in investors’ digital currency.
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More questions than answers as probe of Portland man’s stabbing death goes on
Police have said 22-year-old Patrick Lobor died from a stab wound to the chest that was discovered after a car accident Saturday. But they aren’t saying how that stab wound got there.
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Former Windham man, convicted in N.H. triple murder, is sentenced to death for killing fellow inmate in Florida
Michael Woodbury, 42, shot and killed three people in Conway in 2007.
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Maine celebrity chef, husband to accept penalties over charges of writing nearly $20,000 in bad checks
Thomas Bard is expected to serve 48 hours in jail and plead to a misdemeanor rather than a felony, and Shannon Bard will perform community service and is likely to see her case dismissed.
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‘Stand your ground’ dispute: Family seeks charges in Florida shooting
Markeis McGlockton was killed last week and the gunman is seemingly protected by the ‘stand your ground’ law, which allows people to use force without retreating if they feel threatened.