The death of Gregory Lasselle, 27, was one of five police shootings statewide that the Maine attorney general’s office has recently found to be justified.
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Presque Isle man arrested in Litchfield fires at gas station
Just before midnight on Thursday, investigators from the Office of State Fire Marshal responded to two trash can fires at the gas pumps at Gowell’s Shop n’ Save on Richmond Road.
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Presque Isle man charged with arson in Litchfield gas station fires
Robert Bowring, 39, was charged for allegedly setting fires near gas pumps Thursday night, officials said.
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Shooter who killed Lewiston man at Augusta tow yard will not be charged
Officials: Rob Drummond, owner of Ready Road Service, shot Tyler Morin, 36, on May 20.
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Inmate charged with murder in death of cellmate at Windham correctional center
The Maine Attorney General’s Office says Carl Williams, 38, was responsible for the traumatic brain injury that hospitalized and killed Renaldo Jones this year.
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Mother and daughter settle lawsuit against Maine State Police
Brittany and Kimberley Irish received a $500,000 payment from the state after dropping a lawsuit that accused Maine State Police of failing to respond to warnings and protect them from a deadly rampage in 2015.
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State investigation finds Waterville officer justified in fatal shooting of Hartland man
Police responded to a Waterville hotel in February 2021 following reports of a disturbance and found 32-year-old Eric Porter armed with a knife, according to a report by the state Attorney General’s Office.
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Parents of Pittsfield man killed in standoff had earlier expressed alarm over his behavior
The night before the Feb. 25 standoff with officers, the parents of Gregory Lasselle had called Pittsfield police concerned about his ‘state of mind.’
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Martha Hallisey-Swift, 53, a devoted mother and champion of Maine’s children
The assistant attorney general was diagnosed less than a year ago with a rare and aggressive form of uterine cancer.
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No easy answers in a police officer’s 2007 fatal shooting of a Waldoboro 18-year-old
Natalie Jackson’s 18-year-old son, Gregori, was shot to death in 2007. The attorney general is close to releasing a report on his reexamination of the case.