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.
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Two women indicted on drug trafficking charges following Benton traffic stop
Carol Lee Andrews, 49, and Taylor Bishop, 25, both of Patten in northern Penobscot County, indicted last month on charges they possessed more than 100 grams of fentanyl when stopped in August by a state trooper on Interstate 95.
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Mexico man suing Lewiston police and estate of former officer for ‘illegal arrest’
Nicholas Meserve, the late Lewiston police officer involved in Norman “Bo” Thompson’s arrest, later died from an apparent drug overdose.
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Rumford man killed during confrontation with police in Dixfield
Matthew A. Marston, 29, was shot by a Mexico police officer but died after shooting himself Friday night on Route 2, the Maine Attorney General’s Office says.
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Two teenage girls charged with violating Maine Civil Rights Act in racist spray-painting incident
The girls, both from Bangor, are suspected of painting racial slurs on the car of a Pakistani-American and person of color.
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Federal judge hears arguments over Maine’s residency requirement for medical cannabis sellers
Wellness Connection of Maine sued the state in December to overturn a requirement that all medical marijuana dispensaries be owned by Mainers.