After 7-year-old Emahleeah Frost was shot in February, the family got $14,100 from a GoFundMe effort, but because of that income, their food stamps and Supplemental Security Income were taken away according to her parents.
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Man killed at Winthrop mobile home park was shot
The victim has been identified as Joshua Martin, 30, formerly of Rochester, New York, who was last known to be staying in the Augusta area, according to officials.
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Agency investigating alleged incidents of racial bias by Cumberland police
The Attorney General’s Office and an outside police agency are looking into a complaint filed by a Black Portland attorney.
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Winthrop man indicted on rape, kidnapping charges
Jon L. Westerlund, 35, was one of several area residents indicted last week by a Kennebec County grand jury.
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Pandemic, shortage of judges, and social distancing slow wheels of justice
Augusta’s Capital Judicial Center the site of the state’s first trial since the coronavirus pandemic halted trials in March.
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State police, sheriff’s office investigate Anson man’s death
Dwain Libby, 52, of West Mills Road was found apparently ill and incoherent at his home Monday and died later that night at a Portland hospital.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Maine Crime
Augusta, New York men charged with drug trafficking
Augusta police searched a Stone Street apartment where they said they found cocaine and a mix of fentanyl and heroin.
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Maine man sentenced for operating a methamphetamine lab
Douglas Theriault, 39, of Biddeford was sentenced to serve 9 months and one day of a five-year sentence.
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Plea made, then withdrawn, by suspect in Waterville drive-by shooting of young girl
Video conferencing between the Kennebec County jail and Capital Judicial Center, due to COVID-19 prevention efforts, has had glitches that impact defendants’ communications.
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Two arrested after shots fired in Waterville neighborhood
Police responded to the report of a drive-by shooting Friday night on Oak Street.