Deane ‘Kenny’ Stryker wanted to be a doctor since she was a small child, her mother says.
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Augusta man sentenced on burglary, theft charges from 2016
Cullen Penney, 22, was removed from a specialty court program for people with substance abuse and mental health problems designed to spare him more imprisonment.
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Singular young woman made a deep impression before inexplicable killing
Classmates of slain University of New England medical school student Deane Stryker, 22, remember her outsized personality, warmth and optimism.
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Winthrop man had more than 9 grams of heroin, prosecutor says
Benjamin York was initially held on $150,000 bail on a drug trafficking charge; the amount was reduced to $5,000 on Monday.
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Suspect in fatal stabbing of UNE medical student has ‘severe mental illness,’ his attorney says
Jeffrey Yao, 23, has been hospitalized multiple times, according to his lawyer, and Yao’s neighbors in Massachusetts say they felt terrorized by him.
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Fatal stabbing of UNE medical student in Massachusetts library shocks campus
Deane ‘Kenny’ Stryker was a first-year student in the College of Osteopathic Medicine in Biddeford. She was attacked Saturday at the public library in Winchester, Mass.
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Two arrested in Madison, Skowhegan on drug, evading arrest charges after chase
A search of one of the men stopped yielded fentanyl, heroin, pills, Suboxone and drug paraphernalia, police said.
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Ellsworth student charged with threatening high school
The threat was noticed on an online gaming site, police say.
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Authorities warn of telephone scam by police impersonator
The caller identifies himself as a police captain and tells people they must pay a fine for missing jury duty or they will be arrested.
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Gray woman charged with animal cruelty asks court for return of her 80 dogs
Anita McBride says she has improved the living conditions at home and knows how to care for them, but the state says her history and insufficient income show that the animals should remain in shelters.