Caleb Braginton-Hoyt, 28, arrested after allegedly stealing flags from two residences and the NAMI Maine building at 52 Water St.
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Police: Four arrested, Cambridge home searched as part of investigation into illicit sale of fentanyl
Authorities seized nearly 4 pounds of suspected fentanyl and $13,000 in drug proceeds that were part of an effort to distribute the drug in Somerset, Penobscot, Hancock and Washington counties, authorities said.
Police standoff at Richmond mobile home park ends after man taken to hospital
Authorities were called to a home off Hatch Street on Friday after a relative reported the man had made suicidal statements and had a firearm.
Mexico man charged with escape after leaving Augusta mental health services facility
Darryl Streeper, 34, is an inmate at the Franklin County jail and was at Motivational Services Inc. for treatment.
Bowdoin man indicted in hit-and-run collision in Madison that seriously injured Cornville couple
A Somerset County grand jury last week indicted Edward McGuire, 62, on several counts following the collision that occurred in May.
Former director of Skowhegan Regional Chamber of Commerce charged with theft, forgery
Jason Gayne pleaded not guilty Monday to several charges that accuse him of taking nearly $200,000 from the chamber and another organization he led, Hospice Volunteers of Somerset County.
Woman charged with starting massive blaze that consumed Pittston residence
Sharon Nichols, 67, has been charged with failing to extinguish a fire following a Maine Forest Service investigation into the April 25 blaze.
State investigation finds police use of force justified in February shooting death of Pittsfield man
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.
Palmyra man arrested following Winslow armed robbery
Dustin Smith, 30, allegedly pointed a handgun at a man on Abbott Road in Winslow, ordered him out of a car, told him to take off his clothes, fired a gun, assaulted him and robbed him, Winslow police Chief Leonard Macdaid said Wednesday.
Man in longstanding dispute with Readfield charged for allegedly harassing town manager, family
Robert Bittar, 81, allegedly violated a protection order by harassing Town Manager Eric Dyer, but the resident’s lawyer says the matter is ‘a classic example of government overreach attempting to crush the voice of the little guy.’