A federal appeals court in Boston is looking at whether an undocumented immigrant from Honduras was the victim of unlawful detention.
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Bill to require all Maine police to wear body cameras ignites debate
Supporters say Sen. Susan Deschambault’s bill would promote transparency, but critics raise concerns about how much it would cost and whether it could lead to invasion of privacy.
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Do auto inspections make driving safer? Bills to scrap them reveal a difference of opinion.
The Legislature’s Transportation Committee hears arguments on proposals to repeal the inspection requirement for most vehicles.
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20 years later: A Saco teenager’s murder remains unsolved
Ashley Ouellette was just 15 when her body was discovered on a road in Scarborough early on February 10, 1999. Every parent’s nightmare, the homicide case hasn’t been closed, but authorities insist it’s far from cold.
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Whiteout conditions in Aroostook County cause 11-vehicle pileup, injuries
Van Buren’s police chief and a Maine DOT plow truck driver both were hit by vehicles in the aftermath of the crashes along Route 1 in Cyr Plantation, Maine State Police say.
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Massachusetts man charged with stealing handgun, rifle from Maine state trooper
James Burns, 23, is accused of taking the firearms from the trooper’s cruiser in Norway last June.
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Man charged with murder in shooting death of girlfriend in Penobscot County
Dwight Osgood Jr., 37, was arrested Tuesday, one day after the body of Kary Dill, 35, was found at their home in Clifton, Maine State Police say.
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Maine State Police investigate death of man in Penobscot County
A 51-year-old transient died after a physical altercation was reported at a home in Alton, a state police spokesman says.
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Two children were inside apartment where bodies were discovered in South Paris
Police identify the victims as Heather Bickford and Dana Hill, both 31, but don’t release how the couple died or whether it was a murder-suicide or a double homicide.
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Speeding car flips over I-295, lands on Marginal Way in Portland
The man at the wheel was not seriously injured but will face several charges, according to Maine State Police.