The case was connected to the abrupt resignation of Sheriff Wayne Gallant, who was accused of sexually harassing employees.
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West Paris standoff result of multiyear property dispute, police say
Neil Lanteigne, 43, armed with a semi-automatic rifle, allegedly led officers on a four-hour chase through his remote, wooded property in West Paris.
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Police close part of Route 35 during standoff with person in Waterford home
The incident at the house on Valley Road reportedly began as a domestic dispute in which one person threatened another with a handgun.
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Police say West Paris man fired at officers, tried to escape on snowmobile and snowshoes
Police arrested Neil Lanteigne, 43, and charged him with two counts of possession of a firearm by a prohibited person.
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Incoming changes to traffic court prosecution leave smaller departments wondering
In April, the District Attorney’s Office for Androscoggin, Oxford, and Franklin counties will stop prosecuting traffic tickets, leaving local police departments to pursue their own cases.
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Government shutdown cited as factor in decline of Maine home sales
Home sales fell by 13 percent in January, while the median sale price remained the same compared with a year earlier.
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Winter weather complicates commutes, causes closures in central Maine
Communities in Maine woke up to a sheet of snow that closed courts, municipal offices and schools.
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Pregnant woman killed in western Maine snowmobile crash
Elizabeth Abelson of Gloucester, Mass., died Saturday after losing control on a trail in Oxford County.
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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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Woman who was ‘financial officer’ of Maine heroin ring sentenced to prison
Officials say Briana Thayer, who will serve 4 years of a 6-year sentence, was the ‘financial officer’ for a ring that smuggled $3.2 million worth of heroin into Oxford County before their arrests in 2015.