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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Police investigate reported homicide at Winthrop mobile home
Winthrop police responded to a report of a homicide late Saturday night, on Squire Court, off state Route 133. Police remained at the scene Sunday.
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No one injured in 2 shootings in Portland
Portland police are looking for suspects in 2 separate shooting incidents on Sunday.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Accidental shooting in Westbrook results in felony charges
Police say a man who accidentally shot himself faces drug and weapons charges, as well as a misdemeanor charge that he violated Maine’s stay-at-home order.
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Drug-debt shakedown led to shooting of Naples man, police say
Nathaniel Croteau, 39, was abducted briefly by 2 men, stripped naked and shot as he fled into woods in Casco, police said.
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Officials: 1 dead, 4 police wounded in Illinois shooting
A shooter has been apprehended after opening fire in an industrial park in in Aurora, Illinois.
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Two men dead after shootings in Casco and Naples
Another man was critically wounded in a night of violence that ended when Norman Strobel, 59, of Naples was shot and killed by Cumberland County sheriff’s deputies, authorities say.
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Hollis woman was shot by man trying to defend her from boyfriend’s assault, police say
State police arrest Ryan Gilliken, who shares a home with the woman and her three children, on assault charges; no charges have been filed against the man who shot and wounded the woman.
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Woman wounded in Hollis shooting, Maine State Police say
A man was taken into custody after the incident Tuesday night outside a home on River Road.
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Police slaying in Chicago stirs camps of protesters
The fatal shooting of a black man by police over the weekend has stirred a face-off for a second time.