The suit stems from a 2011 incident in which a couple said they were threatened and illegally arrested by deputies over a financial dispute with a retired Portland police officer.
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Controversial former legislator Stavros Mendros running for Maine Senate seat
The Republican, who has been at the center of two court cases challenging the validity of signatures gathered for ballot referendums, will challenge incumbent Democrat Justin Chenette for the District 31 seat in York County.
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Man, woman arrested in York County fentanyl bust
Freddy Michel Peguero-Matos, 27, of Boston and Laurie A. Fantasia, 45, of Nashua, N.H., had about 350 grams of the powerful drug in their possession when arrested in Springvale, the sheriff says.
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Thunderstorms and downpours usher in cold front
Powerful storms cut off power to thousands and triggered warnings of flash floods and high winds.
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Driver charged with felony OUI after trying to elude deputies on foot
Police say David Barrett ran into a house, escaped from a bathroom window and was found in the woods hiding behind brush.
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Hoss and Mary to open food trailer at Congdon’s After Dark in Wells
They plan to serve up their popular ‘tasty grub’ at least five days a week this summer.
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New Yorker who killed Biddeford man in drug dispute found not guilty of murder
Attorneys for Timothy Ortiz, 22, argued that he acted in self-defense in the 2016 shooting death of Jonathan Methot.
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Car hits utility pole, witnesses drag driver to safety in Arundel
Witnesses dragged the driver to safety, the York County sheriff says.
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Tractor-trailer backed up at turnpike toll plaza before hitting tollbooth
The collision ‘lifted the tollbooth right off the concrete’ at the York plaza, police say.
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Waterboro man found guilty of attempted kidnapping, assault
Christopher T. Hall, 52, is convicted of trying to kidnap a woman and hold her for ransom.