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Biddeford woman charged in Saco shooting returned to Maine
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Police investigating burglaries at 4 Portland-area food businesses look for connections
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Windham man faces child porn charges, admits to abuse
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Police charge 5 people in illegal cannabis grow operations in central Maine
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Suspect in Waterville homicide apprehended, shot by police in Arkansas
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Coffee By Design on India Street burglarized early Saturday
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Police identify Waterville woman as person killed at a city beverage center Thursday
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Police charge Temple man after surrounding Day Mountain Road home
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Police say a man forced Norma Rodondi Jimbikt, 35, and her daughter Angie Rodondi, 3, into a white Ford Explorer around 11:30 a.m. Thursday. They were later located in New York.
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A former female student of the Wayfinder School alleges that Clifford J. Barnes sexually assaulted her in 2013 and 2014.
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Shortly after 7 p.m., a Maine State Police spokeswoman confirmed that the department was assisting at the Day Mountain Road scene with its tactical and crisis negotiations teams.
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The court convicted Kailie Brackett of killing Kimberly Neptune in April 2022, but declared a mistrial for her co-defendant, Donnell Dana.
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Tyon Shuron was sentenced to three years and nine months in jail, which he has already served. He was released on bail after a jury found him not guilty of fatally shooting a Richmond man in 2019.
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Police are seeking Spridal Hubiak, 20, of Waterville, as a suspect in the killing and believe he has left the state of Maine.
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Joshua D. Chambers, 34, had over 100 images of children under 12 being sexually abused on his cell phone, authorities said.
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Joseph Eaton, who told the Press Herald this spring that he was not in control of his actions when he killed his 2 parents and another couple in April, has withdrawn his plea of not criminally responsible.
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Levi Thomas Robinson Jr. pleaded guilty in June.
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Maine State Police continue to look into leads on the case.
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Even as the theft was reported, Mainers came together to feed hundreds of linemen who are away from their homes working on restoring electricity in the aftermath of this week's storm.
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A pair of videos obtained by the Press Herald this week show that a Sagadahoc deputy and Robert Card's Army Reserve commander were concerned that confronting him could escalate a potentially dangerous and put police officers' lives at risk.
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Newly released documents show that police found Gary Mariner's blood on Danielle Goodwin's body. Her blood was also found on several objects in his home.
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Kyle Desmarais, 42, was released from prison in February after he served time for domestic violence aggravated assault.
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Gary Mariner, 65, is accused of killing Danielle Goodwin, 52, of Freeport, in September.
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Damion Butterfield chose not to hear the jury's verdict Tuesday, opting instead to plead guilty to killing Derald Coffin in April 2022 and agreeing to serve 35 years in prison.
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Nibblesford co-owner Ian Kern says a man posing as a customer interested in wine and cheese turned on him, pulling a gun and demanding money from the register.
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A jury is still deliberating whether or not to convict Damion Butterfield, 24, of murder, attempted murder and robbery in the death of Derald Coffin in April 2022.
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Aidan Grant, 16, was sentenced Monday to five years at Portland's Long Creek Youth Development Center. He is accused of killing Brooke McLaughlin last year in Mount Vernon.
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No one at the Nibblesford cheese shop was injured, but the suspect remained at large as of Sunday night
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An Oxford County grand jury indicts Tzara Jones on two murder charges.
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Maine's congressional delegation had requested the probe into the events surrounding the rampage that claimed 18 lives – the deadliest mass shooting in state history.
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The 12 jurors will decide whether Damion Butterfield, 24, is guilty of murder, aggravated attempted murder and robbery in the death of Derald Coffin in April 2022.
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Sheriff Joel Merry says the report found that his officers followed the law and training in regard to well-being checks on mass shooter Robert Card.
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Tristan Hamilton, who has been charged with trying to recruit another person to commit murder at South Portland High School last fall, was released on house arrest Thursday after a judge found there was limited evidence that he poses a threat to others.
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Tyler Croston, 24, was arraigned Thursday in York County Superior Court on driving under the influence, aggravated driving to endanger and reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon.
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Superior Court Justice MaryGay Kennedy isn't dismissing a murder charge against Damion Butterfield, but she has agreed to bar prosecutors from playing recorded jail calls, a crucial part of their case.
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In messages he sent to his girlfriend from prison, Damion Butterfield both confesses and maintains his innocence in the shooting death of Derald Coffin in April 2022.
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Aaron Hoster, 51, had a "full-time job of stealing for two years," said a judge who sentenced him to serve 33 months in prison.
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Portland police arrested Khalid Gurhan, 29, and recovered the money they say he stole from Skowhegan Savings Bank on Wednesday morning.
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Emanuel Diggs, 22, was apprehended by the U.S. Marshals Office and its Maine Violent Offender Task Force with assistance from Wells police.
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Police charged Damion Butterfield, 24, with murder about 4 weeks after he met with Portland detectives at the York County Jail. He has denied being the man who shot Derald 'Darry' Coffin in April 2022.
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Shane Hall and Khang Tran have been indicted on murder charges in connection with the stabbing near Kennedy Park in 2008.
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The upper half of a large spruce tree, which was donated a decade ago by a volunteer firefighter, was found missing over the weekend.
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Ashe 'Scott' Schaffer, who was shot by a food truck owner on Dec. 1, was charged after his release from the hospital Monday. The food truck owner, who said he acted in self-defense, is not facing charges.
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The discovery was made after the student was stopped on suspicion of violating the school's tobacco and vaping policy.
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Vinal Thompson was indicted in 2021 for allegedly assaulting John Katula, an inmate at the Cumberland County Jail. The judge said Thompson acted in self-defense.
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Alexandra L. Goards, who knew the victim, said she was forced to help the other suspects rob the victim, according to a police affidavit.
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Zachary Phach, 34, will serve 12 years of a 30-year sentence after pleading guilty to the felony murder of Matthew Blanchard in 2012.
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Robert Card, 40, was an Army reservist who suffered a sudden shift in behavior this year before killing 18 people in Lewiston.
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Procedures have come under scrutiny since it was revealed that police tried to reach Robert Card weeks before the Lewiston mass shootings.
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Lindsay Richard, 40, was arrested after police say she stabbed a former partner whom she had previously assaulted.
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Brian Dennison, 27, faces up to 5 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000.
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The state's murder case against Damion Butterfield, 24, rests largely on the testimony of a man who police say witnessed the shooting and helped hide the gun.
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Mohamud Abdullahi, who is accused of armed robbery, was arrested Thursday afternoon after South Portland police chased him through Portland.
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Hours before the 17-year-old accused of trying to recruit another person to commit murder at his high school was set be released from custody, police shared new information that convinced a judge to reverse his decision.
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Assistant Attorney General Leanne Robbin presented surveillance video and pictures of the gun that Damion Butterfield allegedly used to shoot Derald 'Darry' Coffin and Annabelle Hartnett in April 2022.
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The three suspects were not cooperative when asked to identify themselves to officials, according to Somerset County Sheriff Dale Lancaster.
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Cumberland County Judge Peter Darvin says he is concerned by statements 17-year-old Tristan Hamilton allegedly made to corrections officers at Long Creek Youth Development Center.