Michael Shepherd

Staff Writer

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Published
May 18, 2012

Augusta man arrested on explosives charge

AUGUSTA — A city man was arrested Thursday on a charge of criminal use of explosives as authorities searched his Gage Street apartment and later detonated explosive material allegedly found inside.
Published
May 18, 2012

Man held on explosives charge

AUGUSTA — A city man was arrested Thursday on a charge of criminal use of explosives as authorities searched his Gage Street apartment and later detonated explosive material allegedly found inside.
Published
May 14, 2012

Impact difficult to gauge

AUGUSTA — Congressional campaigners in Kennebec County say they don’t see the state redistricting changes taking effect with June’s primary election having much of an impact at the ballot box.
Published
May 10, 2012

‘Give me the drugs’

Waterville Police Chief Joseph Massey said he first noticed the beginnings of Maine’s prescription drug abuse epidemic about a decade ago.
Published
May 10, 2012

Pharmacy holdups on record-setting pace

Maine’s U.S. attorney, Thomas Delahanty II, said Wednesday that 2012 is shaping up to be state’s worst year ever for prescription-drug related pharmacy robberies. Five months into the year, there have been 12 such robberies statewide, he said. Eight of those robberies have been at CVS and Rite Aids in Augusta, Gardiner, Pittsfield, Winslow and Waterville.
Published
January 9, 2012

Doubts sprout on pot outfit

AUGUSTA — As Maine’s largest medical marijuana nonprofit organization plans to open its dispensaries, the man originally tapped to run its growing operation says the organization does not have enough space to grow the product its patients need.
Published
January 9, 2012

Doubts heard about medical marijuana operation

AUGUSTA — As Maine’s largest medical marijuana nonprofit organization plans to open its dispensaries, the man originally tapped to run its growing operation says the organization does not have enough space to grow the product its patients need.
Published
January 7, 2012

Gardiner embezzler sentenced

AUBURN — A Gardiner woman who embezzled more than $166,000 from her employer will serve three and a half years in prison.
Published
January 7, 2012

Prison for Higgins

AUBURN — A Gardiner woman who embezzled more than $166,000 from her employer will serve three and a half years in prison.
Published
January 6, 2012

Prosecutor: One year for embezzlement from lawyer group

AUGUSTA — The Gardiner woman who pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $166,000 from the Maine Trial Lawyers Association should be sent to jail for one year, a state prosecutor recommends.