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Maine Attorney General’s Office

Published
July 2, 2023

Compassionate law or bad precedent? Children’s advocates, defense attorneys at odds over changes to rules of evidence in child sexual assault cases

A law passed recently by the Legislature will allow prosecutors to present as direct evidence at trial recorded interviews of alleged child victims of sex crimes instead of putting them on the witness stand.
Published
June 28, 2023

Maine AG files complaint against Florida woman accused of making racist threats in Kennebunkport

Police say Vicki Lush, 66, called a Korean woman from Massachusetts a 'foreigner,' and told her to go back to 'your country' before threatening to hit her with a van.
Published
May 15, 2023

Hackers, data breaches put more Mainers at risk in ‘ongoing chess game’

Experts say cybercrime is on the rise, and it's getting harder to catch the crooks. In Maine, data breaches are being recorded nearly every day.
Published
March 29, 2023

Maine attorney general sues companies for promoting PFAS products

Two complaints allege that 3M and DuPont knew decades ago that forever chemicals were toxic but didn't disclose that information to the public.
Published
February 19, 2023

Police, prosecutors, Maine National Guard can do more to help sexual assault victims, AG says

Attorney General Aaron Frey released a report to lawmakers this week outlining how allegations of sexual assault and harassment within the Maine National Guard are investigated.

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Published
February 16, 2023

New Hampshire man pleads not guilty in Berwick shooting

Daniel Lafrenier, 31, is accused of killing Mark Forest at a home in Berwick in January.
Published
January 13, 2023

Maine attorney general says officers were justified in 3 separate shootings

The shootings occurred in Limerick, Lewiston and Newport. The AG's office has never found an officer-involved shooting in Maine to be unjustified.
Published
October 19, 2022

Lawyers with Office of Maine Attorney General representing both sides in records dispute

A deputy attorney general will file a lawsuit against a state agency represented by the Office of the Maine Attorney General.
Published
October 12, 2022

Gray fitness trainer, former reality TV contestant, accused of welfare fraud

Jodi Theriault, 42, is accused of obtaining benefits by hiding assets.
Published
August 25, 2022

State investigation finds police use of force justified in February shooting death of Pittsfield man

The death of Gregory Lasselle, 27, was one of five police shootings statewide that the Maine attorney general's office has recently found to be justified.