Sharon Nichols, 67, has been charged with failing to extinguish a fire following a Maine Forest Service investigation into the April 25 blaze.
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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.
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Palmyra man arrested following Winslow armed robbery
Dustin Smith, 30, allegedly pointed a handgun at a man on Abbott Road in Winslow, ordered him out of a car, told him to take off his clothes, fired a gun, assaulted him and robbed him, Winslow police Chief Leonard Macdaid said Wednesday.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Maine Crime, News
Man in longstanding dispute with Readfield charged for allegedly harassing town manager, family
Robert Bittar, 81, allegedly violated a protection order by harassing Town Manager Eric Dyer, but the resident’s lawyer says the matter is ‘a classic example of government overreach attempting to crush the voice of the little guy.’
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Woman indicted on charges she started multiple fires with Molotov cocktails in Waterville
The June 18 fires in the Cool Street area did little damage.
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Skowhegan police charge man over allegation he took lewd photo of young woman in public
Eric Dore, 43, who has been a co-owner of the Old Mill Pub in Skowhegan, was charged Tuesday with a Class D misdemeanor charge of violation of privacy.
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Kennebec sheriff’s officer charged with domestic assault, threatening child with gun
Daniel Ross, 29, a deputy sheriff at the Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office in Augusta, made his initial appearance in court on Wednesday.
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Skowhegan apartments searched in connection to Fairfield armed robbery
Evidence was seized from the apartments Monday by authorities investigating the recent robbery of a Circle K convenience store on Norridgewock Road in Fairfield, according to Fairfield police.
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Driver who struck, killed 3 pedestrians in Augusta crash admits to charges
Robert Santerre of Chelsea said he fell asleep at the wheel before his car went off Cony Road and struck and killed Barbara Maxim-Hendsbee, Rosalyn Jean and 1-year-old Vada-Leigh Peaslee.
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Augusta police arrest alleged rapist in Oregon
Damien Sanchez, 26, of Roseburg, Oregon, was arrested recently on a warrant related to an alleged assault at an Augusta hotel.