Bar Harbor businessman pleads no contest in kidnapping case
A Bar Harbor businessman with a criminal record spanning more than four decades pleaded no contest Monday morning to multiple
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Franklin County Sheriff’s Office Weekly Report: false 911 calls continue at higher volume
Weekly report from the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office for the week of February 25 through March 3, 2023. All persons
Read MoreMaine lawmakers consider making jail phone calls to lawyers free
Proposed legislation seeks to protect defendant rights to attorney-client privilege in jails.Read More
Read MoreAccess denied: Authorities refuse to release records for Maine school shooter hoax calls
First Amendment advocates across New England say the sweeping decision sets a dangerous precedent.Read More
Read MoreTeen stabbed at Mexico school
Early reports were that the teen had been stabbed by another student in the gymnasium.Read More
Read MoreSmithfield man arrested after pointing firearm toward sheriff’s deputy and detective
Somerset County sheriff’s officials went to the home of Barry Wheaton, 58, to arrest him on a warrant from another
Read MoreOxford County arrest log: March 3, 2023
• Zouhair A. Bouzrara, 61, of 700 Main St., Portland, on charges of disorderly conduct and violation of condition of
Read MoreClinton man sentenced to at least 9 months in jail for reckless driving that killed girlfriend
Stephen B. Richardson III pleaded guilty Friday to aggravated assault in connection with a crash on Oct. 31, 2021, that
Read MoreThree charged after search of Pittsfield home yields illicit drugs
Brett Johnson, Dawn Smith and Felicia Willard are scheduled to appear in court July 5 on drug-related charges, according to
Read MoreMadison man serving 30 days for violation of privacy in cellphone incident
Eric Dore, 44, is serving the sentence in Somerset County Jail after authorities say he took an inappropriate photo of
Read MoreCentral Maine arrest log: Feb. 24-March 3, 2023
Augusta- and Waterville-area arrests for Feb. 24-March 3, 2023.Read More
Read MoreMaine’s high court rejects appeal by Skowhegan man challenging sex assault conviction
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court on Thursday swept aside the appeal by Duane Marquis, who had argued that the state
Read MoreMexico and Rumford police officers cleared after shooting man in August
Two western Maine police officers have been cleared of wrongdoing by the Maine attorney general’s office after they shot a
Read MoreTwo teenagers charged after a man in Calais was shot on a walking trail
Two teenage boys have been charged this week in a shooting in Calais that injured a 31-year-old man. The man
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