Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) signed a measure into law that provides funding to the state’s Public Defenders Service (PDS).…
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NEW HAMPSHIRE — A resident and real estate developer from Bow, New Hampshire has been indicted on federal bank fraud…
PORTLAND, Maine – The Portland Police Department has released its weekly calls for service data for March 9 through March…
A 19-year-old UMaine student was found dead in an Orono retention pond on Tuesday after he was first reported missing…
UNITED STATES — A Cambridge criminal was indicted on Mar. 18, 2026 in Massachusetts on federal charges in the trafficking…
The Maine State Police arrested a Skowhegan man on murder and assault charges after he allegedly killed a man and…
The New Hampshire state police arrested a Massachusetts 18-year-old on Monday after he allegedly led them on a multi-town pursuit…
LEWISTON, Maine — The Lewiston City Council voted 5–2 Tuesday night to give final passage to an amendment to the…
The alleged leader of an international conspiracy that deployed digital attacks targeting ATMs across the United States, funneling millions in…
York County Sheriff William L. King appointed an attorney previously convicted for his role in a drug-related money laundering scheme…
ELLWORTH, Maine — A 28-year-old Lamoine woman was arrested Thursday, March 12, 2026, after agents with the Maine Drug Enforcement…
The road that parallels the meandering Mattagodus Stream in a small northern Penobscot County town has become a literal dump.Not…
The Somerset Sheriff’s Department arrested six alleged drug traffickers, including two from Massachusetts, on Tuesday during a warrant execution on…
AUGUSTA — Three men were arrested and charged after police say they burglarized and damaged ATMs at two Augusta credit…
The Somerset Sheriff’s Department arrested three Skowhegan residents on March 1 after they were allegedly found with illegal drugs in…
The Windham Police Department arrested a man on domestic violence charges on Monday after receiving reports of shots being fired…
The Wiscasset Police Department arrested a man on arson and attempted murder charges on Monday after he allegedly tried to…
The Lincoln Police Department arrested a Clifton man on Monday after he was allegedly found with drugs, a firearm, and…
The Maine State Police arrested a Carrabassett Valley man on Monday; he allegedly shot and killed a 23-year-old Connecticut woman.…
WESTBROOK — A 39-year old adult male from Auburn with six active arrest warrants was arrested Friday evening after police…
The Old Orchard Beach Police Department arrested an Arundel man on Thursday after he was allegedly found with cocaine and…
DORAL, Fla. — President Donald Trump announced Saturday the formation of a new multinational military coalition with a sole objective…
A Somali immigrant living in Auburn who founded a translation service business tied to a home health operation billing millions…
Yet another York County Sheriff’s Department Corrections Officer has been indicted for allegedly smuggling contraband into the York County Jail,…
Penobscot Sheriff’s Department deputies tracked down a fugitive on Thursday who had been on the run from drug and firearm…
LEWISTON, Maine – A Lewiston-area nonprofit says it is redirecting tens of thousands of dollars originally awarded through a recovery…
The U.S. military launched a joint operation in Ecuador against “Designated Terrorist Organizations” on Tuesday, even as the war with…
LEWISTON, Maine — The Lewiston City Council voted Tuesday night to delay action on a proposed resolution that would assess…
An Edgecomb man accused of beating a young girl to death has been found guilty, state officials said.Tyler Witham-Jordan was…
MaineCare auditors attempted to recoup nearly $450,000 from the Somali-run Affinity Homecare, co-located with Rep. Yusuf Yusuf’s (D-Portland) shady Care…
What began as a routine warrant check in a quiet Washington County town exploded into a hail of gunfire —…
Thanks to the Trump Administration’s unprecedented release of Medicaid claims data, taxpayers may now get insight into how one of…
PORTLAND, Maine — Portland police are investigating an early-morning shooting outside Amigos Mexican Restaurant & Bar on Dana Street that…
LEWISTON, Maine — Survivors of the Lewiston mass shooting and family members of victims delivered emotional testimony before the Lewiston…
A two-time failed Maine gubernatorial candidate and child-porno fiend has been arrested for violating his probation for the third time.…
A New Gloucester man pleaded guilty in federal court on Thursday to wire fraud charges after he deposited counterfeit U.S.…
It’s become far too easy to call it fraud. The word rolls off the tongue, sounds bureaucratic, and feels almost…
The U.S. Marshals executed a high-risk warrant on Howe St. in Lewiston on Monday, searching for two fugitives from justice…
The 2011 pre-Christmas mystery surrounding a missing 20-month-old continues to tug at her family. But cops still have no answers…
The U.S. federal government is demanding a $28.7 million refund from Maine as an audit uncovers rampant documentation failures in…
The Rockland Police Department arrested a Hope man on Tuesday morning after a local business reportedly lost over $3,000 in…
The Brunswick Police Department arrested three New York men on Friday after they were allegedly found with false identities during…
The Bangor Police Department arrested an Orland man on Saturday after he was allegedly found stealing from a Bangor supermarket…
It was a tragedy piled on a tragedy is how one Lincoln County resident described the December 27 homicide of…
As 2025 winds down, one-word towers above the rest in American public life: fraud. Not inflation. Not immigration. Not even…
The recent heist of 40,000 oysters from a farm in Falmouth is now believed to be the first of a…
The mother of a 1-year-old twin found dead Sunday in Milford says she is “tired of people making assumptions” about…
It has been more than four months since Maine courts threw a shroud of secrecy over the proceedings in the…
Police are searching for the driver of a silver SUV who struck a pedestrian in a marked crosswalk Sunday evening…
A Bangor organization raising money for the family of a twin girl who died prematurely is either well-intentioned or jumping…
Federal agents are now going door to door at businesses across Minnesota as part of a sweeping fraud crackdown, a…
A Corinth man is facing a murder charge following a fatal shooting Saturday morning at a Main Street residence. According…
“To the person who took my pocketbook backpack from Hannaford in Hampden would you be so kind to return it?”…
The Maine State Police have confirmed a murder-suicide following the discovery of two deceased adults at a Tremont residence earlier…
A sweeping crime crackdown launched by the Trump administration, including the controversial deployment of National Guard troops in the nation’s…
Former prosecutor and well-known TV crime fighter Nancy Grace is spotlighting a suspiciously-missing Maine girl. On her Christmas-eve show, “Crime…
State fire investigators have arrested two men in connection with a house fire in Augusta that authorities say was intentionally…
A federal judge declared a mistrial Monday in the corruption case against a former top aide to Democratic New York…
The U.S. Border Patrol Houlton Sector arrested an Ecuadorian illegal immigrant in Rangeley early this month with a criminal history…
The Maine State Police are gathering information after local police discovered two dead adults in Tremont. [RELATED: Maine State Police…
A suspect allegedly trashed a Waterville police cruiser on Sunday after ramming it with a stolen vehicle while attempting to…
A new U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) crackdown on child exploitation came to the aid of 205 minor victims and…
The Westbrook Police Department arrested a fugitive from Virginia on Wednesday who was wanted for sexually abusing minors. [RELATED: Howland…
What began as a routine traffic stop Friday night quickly escalated into a serious drug arrest, with police seizing large…
Portland police are asking for the public’s help in an unsolved fatal incident that left a 33-year-old man dead following…
The Maine license plate that was allegedly attached to a rental car used in a triple homicide remains as mysterious…
Every generation in American life is marked by a crime that captures its dark side and because of that becomes…
A Pittsfield man already accused of sexually assaulting a dog – an attack that left the animal paralyzed and ultimately…
The five-day manhunt for a suspect in three campus murders ended with help of nothing more than a Reddit post,…
A Howland sex offender convicted of passport fraud was sentenced to time served on Thursday during his sentencing hearing, after…
An investigation by The Robinson Report suggests migrant NGOs with no connection to the Lewiston shooting survivors were allowed to…
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday directing major changes to federal marijuana and cannabinoid policy, aiming to expand…
Federal prosecutors alleged Thursday that Minnesota may have lost billions of dollars to fraud in its Medicaid program, the latest…
The man who was sought in connection with a mass shooting at Brown University is also suspected to have killed…
The Windham Police Department arrested a 14-year-old student of Windham High School on Tuesday after he was allegedly discovered trying…
A federal judge has sentenced the former manager of Harvard Medical School’s morgue to eight years in prison for stealing…
The Bangor Police Department arrested a man on Wednesday after he allegedly fled at high speeds during an attempted traffic…
Two teenage alleged thieves were arrested on Thursday after they reportedly tried to escape detention by the Rockland Police. [RELATED:…
Steven W. Freeman, 47, was sentenced to 20 years in prison in the U.S. District Court in Portland on Monday…
A former two-time Maine gubernatorial loser and convicted child-porn fiend is rejecting police claims he violated his probation by going…
As Auburn considers adopting an ordinance on “syringe service programs” (SSP) that provide needles to drug addicts, the City Council…
A former Auburn post office employee pleaded guilty to a federal felony charge on Monday after she was found stealing…
Maine State Police Troopers arrested a Manchester, New Hampshire man on Sunday after he was allegedly driving drunk the wrong…
Lewiston Police arrested a man early Sunday following a reported domestic altercation in which a gun was fired inside a…
President Donald Trump said Monday that he plans to classify the deadly drug fentanyl as a “weapon of mass destruction,”…
A Dixmont man is facing attempted murder charges following a Friday rampage in which he allegedly attacked his friends and…
A multi-town pursuit beginning in Chelsea on Sunday culminated in a police shootout with a man wanted on felony charges…
An off-duty Ogunquit police officer helped the New Hampshire State Police apprehend a suspect during a pursuit on Saturday after…
The Livermore Falls Police Department arrested three New York men on Monday and seized significant quantities of drugs after responding…
A Friendship lobsterman drove his boat at two other fishermen, threatening to cut a third mariner’s throat, police say. Chad…
A guy who lived on the streets of Portland is the prime suspect in the murder Sunday of “All in…
Penobscot Sheriff’s deputies responded to two alleged domestic violence incidents on Tuesday in separate towns within one hour of each…
An incarcerated sex offender incurred an additional charge of witness tampering on Wednesday after he allegedly smuggled a letter out…
A Florida man was sentenced to two years in prison in the U.S. District Court in Bangor on Friday following…
Dustin Duren, sentenced to 45 years Thursday for blowing off his girlfriend’s head, apparently is quite satisfied with his fate.…
The Houlton Police Department arrested a man late last month after he was allegedly found distributing child pornography. [RELATED: Houlton…
York deputies arrested two wanted thieves in Lebanon on Wednesday after one was found hiding in a residence and the…
The Rockland Police Department arrested an Arkansas sex offender on Sunday for failing to comply with sex offender registration, less…
A New York City man has admitted he carried out a years-long scheme that combined mortgage fraud and an illegal…
The Sanford Police Department arrested an alleged robber on Sunday who reportedly stole from a Springvale 7-Eleven gas station six…