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PORTLAND, Maine — Portland Police have made an arrest following Saturday’s stabbing incident on Congress Street, providing new details in…
PORTLAND, Maine — The Portland Police Department and the Cumberland County District Attorney’s Office will commemorate National Crime Victims’ Rights…
AUBURN, Maine — The man whose actions triggered a massive manhunt across Lewiston and Auburn on Thursday forcing schools, hospitals,…
PORTLAND – Another violent scene unfolded in downtown Portland on Saturday, when police responded to a stabbing near Joe’s Super…
Law enforcement agencies across the state, including the Maine State Police, are warning Mainers about a new scam sending false…
Emmy-winning singer Cher is begging a judge to appoint an adult to supervise her ‘drug-addicted, gravely disabled’ son, who is…
A former Waldo County man awaiting trial for the gruesome chainsaw murder of an Ireland farmer has been assaulted while…
Megan Waterman was a struggling single mother trying to make ends meet.Unfortunately the Scarborough woman decided a quick way to…
The Oxford Sheriff’s Department is searching for a vandal responsible for painting a message of tolerance and love over public…
A massive police operation in Waldoboro early Wednesday morning led to seven arrests, including kidnapping charges for an 18-year-old New…
LEWISTON, Maine — A large-scale police search for an Auburn man believed to be armed and in crisis triggered lockdowns…
The Somerset Sheriff’s Department arrested two women on Monday on drug trafficking charges following a traffic stop that allegedly led…
The Auburn Police Department charged a man with aggravated assault on Tuesday after he allegedly stabbed someone on Goff Street.…
A Rhode Island man wanted on five felony child molestation charges was arrested Monday at a residence in North Berwick…
Maine’s game wardens are searching for a suspect who allegedly fled twice on an ATV and came close to running…
Those darn “self-driving” cars strike again, no pun intended.In a recent Texas incident a car “driven” by a computer ran…
A postdoctoral researcher at the Indiana University Bloomington pleaded guilty to smuggling samples of E. Coli bacterial DNA into the…
PORTLAND, Maine — As part of its ongoing effort to provide transparency to the public, the Portland Police Department released…
A New Hampshire man is facing charges after investigators determined that a fire that destroyed four vehicles on a wooded…
The Bangor Police Department arrested a man on Monday in connection with a stabbing incident that took place over the…
The Rockland Police Department arrested a homeless man on Monday in connection with a string of four burglaries. [RELATED: 18-Year-Old…
The Rockland Police Department arrested an 18-year-old from South Thomaston after he allegedly broke into a Rockland home. [RELATED: Whitefield…
A Brunswick man is facing murder charges after making statements to police that led to the discovery of a body…
BATH,Maine – A Brunswick man has been charged with murder after a reported disturbance in Bath on Friday evening led…
LEWISTON, Maine — Pressure is continuing to build on the Maine Community Foundation as national survivor advocates, local victims, and…
BATH, Maine – A Brunswick man has been charged with murder after a reported disturbance in Bath on Friday evening…
A New York man has been indicted for conspiring to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of cargo bound…
The Portland Police Department arrested a suspect on murder charges on Wednesday in connection with the 2017 killing of Sunao…
A Northfield, New Hampshire, woman was killed by police on Monday after she allegedly went on a domestic violence rampage,…
An Ohio man is the first person to be convicted under the Trump administration’s Take It Down Act, a federal…
Lewiston – Maine. Bobbi Nichols, a survivor of the Lewiston mass shooting who lost her sister, Tricia Asselin, in the…
Rex Heuermann has now copped to having murdered eight women, including a Scarborough mother.Heuermann was arrested three years ago in…
A New Hampshire man shot a police officer on Saturday after law enforcement responded to reports that he had been…
A New Hampshire man was arrested on Thursday after he allegedly attacked an NH state trooper unprovoked and attempted to…
The Maine Fire Marshal’s office arrested a New Portland man on Tuesday on two arson warrants from 2023 and 2024…
New England Women’s Solidarity (NEWS), a feminist organization, is sending a letter to Gov. Janet Mills (D-Maine) criticizing her for…
The Penobscot Sheriff’s Department arrested a Bangor man on Friday for numerous alleged child sexual assault offenses committed over the…
The Bangor Police Department arrested a Hermon man on Sunday after he reportedly threatened a woman with a firearm. [RELATED:…
The Portland Police Department arrested two homeless men during a drug investigation on Sunday after responding to a report of…
Reps. Mike Soboleski (R-Philips), Katerina Smith (R-Palermo), and Alicia Collins (R-Sidney) visited the Maine Correctional Center on Friday and spoke…
LEWISTON, Maine – Federal immigration authorities made an arrest Monday morning in Lewiston during an enforcement operation in the parking…
The Skowhegan select-board chairman says town officials had no choice but to remain silent during an investigation of their town…
BOSTON — U.S. Attorney Leah B. Foley announced the appointment of two federal veteran prosecutors in charge of a newly…
Central Maine community officials are now trying to deny they failed to alert the public about an alleged pedophile running…
The Maine Fire Marshal’s Office arrested a West Bath woman on Tuesday on arson and animal cruelty charges after she…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) signed a measure into law that provides funding to the state’s Public Defenders Service (PDS).…
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…