Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey (D) on Tuesday announced that his office and the Maine Immigrants’ Rights Coalition (MIRC), a…
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A Norway man who was accused of filing numerous fraudulent applications to gain over $240,000 from a pandemic-era relief program…
President Joe Biden on Monday released a statement in support of his son Hunter as jury selection is beginning in…
The Portland Police Department’s bomb squad detonated a “suspicious package” found near an intersection Monday morning. Portland Police posted to…
A Massachusetts man was apprehended at a migrant shelter in Chelmsford last month after police in Manchester, N.H., issued a…
A Brazilian man residing in Malden, Mass., was indicted on Wednesday for fraudulently obtaining a visa to enter the U.S.…
A Texas man has pleaded guilty in a Portland federal court to coercing and enticing a Maine child into sending…
An Atlanta, Georgia man has pleaded guilty in to a counterfeit check scheme that netted him and a coconspirator nearly…
A Waterville man pleaded guilty Thursday in U.S. District Court in Bangor to conspiring to steal firearms from a federally…
A Hancock man has been sentenced to two years probation and a $5,000 fine for kicking and pushing an FBI…
Three people are facing drug trafficking charges following a traffic stop on I-95 in Orono that resulted in the discovery…
Some of the migrants illegally entering the U.S. over the unsecured southern border are trying to “game” the American asylum…
A Brunswick man arrested and charged with multiple drug trafficking counts last week in connected to an ongoing investigation into…
A traffic stop in Portland over the weekend led to the arrest of two men on drug charges, Portland Police…
A Berwick woman has pleaded guilty to a yearslong Social Security fraud scheme to illegally obtain benefits on behalf of…
A Lewiston woman has been charged with murder in connection to the death of a 90-year-old man in Litchfield. Gerald…
A New York woman pleaded guilty Thursday in U.S. District Court in Portland to bank fraud, aggravated identity theft and…
Border Patrol agents in California last week caught an illegal alien transporting enough fentanyl to wipe out a city of…
A 16-year-old from Westbrook has been arrested for allegedly participating in a string of vehicle burglaries and of stealing a…
The arrest of a homeless man in Portland last week for visual sexual aggression against a child occurred at a…
The owner and operator of a group of Massachusetts sober homes has ordered to pay $3.8 million in damages after…
Two Chinese nationals accused of playing leading roles in a money laundering scheme involving at least $73 million in stolen…
A months-long investigation culminated in a drug raid at a residence on Mercer Road Friday morning, resulting in the arrest…
Three Massachusetts men have been indicted in connection to a February daytime shootout in Saco that led to a shelter-in-place…
The Maine Department of Corrections (Maine DOC) is seeking a vendor to purchase a “state-of-the-art” laser tattoo removal machine, a…
A Maine man was sentenced Tuesday in federal court in Concord, N.H., to over three years in prison for making…
UPDATE: Shortly after publication of this story, the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office announced that it had apprehended Jian Ji Wu,…
An email threat sent Tuesday morning targeting multiple schools in the Portland Public School District was determined to be a…
Portland Police on Monday arrested a Sebago man suspected of assault on a boat docked in the Portland Fish Pier…
A juvenile has been arrested in connection to a shots fired incident on Monday in Portland, police announced Tuesday. [RELATED:…
Thousands of marijuana plants were seized during raids on two properties suspected to be illicit marijuana growing operations in Piscataquis…
A New Hampshire man on Monday pleaded guilty in federal court in Portland, Maine to committing wire fraud and aggravated…
The Somerset County Sheriff’s Office on Friday raided yet another illegal cannabis growing operation — this time on South Road…
A homeless man in Portland arrested on Sunday for visual sexual aggression against a child was given $500 bail at…
A large number of Maine law enforcement officers executed a search warrant Monday morning at a location in Freedom, the…
The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency (MDEA) and Lewiston Police on Friday announced the arrest of a Massachusetts man for aggravated…
A Maine man has been sentenced to 27 years in prison for travelling to Times Square New Year’s Eve Celebration…
An Old Town, Maine, man pleaded guilty Thursday in U.S. District Court in Bangor to possessing child pornography involving a…
The U.S. Justice Department is taking steps to seize of four properties in Maine linked to extensive illegal marijuana operations,…
A New Hampshire man has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for faking a disability in order to…
A Bangor man has been sentenced to three years in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm…
The man who caused a four-car accident on I-95 in April, leaving an Albion woman dead and her husband in…
The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency (MDEA) announced Monday that a second person has been charged in relation to their investigation…
In late March, Portland Police announced that as a result of their investigation into a February drive-by shootout, they had…
Two offices of the Maine Department of Health and Human Services (Maine DHHS) were evacuated Friday morning due to threats,…
A New York man was arrested last week at a Portland massage parlor on charges of criminal threatening and aggravated…
Following an eight-month investigation, the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency (Maine DEA) on Friday announced the arrest of a Biddeford man…
A South Portland man on Thursday was sentenced to five years in prison Thursday in U.S. District Court in Portland…
A Maine man pleaded guilty Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Bangor to the armed robbery of an Augusta bank.…
The Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday announced the arrest of a Glenburn man who was allegedly found in possession…
Police are requesting that Portland residents check their cars and homes for damage from gunfire to assist in their investigation…
The Holden Police Department on Monday announced the arrest of a Bangor man after he allegedly robbed a store and…
An Ecuadorian national who was previously deported from the U.S. four times has been sentenced to just over a year…
Five people from Maine were arrested by Canadian authorities late Saturday night for the unauthorized fishing of elvers in the…
Following a three-month investigation, the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency (MDEA) and Portland Police Department on Thursday announced the arrest of…
A Massachusetts man was sentenced to 30 years in prison Monday after a being found guilty by a federal jury…
A foot chase through Portland Monday led to the arrest of an 18-year-old Yarmouth man and the seizure of drugs…
A former New Hampshire man has been arrested in relation to a series of robberies at southern Maine churches, authorities…
Nine individuals were arrested Thursday following a joint operation by the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency (MDEA) and the Berwick Police…
A Buxton man was sentenced Thursday to just over a year in prison following his December conviction for posting a…
Authorities discovered a “massive marijuana grow” operation Wednesday at a farmhouse on Route 133 in Jay, according to the Franklin…
A South Berwick man formerly employed by the U.S. Postal Service as a postal carrier in southern Maine has pleaded…
Somerset County Sheriff Dale Lancaster’s office took down yet another illegal cannabis cultivation and processing hub on Tuesday located in…
Four Illegal Immigrants have been arrested and face federal charges for their involvement with a group which has stolen from…
A Skowhegan courtroom devolved into an all-out brawl during the sentencing of Jason Servil for the 2022 murder of Alice…
A month-long joint investigation between the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency (MDEA) and the Portland Police has led to the arrest…
The Legislature voted Wednesday to sustain Gov. Janet Mills’ (D) veto of a bill preventing repeat offenders from being charged…
A traffic stop on Route 9 in Eddington last week led to the seizure 60 grams of fentanyl, the Penobscot…
A former undergraduate student at Cornell University faces up to five years in prison after pleading guilty to making a…
A South Portland man has been found guilty of possessing a firearm after being convicted of a domestic violence misdemeanor…
A Caribou man has been sentenced to more than 13 years in prison for his role in a large drug…
The Oxford County Sheriff’s Department responded Monday night to reports of a stabbing in Buckfield. Deputies, along with officers of…
In just under three years, the U.S. Department of Justice task force in charge of investigating and prosecuting instances of…
Transnational criminal organizations scored a major victory Tuesday in their ongoing effort to exploit rural Maine through the illicit cultivation…
The Maine State Police were welcomed inside an illegal drug trafficking operation in Belgrade, confirmed that the owner had no…
A man was arrested Sunday in connection with a fire at the Burlington office of Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders (I)…
Three individuals are facing drug trafficking charges after Auburn Police conducted a major drug bust at a South Main Street…
Lewiston Police on Tuesday announced the arrest of two out-of-state fugitives from Massachusetts, one of whom is wanted for a…
A Maine man pleaded guilty in a Massachusetts federal court Monday to a conspiracy to straw purchase firearms in Maine…
Lewiston Police announced the arrest of a 26-year-old man Monday after he was found trespassing in a common area of…
An investigation is underway after a Bowdoin College student was found dead by police Sunday in a parking lot near…
The Sanctuary Inn, located in downtown Ellsworth, bills itself as a place for recovering drug addicts, people experiencing homelessness, and…
A drug trafficking investigation involving the South Portland Police Department and the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency (MDEA) led to the…
Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of the fraud-ridden cryptocurrency exchange FTX, was sentenced to 25 years in prison Thursday, the culmination of…
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers stationed at the Eagle Pass, Texas Port of Entry intercepted over $1.1 million…
Portland Police held a press conference Tuesday afternoon to announce that their investigation of a drive-by shooting involving two vehicles…
Maine law enforcement has executed three search warrants in March on suspected illegal marijuana cultivation sites throughout northern Maine, the…
A suspect in a child sexual assault case in Strong died after crashing head-on into a tree during a police…
A 19-year-old man allegedly pulled a knife on employees while stealing alcohol from the Bangor Walmart over the weekend, police…
If surging crime, unprecedented levels of illegal immigration, and a deadly fentanyl epidemic wasn’t enough, now we can add a…
Seven Chinese nationals have been indicted on federal charges for their alleged involvement in a hacking group that spent over…
A Maine man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for his role in a multistate methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy…
Two men from the New York City metro area were charged Wednesday with burglarizing two Maine post offices and robbing…
A Westbrook man was sentenced to 18 years in prison Tuesday for sexually abusing a child for the purpose of…
Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey announced Tuesday that he has filed a civil rights complaint against a Harpswell father and…
New Hampshire has charged someone with murder in the death of an unborn child for the first time in the…
A 21-year-old Bangor woman is facing multiple felony drug trafficking charges after a two-month Maine Drug Enforcement Agency (MDEA) led…
A billionaire Chinese national pleaded guilty Monday to a straw-donor campaign contribution scheme by which he made more than $10,000…
A Lewiston man is facing up to five years in prison after pleading guilty to sending racist death threats to…
A Portland man is facing 12 criminal charges after leading police on a 20-minute chase Sunday afternoon. Portland Police said…