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A group of 47 Maine House Democrats penned an emotional letter in an attempt to leverage the tragic Oct. 25…
Nearly 1,500 illegally grown cannabis plants were seized Thursday after the the Somerset County Sheriff’s Department executed a search warrant…
A federal jury in Washington, D.C. convicted two Chinese nationals Tuesday for participating in a multimillion-dollar scheme to defraud Apple…
Auburn Police announced Tuesday that a man has been arrested on drug trafficking charges after a search warrant executed at…
A Portland man was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Portland to 16 years in prison for drug trafficking…
Portland Police announced Tuesday that a man has been arrested in connection to a January assault and home invasion on…
A Portland man has been arrested in connection to a Monday stabbing on Portland Street. Portland Police responded to 5…
A former U.S. soldier stationed at Fort Hood, Texas, 23-year-old Christopher Meza was sentenced on Friday for sexually exploiting a…
Lewiston Police are investigating a shooting that occurred early Sunday morning at a Pine St. apartment building. Police say they…
A Mexican national who was previously removed from the United States twice was sentenced Friday to 27 months in prison…
A two-vehicle accident in Eustis early Saturday left two seriously injured and resulted in three undocumented Ecuadorian nationals being taken…
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit against the State of Tennessee and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation…
A 6-year-old missing child from Iowa has been found safe on Peaks Island off the coast of Portland. Avery Doherty,…
U.S. Attorney for the District of Maine Darcie McElwee announced Wednesday that her office collected a total of $24.4 million…
Three people were arrested Wednesday after a search of a Pittsfield home by Maine State Police led to the discovery…
A New York man was arrested Wednesday morning in Norridgewock following a raid on a Betterment Road property that uncovered…
An Androscoggin Sheriff’s Deputy was shot early Wednesday morning while responding to a call about an unspecified disturbance at a…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills signed into law Tuesday a bill that grants the Independent Commission investigating the Oct. 25, 2023…
A homeless man was arrested on Riverside Street in Portland Sunday on charges of drug trafficking, refusing to submit to…
A Saturday night shooting near the University of Maine at Augusta’s Bangor campus stemmed from a dispute between residents of…
According to the most recent state data, there were nearly 10,000 drug overdoses in Maine during 2023, though the number…
The Penobscot Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fire at an abandoned home in Eddington that was allegedly started by a…
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) K-9 unit at Boston’s Logan Airport thwarted an attempt to illegally import four…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) issued an Executive Order on Friday calling for hearings over allegations of misconduct against Oxford…
Maine law enforcement busted a massive illegal marijuana growing operation Thursday morning at 9 Riverside Drive in Norridgewock. Although no…
Five Chinese nationals were arrested this week in California after border agents discovered thousands of gift cards, merchandise, and 23…
Maine state legislators are continuing efforts to improve sexual assault kit testing in the state, as kits continue to go…
Portland Police are investigating a shootout between the occupants of two cars that occurred Tuesday evening in the city’s Sagamore…
For the second time in less than three months, the Lewiston Police Department executed a search warrant at 149 College…
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office has arrested two more individuals in relation to a series of raids it carried out…
On Jan. 25, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Lynn, Mass. arrested an illegal alien with Mexican and…
New York resident Tyler Dean, 49, was sentenced on Monday for his role in the overdose deaths of a Rockland…
Maine Attorney General (AG) Aaron Frey announced Friday that a coalition of AGs had reached a settlement with multinational marketing…
Three individuals who were previously arrested and charged in November 2023 in connection to a high-end brothel network operating out…
Eleven people were arrested Friday afternoon after a group of pro-Palestine protestors blocked both ramps at Exit 7 of I-295…
South Portland Police announced Friday morning that man has been arrested in connection to the robbery of Key Bank last…
A Portland homeless man is facing multiple charges for allegedly assaulting people with a machete, possessing scheduled drugs and trafficking…
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for Washington, D.C. announced Wednesday that four Chinese nationals have been charged for an alleged years-long…
A Lewiston man, Mark Burns, 61, was sentenced on Tuesday after he pled guilty to charges of possession of sexually…
The number of Chinese foreign nationals encountered attempting to illegally enter the United States reached an all-time high in December,…
Former Internal Revenue Service (IRS) contractor Charles Littlejohn was sentenced to five years in prison on Monday for leaking the-President…
On Monday, John Raymond, 36, was sentenced to 4 years in prison for his role in an attempted robbery of…
A federal jury in Oklahoma City has convicted two Chinese nationals, Jeff Weng and Tong Lin, of a major drug…
The Maine State Police caused an uproar on social media on Monday after video and images emerged showing law enforcement…
The small town of Houlton is about to become one of the most surveilled communities on the U.S. border thanks…
A Connecticut woman was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Bangor Friday to a year-and-a-half in prison for trafficking cocaine…
The Lewiston Police Department announced Friday that a man has been arrested in Lewiston in connection to an ongoing sexual…
A counselor from Corinna, Maine was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Bangor Wednesday for falsifying treatment records in order…
A Lewiston man was killed Sunday night during a firefight with five police officers in Augusta. “Several officers fired upon…
Portland’s Arts and Technology and Casco Bay High Schools were put on lockdown Monday afternoon over alleged threatening comments made…
The Kennebec County Superior Court has ordered the Maine County Commissioners Association Self-Funded Risk Management Pool (Risk Pool) to pay…
Portland Police announced Monday that a man has been arrested in connection to the ransacking of a downtown Portland building…
Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey (D) endorsed a proposed amendment to Maine’s State Constitution on Monday that would enshrine the…
A Maine man pleaded guilty Thursday in a Washington, D.C. federal court to assaulting law enforcement during the breach of…
Portland Police announced Thursday that a suspect has been arrested in connection to multiple recent burglaries in the Portland area…
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced Wednesday that officers at an Arizona port of entry arrested a 19-year-old man…
Hancock County Jail Administrator Timothy Richardson announced Thursday that Eliot Cutler, the former Maine gubernatorial candidate who was arrested for…
A Wade man was sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Bangor to 15 years in prison after a November…
Portland Police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred late Tuesday afternoon at a local fried chicken restaurant. Police say…
A former Arizona man was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Bangor Tuesday to five years in prison for stealing…
Portland Police announced Monday that a man has been arrested on murder charges in connection to an assault last Friday…
A Massachusetts man with multiple previous convictions was sentenced Wednesday to six years in prison for distributing and possessing with…
Town officials in northern Penobscot County suspect that out-of-state criminal organizations are illegally growing and trafficking marijuana in their towns,…
A Woodville woman has been ordered to pay over $100,000 in restitution after being being sentenced for Social Security fraud,…
When the Machias Police executed a search warrant at 414 East Kennebec Road in December, they suspected they find an…
Portland Police announced Friday that they responded to a shooting Thursday night at Union Station Plaza which injured one victim.…
Lewiston Police announced Wednesday that a man was arrested following the execution of a search warrant at a local motel…
The Cumberland County Courthouse in Portland was evacuated Thursday morning due to a bomb threat, according to a Portland Police…
The Portland Police Department issued a press release Thursday reporting a recent increase in drug overdoses and fatalities during the…
The Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office arrested three Chinese adult males and seized 970 marijuana plants from an illegal commercial-scale cannabis…
The Westbrook Police Department announced Thursday that a 16-year-old male has been arrested in connection to a series of motor…
On Friday, President Joe Biden issued a general pardon for anyone who has committed crimes of possession or use of…
In November, 20 Romanian citizens were detained illegally crossing the U.S.-Canada border into Hodgdon, Maine. Two of them were held…
A Biddeford man was sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court in Portland for the theft of 22 firearms from a…
Portland Police announced Monday that a 70-year-old Westbrook man has been arrested in connection to several reports of a man…
A man was shot and killed by Portland Police officers Sunday night after reportedly pointing a gun at officers during…
A Massachusetts man described by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maine as a “career offender” was sentenced…
Just two weeks after the Wilton Police Department and Maine’s Office of Cannabis Policy confiscated more than $1,000,000 in illegally…
Portland Police responded to an “emergency” in the area of Allen Ave. and Ray St., according to a post to…
An ex-FBI agent who helped initiate the bureau’s infamous “Russiagate” probe into former President Donald Trump’s alleged collusion with Russia…
Maine Wire Editor-in-Chief joined Steven K. Bannon’s The War Room Thursday night to discuss the latest breaking news in Maine’s…
Maine law enforcement raided an illegal marijuana grow at 414 Kennebec Road in Machias Thursday, confiscating more than 2,600 live…
Eight people were arrested in Lewiston Tuesday following the execution of a search warrant at a single-family home as part…
Police have confirmed that a massive illegal Marijuana grow discovered last month in Tennessee was operated by a Chinese National,…
A New Hampshire man has been arrested and charged in connection with threats made against Republican 2024 presidential candidate Vivek…
Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey has signed onto an amicus brief in favor of upholding California’s long-controversial ban on large-capacity…
South Portland Police announced Friday that following a police chase, they have arrested a suspect in relation to a home…
A Buxton man was found guilty by a federal jury Thursday of transmitting a threatening communication due to a threat…
Portland Police issued a press release Thursday warning of a pair of incidents this week where it appeared someone was…
A Maine man pleaded guilty Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Bangor to intentionally making false statements to a federal…
The Supreme Court is currently considering a case that has the potential to stop the implementation of a “wealth tax,”…
In a Wednesday op-ed in the Portland Press Herald, Cumberland County District Attorney Jackie Sartoris expressed her concern over rampant…
A man was arrested and charged with murder in Portland in relation to the death of a 61-year-old man in…
A Maine man has been convicted by a federal jury in Boston in connection to his role in a methamphetamine…
Republican U.S. Senator from Maine Susan Collins has sent a letter to the U.S. Attorney for the District of Maine…
In its quarterly newsletter, The Spotlight, the Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) highlighted the Biden Administration’s plan…
Following a four-day trial, a federal jury in the District of Maine convicted a Massachusetts man Friday of sex trafficking…
A Maine woman has sued Dollar Tree over injuries she suffered when a pick-up truck crashed through the front entrance…
A Benton man accused of killing a 62-year-old in Fairfield has been arrested after he intentionally drove his vehicle into…