The Rumford Police Department arrested a convicted felon on Thursday after he allegedly cashed a $6,000 canceled check following over…
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Justice John O’Neil declared a mistrial on Wednesday in the high-profile manslaughter case of Aziayh Scott, 24, of Louisiana, who…
Human remains discovered last month in northern Maine have been identified as those of a woman missing since July, authorities…
Mexico tops the list when it comes to burglary – Mexico, Maine that is, according to a new crime survey…
Three former York County Corrections Officers were indicted on November 4 after they allegedly accepted bribes from a prisoner to…
A former York County corrections officer was in a romantic relationship and living with a wanted fugitive and former prisoner…
The Biddeford Police Department arrested a fugitive wanted on a charge of trafficking of prison contraband after he fled police…
In the wake of the October 25, 2023 mass shooting in Lewiston, thousands of Mainers and donors across the country…
What began as a string of odd, apparent ATM malfunctions Maine towns turned out to be part of a sophisticated…
The FBI charged three Chinese citizens last week after they allegedly conspired to smuggle biological materials into the U.S. while…
Police in Rockland arrested a sex offender from Arkansas on Saturday after he was found sleeping in an unmarked van…
The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department is searching for an alleged scammer who attempted to steal $19,500 from an elderly Maine…
The Wells Police Department is investigating a series of overnight motor-vehicle burglaries in the northern part of town that appear…
A Portland mother is aghast that officials in Maine’s largest immigrant city are now accusing concerned parents of overreacting to…
A senior prosecutor has departed the Cumberland County District Attorney’s Office amid allegations of internal conflict and concerns about workplace…
A King Middle School student on the way to school in Portland was attacked Thursday by a stranger, the second…
The nation’s first-ever transgender-identifying state lawmaker, a former New Hampshire Democratic representative for Nashua, pleaded guilty this week to the…
Deputies of the Penobscot County Sheriff arrested an armed, homeless sex offender in Stetson with help from some canine friends…
A Lewiston man with an extensive criminal history pleaded guilty on Thursday to a manslaughter charge after a 2023 shooting…
A Cape Elizabeth man was arrested Wednesday after police say he fired a gun at a repossession agent who was…
Lewiston police arrested a 19-year-old on Tuesday after he allegedly fired a gun from a parking lot in a mixed…
The U.S. Marshal Service apprehended an alleged New York murderer on Tuesday after he was found riding an electric scooter…
A federal appeals court on Tuesday allowed Florida to begin enforcing a state law that restricts real estate purchases by…
Police in Paris, Maine, arrested two alleged drug abusers on Monday while enforcing a writ of possession to remove squatters…
The public health and safety threat posed by discarded needles used most likely for intravenous drug use has been a…
Lucas Sirois, the Franklin County businessman accused of leading a multimillion-dollar marijuana conspiracy in western Maine, is now facing new…
The New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office is investigating a suspicious death after a woman was found dead with a gunshot…
The Lewiston Police Department arrested a man on Thursday after he allegedly burglarized a smoke shop. [RELATED: Burglar Makes Bomb…
The Rockland Police Department arrested a juvenile on Monday following an alleged shooting incident sparked by a dispute over social…
An alleged drunk driver crashed into a Broad Street convenience store in Auburn on Friday, rupturing a gas line and…
The York County Sheriff’s Office responded to a Shapleigh home on Sunday after the homeowner allegedly found that a drunken…
A longtime, fourth-generation Friendship lobsterman is facing multiple charges following his arrest Sunday, police said. Sam Lash, 39, was taken…
The Bangor Police Department arrested a 61-year-old man on Sunday after he allegedly stabbed a McDonald’s employee, leaving the worker…
A Maine State Police trooper safely stopped a wrong-way driver traveling north in the southbound lanes of Interstate 295 late…
Presidential cousin Billy Bush is supporting controversial media darling Karen Read in her campaign to get cleared in a recent…
The Rockland Police Department arrested a registered sex offender this week after he allegedly made contact with a minor. They…
Twenty-one years might be a social generation, but in other terms it is just the blink of an eye. Whether…
A Bath is facing a slew of charges after allegedly ramming into a Brunswick police cruiser twice on Thursday while…
On Halloween night 1940, a quiet Rockland neighborhood became the scene of one of Maine’s most disturbing crimes. Eighty-five years…
An alleged fraudulent theft attempt at a Houlton bank on Friday sparked a police pursuit, with suspects fleeing into Canada…
Brownfield-Denmark Elementary School was terrorized Thursday by a bomb threat, later determined to be a prank. The Facebook website Western…
State Sen. Matthew Harrington (R-York) is praising the Sanford City Council for urging state lawmakers to take stronger action on…
Two schools in North Berwick were closed on Friday — Halloween — after officials received a report of a possible…
Federal authorities have arrested a convicted sex offender and illegal alien hiding out in Maine, according to the U.S. Marshals…
A Biddeford man has been arrested on charges of aggravated drug trafficking following a two-month investigation by the Maine Drug…
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department seized a pound of cocaine and arrested a man on probation on Monday during a…
The Auburn Police Department arrested a Lewiston man on Wednesday after he allegedly kidnapped his ex-girlfriend and tried to force…
The Maine State Fire Marshal’s Office is searching for an arsonist who allegedly started a fire on Monday at a…
A man serving a life sentence for killing his parents and two-family friends in Maine, before wounding three others in…
Maine has the ninth-highest rate of fatal drug overdoses in the U.S. – and is the only New England state…
A downtown Lewiston apartment building that was condemned more than a year ago is at the center of renewed controversy…
A member of Democratic Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey’s staff has been fired following his arrest on charges of drug trafficking…
The town of Houlton has agreed to remove all its surveillance cameras and destroy data collected while the system was…
A coalition of pro-illegal immigrant nonprofits established a Maine hotline last week for people to report sightings of Immigration and…
Construction workers in Derry, New Hampshire, discovered the body of a woman near their worksite on Monday, just one day…
The Lincoln County Budget Advisory Committee recommended earlier this month that just one dollar go toward funding District Attorney (DA)…
A rooming house at 33 Birch Ave. in Ellsworth has become a flashpoint for neighborhood frustration after years of complaints…
The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department is searching for the culprit in an alleged Sunday hit-and-run incident after the driver allegedly…
The Lewiston Police Department is asking local looters to return items stolen from a condemned convenience store during a Sunday…
The Waterville Police Department is investigating two apparently unrelated shooting incidents that took place on Sunday and Monday, and has…
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An Otisfield man is facing assault charges after he was arrested on Saturday for allegedly shooting a woman in the…
The New Hampshire State Police are investigating the discovery of human remains in Merrimack, NH, on Sunday morning. [RELATED: Human…
A homeless man allegedly assaulted a Rockland police officer on Saturday night after fleeing the scene of an attempted break-in.…
A stolen pickup truck crashed into multiple vehicles Friday afternoon on Interstate 95 in Augusta, injuring two people and snarling…
Maine State Police are investigating a shooting in Waldo County that left one person injured Thursday afternoon. Troopers from the…
Harvard University students and staff were ordered to shelter in place Friday after a reported shooting in Cambridge. The university…
An alleged Chinese drug lord responsible for trafficking thousands of pounds of fentanyl was arrested and extradited to the U.S.…
Standing in downtown Lewiston on a rainy night this week, Republican candidate for Governor Robert “Bobby” Charles issued a direct…
Maine State Police arrested a Livermore Falls man early Wednesday in connection with a child exploitation investigation and are asking…
Three individuals were arrested Wednesday following a month-long drug investigation in New Gloucester and Lewiston, according to the Maine Drug…
Democrats on Maine’s Legislative Council voted against a proposed bill that would have outlawed AI-generated child pornography on Thursday as…
The Maine State Police arrested a man in Portland on Friday during a routine traffic stop after he was allegedly…
A 32-year-old man will serve less than two months in jail after sexually assaulting a minor in St. Albans in…
Frustration is reaching a boiling point in Newburgh as local officials say they’ve received no communication from state or federal…
The Bangor Police Department arrested a Massachusetts man on Sunday after he allegedly caused a three-car crash when he fell…
The Norway Police Department arrested a fugitive wanted on domestic violence charges since 2024 on Tuesday following a 12-hour standoff.…
The New Hampshire State Police arrested a California man, Gongping Cheng, 39, of Monterey Park, on Monday after he was…
The Portland Police Department arrested a Biddeford man on drug trafficking charges on Monday following a traffic stop in which…
A New Hampshire woman is facing wrongful voting charges after she was arrested for allegedly requesting an absentee ballot in…
The Fraternal Order of Police, Maine’s largest police union representing more than 1,000 law enforcement officers statewide, announced its formal…
The Kennebec County Sheriff’s Department is working to secure an arrest warrant for a Scarborough man who allegedly stole a…
A New Hampshire man is facing attempted murder charges after he allegedly showed up unannounced at a Lebanon, Maine, home…
Former Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R) joined survivors and families of victims from the Lewiston mass shooting in calling for…
The Maine Warden Service is offering a $3,000 reward for information leading to the individual who for no known reason…
Officers from the Bangor Police Department’s bomb squad responded to an alleged bomb threat made on Sunday against a local…
A domestic disturbance in Greenbush on Friday led to two vehicle crashes, including one involving an alleged drunk driver who…
The Auburn Police Department is searching for a “dark-colored pickup truck” after a local resident was startled on Saturday evening…
Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey determined on Monday that a Topsham police officer acted in justifiable self-defense during a January…
An alleged domestic violence incident in Livermore on Thursday that included gunfire and prompted a response from the Maine State…
A raid in Norridgewock on Wednesday led to the arrest of two repeat offenders and the seizure of cocaine and…
FBI agents arrested a New York man in the Bronx on Wednesday following a months-long investigation into a murder that…
A federal grand jury on Thursday indicted former Trump national security adviser John Bolton on 18 counts of illegally hoarding…
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) leveled terrorism charges against two Antifa members involved in an alleged attempt to murder…
President Donald Trump and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel announced a major update on Wednesday about the…
A Standish woman was arrested on murder charges on Thursday after she allegedly shot her boyfriend earlier this month. [RELATED:…
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins announced her support for the nomination of David St. Pierre, the former Lewiston police chief, to…
Following a week-long investigation, Cumberland County Sheriff’s deputies found a missing 13-year-old girl from Pownal in a Portland apartment on…
A South Portland man was issued a criminal summons after the Cumberland County Jail refused to admit him due to…
A Portland police officer was forced to use his taser on an armed man on Sunday after he approached officers…