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Lewiston Police are investigating a shooting that occurred on Monday outside of an immigrant advocacy nonprofit’s building. Police say that…
A public fund-raising campaign to help pay for a Maine paddleboarder’s funeral costs has so far brought in more than…
Rockland police arrested a transient woman early Tuesday morning following a vehicle pursuit and the discovery of narcotics during a…
A 14-year-old male was injured in a shooting at an affordable housing complex in Lewiston early Sunday morning, according to…
A man from Connecticut was arrested on Saturday on multiple charges after allegedly traveling to a park in Lewiston to…
The Maine State Police are investigating a fatal hit-and-run crash in Albion that left one child dead, and another minor…
Portland Police announced Monday morning that their Hazardous Devices Unit investigated a “suspicious package” at the corner of Congress and…
Late last week the spokeswoman for the Maine State Police broke her silence on the brutal slaying July 2nd of…
Questions remain as New Hampshire State and local police remain closed-lipped after someone was shot multiple times in a Sanbornton,…
Police arrested a Bangor man on Thursday for allegedly attacking his pregnant wife at the Vacationland Inn in Brewer and…
Maine’s Democrat governor is touting her drug-overdose accomplishments amid growing public scrutiny on China’s invasion of the Pine Tree State.…
As violence has increased against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents enforcing federal law, with apparent encouragement from many Democrat…
The Massachusetts GOP took to social media on Thursday to thank The Maine Wire for its work to expose the…
The Somerset County Sheriff’s Office announced on Thursday that they have charged multiple juveniles between ages 9 to 16 from…
CVS Health’s Omnicare unit must pay $948.8 million in penalties and damages following a federal ruling on Monday in a…
A Francestown, New Hampshire man sparked a police standoff on Wednesday after he allegedly shouted at a mail-man, tried to…
A week after the national release of the documentary, High Crimes: The Chinese Mafia’s Takeover of Rural America in partnership…
The Auburn Police Department’s Proactive Community Enforcement (PACE) Unit executed a search warrant at the Center Street Value Inn, resulting…
The Lewiston Police Department announced on Wednesday that they arrested three individuals and seized multiple firearms in recent days as…
One week after the brutal slaying of a Tenants Harbor woman on a pond in Union, what is taking hold…
The Somerset County Sheriff’s Office last week executed a search warrant at a house in Fairfield, resulting in three arrests…
A man has been arrested on aggravated assault charges after allegedly stabbing a 21-year-old in the neck outside of a…
The final three members of a brazen Chinese money laundering crew that washed more than $90 million in drug cash…
A New York man was arrested last week for allegedly making posts on the social media platform X threatening to…
Seven Chinese nationals are facing federal charges for allegedly running a multi-million-dollar illegal pot empire hidden in quiet neighborhoods across…
A Lewiston man was arrested last week on multiple counts of possession of sexually explicit material of a child under…
A group of 11 anti-ICE activists are facing federal charges for an alleged July 4 plot to ambush and assassinate…
A Maryland man wanted for murder and multiple assaults was nabbed by federal agents in Auburn after nearly a year…
A Hampton, New Hampshire man led NH State Police on a multi-town chase, straying into Maine, involving multiple Maine law-enforcement…
New Hampshire authorities are investigating a potential murder-suicide that took place on Sunday at a Mexican restaurant in Berlin, just…
York County Sheriff’s deputies responded on Saturday to 7 Jackson’s Corner Store at 1486 Alfred Road in Lyman to reports…
The Sanford Police Department on Monday announced five major arrests from last week, including three people arrested at a home…
A vacationing cop repeatedly slugged her firefighter boyfriend in an otherwise-sleepy western Maine town amid a pre-July 4th violent domestic…
Since Thursday, when authorities declared the death of a Tenants Harbor woman on or near a pond in Union to…
The Lewiston Police Department announced on Thursday that they have launched a new initiative they are calling a crime suppression…
The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency (MDEA) arrested two men on Tuesday following a raid on a Hancock residence as part…
The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency (MDEA), in collaboration with the Winslow Police Department and Maine State Police, arrested two men…
A 68-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly fatally striking a bicyclist with his vehicle and then leaving the scene…
A Greene man on Tuesday pleaded guilty to federal charges after he was pulled over in Lewiston and found with…
Cling though one might to the old saying ‘you can’t judge a book by its cover,’ it’s difficult to look…
A 23-year-old Lewiston man has been arrested in Minnesota and transported back to Maine where he has been charged with…
A Bath man was arrested on Saturday after allegedly firing a rifle multiple times in a residential area in Belgrade.…
A Massachusetts man was sentenced in federal court in Maine on Tuesday for bank fraud and aggravated identity theft after…
Leo Anzivino, Jr., 34, of Teaticket, Massachusetts, is facing charges of healthcare fraud and money laundering for his alleged role…
An Ellsworth man on Monday was sentenced to nearly six years in prison for a conspiracy to traffic drugs from…
The Westbrook Police Department on Tuesday issued a statement responding to allegations that they had used an artificial intelligence (AI)-generated…
South Portland police say three masked suspects allegedly assaulted and threatened an ATM technician during a robbery at Bank of…
The Trump Administration announced Monday a massive fraud investigation that has resulted in 324 defendants facing charges for more than…
A 39-year-old unhoused man has been charged with arson following a fire at an unoccupied residential property in Princeton, according…
FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino vowed to crack down on government corruption and root out Chinese Communist Party (CCP) influence…
Last week a traffic stop in Westbrook during a routine patrol led to a significant drug bust on Brackett Street,…
The picturesque seaside town of none other than Camden, Maine is now attracting a new breed of tourists – cops…
18-year-old Divaris Ojani Ruiz of Manchester, New Hampshire, was arrested on Tuesday after he allegedly opened fire at Hampton Beach,…
Officers from the Rockland Police Department arrested Jose Henriquez-Paulino, 24, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, on Wednesday on drug trafficking charges following…
A China, Maine, man was arrested on Thursday after allegedly assaulting his parents, breaking into their house with a splitting…
A Massachusetts man allegedly led the Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Department on a multi-town chase on Wednesday after taking his friend’s…
By Chief Eric H. Small I’ve worn a badge in Maine for decades, but never have I felt more powerless…
Three Bangor police officers are on leave following a Wednesday officer-involved shooting, after they returned fire at a suspect who…
A New York man out on probation for a bank robbery was arrested on drug charges on Monday after the…
Westbrook Police on Monday announced the arrest of a local man, previously charged with stealing from a vehicle and possessing…
Two people were arrested on Monday after fleeing from a theft and leading police on a multi-town chase. Brunswick Police…
Four individuals were arrested last week in Brooks following a months-long investigation into drug trafficking in Waldo County, authorities announced.…
Rockland Police are searching for a man in connection to a reported assault on Sunday. Police say they are attempting…
Lewiston Police on Friday announced that they are investigating a shots fired incident that occurred near the Masjidu Salaam Mosque,…
A seemingly throwaway line in a now viral interview by Tucker Carlson of U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) put Maine…
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) discovered a nearly 3,000-foot-long, sophisticated cartel drug smuggling tunnel that was actively under construction,…
Previously sealed court documents have revealed shocking new information about a Portland woman and member of the Antifa New England…
Westbrook Police on Thursday announced the arrest of a Gray man in connection to their investigation into the theft of…
Two Biddeford men were found guilty on multiple federal charges, including robbery, drug trafficking, and illegal firearms possession, after a…
A combined force of 500 federal agents, law enforcement officers, and National Guardsmen carried out a massive enforcement activity in…
The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency (MDEA) and Winthrop Police Department announced the arrest of two individuals on charges of aggravated…
The stepfather of the child who died from a gunshot wound to the head in a Lewiston apartment in May…
A 26-year-old Farmington man is in custody following a domestic violence shooting that left a woman critically injured, authorities confirmed…
A transient man out of jail on 19 sets of bail conditions was arrested on Monday after allegedly assaulting a…
One man was arrested on Tuesday after Lewiston Police launched their investigation into a drive-by shooting that occurred outside of…
Travis Bessey, 30, of Sedgwick, was sentenced to 60 years in prison after he pleaded guilty last year to two…
A 27-year-old man from New York was cuffed and charged with a serious drug crime Tuesday after a high-stakes police…
Maine’s Democrat-controlled legislature easily passed a bill that will cement the state’s status as a sanctuary jurisdiction for illegal alien…
Lewiston Police are investigating a shooting that occurred over the weekend that left a man with non-life-threatening injuries from two…
Scarborough Police on Saturday assisted the Maine Warden Service and U.S. Border Patrol with a suspicious death investigation after stopping…
The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office responded to a home at 6 Wogan Road in Raymond on Sunday following reports of…
A 57-year-old Warren man is facing multiple charges following an alleged break-in and assault at a residence in Owls Head.…
A Saco man is facing multiple charges after leading police on a multi-town chase through York and Cumberland Counties. Maine…
The Portland Police Department arrested two people on Saturday after they allegedly assaulted police officers at the city’s “No Kings”…
A man suspected of killing the former speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives was taken into custody on Sunday…
A person was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries after being stabbed multiple times near Main Street in South Portland on Wednesday.…
A juvenile male faces murder charges following the discovery of two deceased men at a residence in Chelsea on Wednesday…
A Dixmont woman was arrested on multiple felony counts on Monday after allegedly forcing her way into a home and…
An juvenile suspect who reportedly attempted to enter the graduation for Oceanside High School in Rockland while intoxicated has been…
Two law enforcement sources, who spoke with the Maine Wire on the condition of anonymity as they were not authorized…
A Puerto Rican man on Tuesday was sentenced to nearly five years in prison for trafficking $40,000 worth of fentanyl…
A federal judge on Monday postponed the habeas hearing for the Congolese man who has been held in U.S. Immigration…
The Oxford County Sheriff’s Office announced on Tuesday that three suspects have been arrested in connection to a burglary at…
The Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office is conducting an ongoing investigation into a Monday shooting in Glenburn that left two injured.…
A Rockland woman has been charged with her second Operating Under the Influence (OUI) offense after leading police on a…
A Guatemalan national was sentenced in a Maine federal court on Wednesday for illegal reentry into the U.S. after a…
An Egyptian national with alleged ties to a terrorist organization was arrested by U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) agents in Pittsfield…
The Maine State Police on Wednesday released the identity of a woman found dead at a home in Lewiston earlier…