An Augusta perp who allegedly blew a Cushing man’s head off with a shotgun wants to exclude from his trial things he later said to cops. A lawyer for Jason Hewett, 40, is arguing that police failed to read Hewett his Miranda rights during a standoff before his arrest. Hewett allegedly shot and killed Kyle MacDougal, 45, at a Cushing home just over a year ago before leading police on a high-speed chase. After the…

A Tewksbury, Massachusetts, comedian was arrested on Monday after he allegedly crashed his Tesla through a Manchester, New Hampshire, home following a high-speed attempt to flee a traffic stop. [RELATED: Westbrook Bank Robber Nabbed in New Hampshire…] Manchester Police responded to 733 Island Pond Road after reports that a white Tesla had crashed into a house. Police arrived and discovered that the vehicle had caused significant structural damage to the home. Manchester Fire Department personnel…

As a new school year begins, many schools throughout Maine have banned students from using their cell phones during the day. This comes a few months after the State Legislature passed a bill requiring all school districts throughout the state to adopt policies regarding cell phone use by August of next year. Although lawmakers originally considered outright banning cell phones from public schools statewide, they ultimately pulled back on this idea, leaving it instead up…

So much for Democrat Gov. Janet Mills’ warning that this summer’s tourism numbers would be a bust due to Trump. For the second time in two months Karen’s dire tourism predictions have proven wrong. Acadia National Park just reported it had more visitors in August than any month since 1989 – nearly 40 years. The national park on Mount Desert Island saw a record-breaking 842,827 visitors last month, according to data from the National Park…

A Polish executive innocently dragged into a viral internet scandal says he now feels the pain of the innocent Kennebunk woman whose millionaire husband’s famous romantic embrace of his mistress in a global ‘jumbotron’ moment caught her cold-footed. Roman Szkaradek, who owns a Polish paving company, is being confused with Piotr Szczerek, who also owns a Polish paving company but in a different town. It was Szczerek, not Szkaradek, who went viral at the U.S.…

A suspect remains at large in Lewiston following a shooting Wednesday night that left a man hospitalized with multiple gunshot wounds and led to a brief lockdown at St. Mary’s Hospital. [RELATED: Lewiston Police Data on Shootings, Drug Overdoses Show Massive Crime Increase Since 2019…] Lewiston police officers responded to the area of 110 Pierce Street on Wednesday night at around 11:00 p.m. following reports of a shooting. While en route, officers learned that the…

A former Maine Department of Corrections (DOC) probation officer pleaded guilty to child pornography charges on Friday, with a search of his social media account revealing an alleged expressed interest in 6- to 12-year-olds. [RELATED: Topsham Pedophile Serving Time for Child Abuse Slapped With 20 More Years in Prison After New Evidence Discovered…] Jeffrey H. Furlong, 53, of China, Maine, a former probation officer working at the DOC’s Waterville office, was arrested in October 2024…

Brewer Police Chief Chris Martin appeared on the Q-Point podcast over the weekend to discuss a range of topics, focusing on the negative impacts of soft-on-crime policies, such as no-cash bail and Maine’s “Good Samaritan” laws. [RELATED: Policing Without Power: What The Law No Longer Lets Us Do, and Why We Need Change…] “We’re putting the burden and the onus on the people that are law-abiding and peace loving people, who now have to carry…

Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) issued a statement Thursday urging the United States Congress to extend a federal tax credit that serves to dramatically lower the monthly cost of health insurance for many Americans. Known as the enhanced premium tax credit (EPTC), this program gives many Americans access to free or discounted monthly premiums if they purchase their insurance through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace. Without intervention from Congress, this tax credit is set…

The Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Department arrested two juveniles and one adult on Friday in connection with a Bowdoinham burglary that sparked a manhunt and led a local elementary school to lock down. [RELATED: Lewiston Police Arrest Drug Trafficker and Juvenile Involved in Earlier Shooting During Search Warrant…] A group of three individuals allegedly burglarized a home on Post Road at around 7:15 a.m. on Friday morning. The situation was initially reported as a criminal threatening…

The City of Lewiston condemned a building used by the Church of Safe Injection (CoSI) non-profit last Wednesday after police reportedly discovered thousands of needles on the basement floor, along with human feces. [RELATED: Brewer Police Chief Calls Out Soft-on-Crime Policies He Believes are Fueling Maine’s Drug and Crime Crisis…] According to an email from Deputy Lewiston City Administrator Brian O’Malley, posted to the Lewiston Matters Facebook group, the city condemned the CoSI building on…

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) executed a nationwide crackdown on the Mexican Sinaloa Cartel, they announced on Monday, culminating in the seizure of thousands of pounds of drugs and the arrest of 617 suspected cartel members, including 11 in Maine. [RELATED: Largest Ever Meth Precursor Seizure Interdicts Shipment En-Route from China to the Sinaloa Cartel…] “Every kilogram of poison seized, every dollar stripped from the cartels, and every arrest we make represents lives saved and…

During an event promoting her new book, United States Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett spoke about the widely circulated comment she directed at fellow Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson in the opinion she authored earlier this summer prohibiting universal injunctions. Kicking off a tour for her new book “Listening to the Law,” which is taking place while the Supreme Court is not in session, Barrett spoke for over an hour at the Lincoln Center in…

A new $2.2 billion Bath Iron Works contract for another Arleigh Burke destroyer is giving Russian Navy commanders heart palpitations. The new passive sonar radar systems being installed on the BIW-built destroyers put to rest any Russian hopes that their are subs will go undetected. Defense experts said in a newly released analysis that Russian subs can no longer think they have the stealth they once enjoyed. “This breakthrough could reshape global naval strategy,” according…