Mark LaFlamme

Sun Journal

Mark LaFlamme is a Sun Journal reporter and weekly columnist. He's been on the nighttime police beat since 1994, which is just grand because he doesn't like getting out of bed before noon. Mark is the author of eight published novels and rides a dual sport motorcycle everywhere he goes. Unless it's winter, in which case he just sulks a lot.

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Published
August 16, 2019

At least one seriously hurt in Lewiston crash

Fire and rescue crews worked to free a woman trapped in her vehicle Friday after a car and truck collided on Lisbon Street.
Published
August 15, 2019

Lewiston chicken owners confused about ordinance

A little-known 30,000-square-foot requirement has residents in the city having to lay off their birds.
Published
August 15, 2019

Maryland woman drowns after canoe tips over in Bethel

Xiaolian Ding, age 75, of Silver Spring, Maryland drowned after becoming trapped underneath a canoe on the Androscoggin River in Bethel Wednesday.
Published
August 11, 2019

Sky’s the limit for Maine balloon festival

The balloon festival, held each year on the banks of the Androscoggin River, was launched in 1993 as a way of attracting tourists and enabling various nonprofit groups to raise awareness to their causes.
Published
August 8, 2019

Garbage truck plows into five vehicles in Farmington

Police said the garbage truck, owned by Archie’s Disposal and driven by Thomas Davenport, 50, of Canton slammed into the back of a Ford F-250 pickup truck.
Published
August 8, 2019

Former Sabattus woman settles lawsuit in prisoner transport case

Meghan Quinn was forced to kneel in a blood- and urine-soaked cage during a five-day extradition from Florida to Maine, her lawsuit against a Florida company contends.
Published
August 7, 2019

‘Not a gun control problem:’ Son of man shot to death at Auburn Walmart defends right to carry

Justin Karcher, 19, was in the parking lot with his father, Jean Donald Fournier, on July 27 when an argument ended with the fatal shooting.
Published
August 1, 2019

One hurt in Lisbon Street crash

LEWISTON – A woman was hurt Thursday night when the car she was riding in slammed into a utility pole on Lisbon Street. The crash occurred about 8:30 p.m. at the entrance to Domino’s Pizza at 1104 Lisbon St., not far from the corner of Scribner Boulevard. Witnesses reported hearing the crash as the four-door […]
Published
July 31, 2019

Police charge Auburn man, 21, with murder in shooting at Walmart

Officials said the encounter Saturday was not random, and an autopsy confirmed Jean Fournier, 41, died of gunshot wounds.
Published
July 19, 2019

Police arrest 7 suspects and seize drugs in Lewiston

The effort involved Lewiston, Auburn and Maine State Police along with drug agents and officers from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.