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Maine Crime

Published
March 20, 2022

Augusta man, 20, arrested in Skowhegan on charges he assaulted 3-month-old son, police say

Dakota Colson charged with Class C assault on a child younger than 6 and Class A aggravated assault.
Published
March 20, 2022

Burglary of Gorham marijuana grow shows risks involved in Maine’s high-flying business

As pot businesses proliferate around the state, criminal activity has followed. In Gorham, one business was the victim of a band of audacious burglars who cut a hole in the side of a building to get to the valuable cannabis inside.
Published
March 18, 2022

Man arrested in Gardiner after high-speed chase leads to 2 foot chases

Jason Hewett allegedly fled from police by car, then on foot, across the Gardiner area Thursday night.
Published
March 17, 2022

Maine’s U.S. senators traveling to Poland and Germany

Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King will be part of a bipartisan group of 10 senators planning to meet this weekend with foreign leaders and Ukrainians living in Polish refugee camps.
Published
March 15, 2022

Man charged in Whitefield standoff to make first court appearance

Edward M. Poch is currently being held without bail in Two Bridges Jail in Wiscasset following his arrest early Saturday after a standoff on Hunts Meadow Road in Whitefield.

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Published
March 14, 2022

Courts, prosecutors, BMV agree to fix gap in license suspensions

Spurred by a recent crash in Oxford County, the agencies say they have created a process to make sure criminal conviction information that should trigger a license suspension is communicated to the BMV.
Published
March 14, 2022

Former Anson-Madison Water District superintendent indicted on theft charges

The former superintendent, Michael Corson, was indicted by a grand jury and named in a federal lawsuit that alleges he changed passwords that prevented officials from accessing district accounts.
Published
March 14, 2022

Sidney man arrested at gunpoint on firearms charges

Michael Wayne Sprague, 44, arrested after allegedly threatening to kill himself and shooting a gun as he lay on the ground, police say.
Published
March 13, 2022

Courts, BMV scramble to fix gap in state law that allows some convicted drivers to keep licenses

Top state officials promise to fix a blind spot in the law that did not clearly require the court system to notify the Bureau of Motor Vehicles that a driver had been convicted of killing someone on the roadway.
Published
March 12, 2022

Eight-hour standoff in Whitefield ends in arrest early Saturday

Edward M. Poch, 64, is being held at Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset after he allegedly threatened a woman with a knife and a gun at a Whitefield house, leading to a standoff with Lincoln County Sheriff's deputies and the Maine State Police.