CRIME & SAFETY
Multiple Maine Game Wardens honored for heroic actions the night of the Lewiston shootings
AUGUSTA, Maine — The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife held its annual awards ceremony on Friday. The awards included honoring several Wardens for heroic efforts on the night of the Lewiston shootings. Josh Smith, who works out of Gray, was named the 2023 Maine Game Warden of...
Fellow reservist warned of mass shooting before gunman’s attack in Maine
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — An Army reservist and friend of the gunman behind Maine’s deadliest mass shooting testified Thursday about his friend’s mental decline, describing publicly for the first time the warning he issued a month before the tragedy unfolded. Sean Hodgson texted leaders of his reserve...
Lewiston Bowling Alley to reopen 6 months after mass shooting
This Friday, the owners ofJust-In-Time Recreation will reopen its doors six months after one of the worst mass shootings in Maine history. Maine Public’s Susan Sharon reports. This article was originally published on WBUR.org. Copyright 2024 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.
Man pleads guilty to Augusta armed bank robbery
BANGOR, Maine (WABI) - A Manchester man pleaded guilty Tuesday in Bangor for armed bank robbery in Augusta. Police say he placed a handgun near the teller and demanded cash in October 2022. Joshua Brougham, 38, is accused of showing a gun and demanding money from the Camden National Bank...
Army Reservist Testifies That Maine Shooter Was Barred From Having Guns in New York
A longtime friend and Army Reserve colleague of the shooter who killed 18 people in October in Lewiston, Maine, testified before a state commission that the gunman was released from a New York psychiatric facility last summer with a “hold” barring him from possessing guns there for 10 years. Staff members from the facility previously said they recommended the shooter’s personal weapons be taken from his home, yet he still had access to weapons in Maine. [The Boston Globe]
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