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Guilford woman convicted on theft, forgery charges
DOVER-FOXCROFT -- A Piscataquis County jury found a former office manager for a Dover-Foxcroft business guilty of embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from that business. 53 year-old Terri Moulton of Guilford worked as an office manager and bookkeeper for the Dewitt Machine & Fabrication company of Medford. She was...
Coast Guard said Body Found and Recovered in Maine
The Coast Guard said a body was discovered Friday morning near Little Chebeague Island in Casco Bay. The Maine Marine Patrol, police and first responders are on the scene recovering the body. Breaking News Updates. No more information was released. This is a developing story. Updates will be posted when...
Maine State Police Bomb Team responding to residence in Milford
MILFORD (WGME) – The Maine State Police says their bomb team is responding to a residence on Call Road in Milford to process the scene for potentially hazardous devices. The Maine State Police says there is no danger to the public currently. This story will be updated when there...
Warden’s K9 Finds Missing Person
WELD, Maine (WAGM) - For Game Wardens of Maine’s Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, successfully finding someone lost in the vast wilderness of Maine can be one of the most rewarding parts of the job. Brian Bouchard caught up with one county k9 warden, who successfully found someone who had been missing for 4 days.
Coordinated campaign aims to crack down on speeders in Mass., N.H., and Maine
National highway administrators remind drivers to slow down and reach their destination safely. A regional task force organized by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is working with local law enforcement to stop speeding in its tracks. Officials from the NHTSA, law enforcement representatives, and highway safety officials from...
Families of victims in Maine mass shooting say they want a broader investigation into killings
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Families of the victims of the deadliest mass shooting in Maine’s history said Wednesday that they want a broader federal investigation into the circumstance surrounding the killings. The request came in a statement issued by the relatives’ lawyers a day after Army officials released...
Maine Man Pleads Guilty For His Role in the U.S. Capitol Breach
A Maine man pleaded guilty to assaulting law enforcement with a dangerous weapon during the January 6, 2021, breach of the U. S. Capitol. Christopher Maurer, 45, formerly of Biddeford, was in court this week and pleaded guilty to a felony charge of assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers using a dangerous weapon. He will be sentenced in November.
New Jersey Man Admits To Robbing Maine Postal Workers At Knife Point, Burglarizing Post Offices
Winston McLeod, a 31-year-old resident of Orange, New Jersey, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to a series of crimes targeting U.S. Postal Service (USPS) employees and facilities in Maine. According to court records, McLeod and an accomplice, Lance Funderburk, 30, of Brooklyn, NY, embarked on a week-long crime...
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