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Cumberland County DA responds to video of drug use, fights in Portland
PORTLAND (WGME) – The Cumberland County District Attorney says she's taking action after video surfaced showing open drug use, fights and more in Portland. The landlord of a building on Portland Street shared the security video. He says he felt obligated to show what his tenants, including young children,...
Portland police host event promoting crime victims' rights
PORTLAND (WGME) – This week is National Crime Victims' Rights Week, and Portland police marked the day by hosting Cumberland County's first victims’ rights event in Lincoln Park. In 2022, there were nearly 20 million crime victimizations in the United States, and 6.6 million were the result of...
Woman fatally shot at apartment in Conway, NH, authorities say
A woman was fatally shot at an apartment in Conway, New Hampshire, overnight, state and local authorities said Friday as they investigated the suspicious death. It wasn't immediately clear if anyone had been arrested in the shooing on Council Road, but everyone involved appeared to have been identified and there was no apparent threat to the public, according to an announcement from state prosecutors, state police and Conway police.
Favorite New Hampshire and Massachusetts Retail Store Closing
I feel like part of the '80s has died. Express Clothing Store has filed bankruptcy and listed one store in New Hampshire and three in Massachusetts to close. Here are the four listed in the filing:. Address: 2 Common Ct Space H-40, North Conway, NH. Address: 20-36 District Ave, Dorchester,...
Lewiston-Auburn community gathers to remember those lost in mass shooting
LEWISTON (WGME) – Six months after Maine’s worst mass shooting, the Lewiston-Auburn community gathered to remember those lost. “Six months ago, you were forever changed, Lewiston was forever changed, and Maine was forever changed,” Maine Resiliency Center Advocate Navigator Joanna Stokinger said. On October 25, 2023, a...
'It's horrific': Family left with questions after fatal police shooting deemed justified
AUBURN (WGME)-- Two and a half years after a fatal officer-involved shooting in Auburn, the Attorney General’s Office has deemed that use of deadly force as justified. A report released late last week says 36-year-old Joseph Arbour was shot in the back by a police sergeant. It started with...
Suspect in armed robberies in southern Maine now in custody, police say
MAINE, USA — The suspect in multiple armed robberies in southern Maine is now in custody, according to police. Just after noon on Sunday, Maine State Police said it and the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office, along with other agencies, were investigating three armed robberies in church parking lots in the towns of Parsonsfield, Cornish, and Baldwin.
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