CRIME & SAFETY
Report claims some officers allegedly intoxicated responding Maine mass shooting manhunt
MANCHESTER, N.H. — A police commander in Maine said members of his team's lives were put at risk in the hours after the Lewiston mass shooting by other law enforcement. A report said an armored vehicle came speeding toward them, and the commander indicated he could smell alcohol coming from that vehicle a group of officers were in.
Bringing victim voices to district attorneys
Domestic abuse survivors with Finding Our Voices (FOV) shared how Maine’s criminal justice system is emboldening their perpetrators, and endangering them and the general public in a two-a-half-hour discussion with two district attorneys in Augusta on April 19. Kennebec and Somerset DA Maeghan Maloney and Cumberland DA Jackie Sartoris...
Gardiner police seek help identifying suspect in Hannaford incident
GARDINER — The Gardiner Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying an individual related to an incident that took place at the local Hannaford supermarket on April 30. Officials have not released details regarding the nature of the incident but have expressed urgency in locating...
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