CRIME & SAFETY
Emergency crews respond to scene of a serious crash along I-95
OLD TOWN, Maine (WABI) - UPDATE: Two people were killed in a crash in Old Town Thursday morning. It happened just before 6 a.m., on I-95 southbound near mile marker 199. State Police say the driver, 26-year-old Patrick McMullin of Howland, lost control of his jeep while trying to pass another vehicle.
Maine man sentenced to 27 years in prison in New Year’s Eve machete attack near Times Square
NEW YORK (AP) — A Maine man who admitted trying to kill three police officers with a machete in a terrorist attack near New York’s Times Square on New Year’s Eve 16 months ago was sentenced to 27 years in prison on Thursday in a courtroom packed with officers.
38 years later: Maine authorities seeking public’s help to solve 1986 cold case of missing teen
Maine authorities are hoping someone in the New England area will come forward with more information about what happened to 17-year-old Kimberly Moreau, in a decades-old case that state police are calling an unsolved homicide.
Maine Law Enforcement Memorial Observance to be held in Augusta, May 14
AUGUSTA — The annual observance at the Maine Law Enforcement Officers Memorial will take place on Tuesday, May 14, 2024, at 10 a.m. The granite memorial, located on State Street near the Maine State Capitol in Augusta, is dedicated to Maine law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty.
Mainer who claimed to be a witch, psychic and Irish heiress should be extradited to UK, judge rules
BANGOR, Maine — A convicted scammer from Maine who claimed to be an Irish heiress and who is accused of stealing tens of thousands of dollars from several victims should be extradited to the United Kingdom, a federal court has ruled. Marianne Smyth, who accusers say has also fashioned...
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