CRIME & SAFETY
Police departments work to cover territory in Oxford County after 12 officers placed on administrative leave
OXFORD COUNTY, Maine — Jeffrey Campbell was fortunate Norway's police department and town office is in the same building. He's the interim town manager, which carries even more responsibilities below it like road commissioner, in addition to being police chief. "It's presented some different challenges, but it's a lot...
First court appearance for Paris shooting suspect delayed after judge decides he can’t engage with court
BANGOR, Maine (WABI) - The man facing more than a half-dozen charges after police in Paris say he shot at law enforcement and stole two police vehicles on Monday was supposed to face a judge on Wednesday. That incident earlier this week closed part of Route 117 in Paris. On...
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.
38 years after Kimberly Moreau disappeared, her father has a new way to gather clues
JAY, Maine — Communities in central and western Maine still hold out hope for answers 38 years after a 17-year-old from Jay disappeared. Maine State Police said Kimberly Moreau was last seen in Jay at about midnight on May 9, 1986, in the company of someone she met earlier that day. She has not been seen since. Moreau's family said she canceled plans to attend her high school junior prom on the night of May 10 after an argument with her boyfriend.
Maine man sentenced in meth distribution conspiracy case in New Hampshire
MANCHESTER, N.H. — A man from Maine will spend the next six years behind bars for planning to sell meth in New Hampshire. Brian Strout, 46, of Turner, Maine, was sentenced on Monday. He previously pleaded guilty on Jan. 29. Investigators said in the summer of 2022, Strout and...
Maine officials identify officers involved in Monday shootout in Oxford County
PARIS, Maine — Note: the video above contains the sounds of gunshots. The Maine Attorney General's office has named the eleven officers who used deadly force during the shootout with a suspect in Paris Monday morning. Per state law, the following law enforcement officers are required to be put...
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