CRIME & SAFETY
Jamie Dodge Charged With Decades-Old Rape, Kidnapping: DA
Jamie Dodge, of Brownville, Maine, is charged with aggravated rape and kidnapping in connection with an attack that happened in Holland, which is just outside of Springfield, the Hampden County District Attorney's Office said. He was being held on a $250,000 bail. A woman told police on July 23, 2000,...
Maine man sentenced to 27 years in prison in New Year's Eve knife attack near Times Square
NEW YORK — A Maine man who admitted to trying to kill three police officers with a long knife 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 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 Strong Foundation hopes to expand reach to help more Mainers experiencing tragedy
PORTLAND (WGME) – The Maine Strong Foundation hopes to expand its reach beyond victims of the Lewiston mass shooting and help all Mainers who experience unexpected tragedy. Last October, Maine Strong was created immediately after the shootings to help the families of victims and survivors and held its first fundraising softball tournament just two weeks later.
Second person charged in Maine fentanyl seizure
BIDDEFORD — A second individual has been charged in connection with the May 1 seizure of more than seven pounds of the powerful opioid fentanyl, the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency announced Monday. Alyssa Staples, 23, of Biddeford, faces a charge of Unlawful Aggravated Trafficking in Schedule Drugs (Fentanyl), a...
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