CRIME & SAFETY
Police searching for missing Gorham teen
GORHAM (WGME) - Police are asking for help finding a missing Gorham teen. 15-year-old Peter Stuart was last seen Saturday around 2 p.m. walking down Route 202 in Gorham. He was last seen wearing a gap zip up hoodie, black pants, and white crocs. Police say Stuart does not have...
$30K worth of fentanyl seized during Lewiston drug bust, Massachusetts man arrested
LEWISTON (WGME) -- A Massachusetts man has been accused of trafficking fentanyl in Lewiston. The MDEA says authorities witnessed 34-year-old Jonathan E. Paige of Boston conducting a drug deal on Sabattus Street on Thursday. When confronted by police, Paige reportedly tried to run away but was quickly taken into custody.
Victim witness advocates continue support for Lewiston community after harrowing shooting
LEWISTON, Maine — The Lewiston community has felt an immeasurable amount of grief over the past six months after a lone gunman tragically killed 18 people and injured 13 others the night of Oct. 25. Families and survivors of the senseless shooting have had to come to grips with...
Decades after teen Kimberly Moreau went missing, Maine cold case still unsolved
Seventeen-year-old Kimberly Moreau went missing in Maine in May 1986, and nearly 40 years later, her disappearance, now considered a homicide, remains unsolved. Maine State Police continue to seek answers in the 38-year-old homicide, asking anyone with information on the disappearance of Moreau to contact the Major Crimes Unit at 1 Game Farm Road in Gray or call the agency at (207) 657-5710. Individuals may also report information about Moreau’s case using an online leave-a-tip form.
Firefighters save Durham home from barn fire; one firefighter hospitalized
DURHAM (WGME) - Firefighters in Durham are crediting a massive response for having saved a home last night when an attached barn caught fire. About a dozen different departments responded to 1355 Royalsborough Road in Durham around 7 o'clock Friday night for the third alarm fire. The people and pets...
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