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Another armed robbery.. the 7th robbery in Cumberland Co. Police warn business owners to have a minimal amount of cash if possible.
3 week ago7th armed robbery in the area. Police say the suspect in each dresses the same and has the same demeanor
3 week agoPolice believe a man who has robbed several businesses in the greater Portland area robbed a Subway restaurant in Westbrook on Monday night. The suspect entered the Subway at Prides Corner just after 8:30 p.m., showed a handgun and demanded cash, according to police
Bangor police arrest four at this Pine Street apartment building this afternoon
Melissa Sawyer is the wife and mother who died in the Waldoboro crash, which remains under investigation. She was 48.
Vehicle was spotted early Sunday morning. Police say the body of the 48 year old was found inside. Photos courtesy The Lincoln County News.
3 week agoRockland police are investigating an incident at the Time Out Pub. Police said a man was hurt after falling from a deck at the pub Sunday morning.
Portland police are investigating an armed robbery at the China Taste restaurant on Washington Avenue. Police said the armed robbery happened around 8:40 p.m. Sunday. A man went into the restaurant, showed a gun and demanded money.
Police said they believe they know who is responsible for reports of shots fired in Cushing, Friendship and Waldoboro earlier this month. Officials have yet to release the names of the suspects, which are being withheld pending review by the District Attorney's Office.
Gorham police said they investigated a threat on Snapchat believed to involve Gorham High School, but they later determined the threat involved a different community. Police said they became aware of the threat posted on Snapchat on Sunday night. Police said the threat was about a shooting at a high school.
3 week agoMaine State Police said they arrested a man and his pregnant girlfriend, both of Connecticut, for drug trafficking after they pulled them over on the Maine Turnpike near the Scarborough exit
3 week agoJury selection is expected later this week in the trial of a Maine man charged with killing his wife and burying her in a shallow grave behind his parents' home. Luc Tieman, who's pleaded not guilty to murder, told police that he watched his wife overdose in 2016.
Woman found dead in car in Medomak River Sunday morning
A man armed with a gun robbed a Westbrook coffee shop Saturday morning, the latest in a string of armed robberies to occur in greater Portland. Police said the man entered the drive-thru at The Daily Grind at 820 Main St. just before 8 a.m. Police said the robber, who had a handgun, threatened the clerk before taking money and running away.
Dispatchers in Cumberland County said a crash shutdown part of a road in Standish Saturday night. It happened on Route 35 near Middle Jam Road around 8 p.m.
3 week agoMarch For Our Lives in #PortlandME
Cumberland officials confirm the fourth armed robbery in three days across southern Maine. Police dispatch tells that the Irving station on Main St in Cumberland was hit somewhere around 8:00 Thursday night.
3 week agoAccident at Pearl and Middle. Rescue workers at the scene
Falmouth police are investigating an armed robbery at the Lil' Mart on Route 1. A man entered the store Wednesday evening, showed a gun and made off with cash, Lt. John Kilbride said.
4 week agoMaine's Supreme Court has ordered a new trial and competency hearing for a Sidney man convicted of sexually assaulting a 4-year-old girl he was babysitting
A Portland man was arrested after he tried to elude police and crashed a rented car into a tree on upper Baldwin Street, Police Chief Ernest Steward Jr. said Tuesday
Portland Police search for suspect in gas station armed robbery
Auburn man charged with sexually abusing boy over 3-year period - A police affidavit says Joseph Poulin sexually abused the boy on several occasions, sometimes while the boy was in bed.
A person was stabbed near Northern Maine Community College, closing the campus. According to a post on the college's website, the Smith Wellness Center and Husson University’s Presque Isle site were also closed Tuesday.
Man, 82, indicted in crash that caused woman to lose both legs - Robert Carson of Portland is charged with felony counts of driving to endanger and driving after his license had been revoked.
The Knox County Sheriff's Office is investigating reports of shots being fired into homes in Cushing and Friendship
1 month agoA firefighter was taken to the hospital after several area fire departments battled a fire overnight in Greene. The fire was reported at 57 Patten Road, near Route 202, officials said.
1 month agoCrews were called to a fire in Brunswick Sunday afternoon. It happened at a home on Mere Point Road.
Several departments responding to fire on Patten Road in Greene.