A preliminary review of data shows that 2023 is on track to be the deadliest year in Maine since 1989 – and that doesn’t include the 18 people killed in the state’s worst mass shooting.
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Officials remain tight-lipped after body of man found at Fairfield home
The Maine State Police have released few details after a Major Crimes Unit was sent to the home following discovery of the body Tuesday.
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Cambridge man receives 6-year sentence for trafficking in fentanyl, other drugs
Jeffrey Frost, 40, was sentenced Wednesday in federal court in Bangor for his role in providing drugs to a St. Albans man who then sold them in Penobscot County.
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Six police departments, including Portland, have used Maine’s yellow flag law for the first time since Lewiston shootings
Law enforcement agencies used the law to remove guns from a person 36 times since the Lewiston shootings last month, marking a significant increase over the previous 10 months.
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Aroostook woman accused of setting fire to apartment with boyfriend inside
Attorneys for Susan Kochanowski asked a judge to grant her bail, saying a police affidavit relies too heavily on her inconsistent statements.
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Sentencing of Liberty man convicted of raping juvenile delayed an eighth time
Wade Drew Brayman, 64, was scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday in Belfast on several counts of sexual assault, but his court-appointed lawyer, much like several others before him, asked to be removed from the case because of disagreements and confrontations with Brayman.
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Police investigating another homicide, this one in Westbrook
Clarence James Pearson, 61, was found dead at a Mechanic Street apartment early Tuesday. His homicide is the fifth reported in Maine since Nov. 21.
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Wilton police destroy $1 million in illegally grown marijuana
State officials and Wilton police discovered an illegal cannabis cultivation facility while conducting an inspection at a separate Weld Road licensed facility Tuesday.
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Oakland man sentenced for high-speed police chase, eludes kidnapping charges after one alleged victim dies
Brian Charette Jr. pleaded guilty to several charges stemming from police chase in January in the Waterville area and was sentenced to 30 months in prison, even as he escaped prosecution of more serious kidnapping charges because one woman died and another didn’t show up in court.
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Avon woman to serve two 30-month sentences concurrently for drug-related crimes
Brandice Dotolo, 41, pleaded guilty in August to using and maintaining drug premises, and possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and crack cocaine.