After he was arrested following a four-day search, Joshua Brougham, 39, confessed to the robbery, saying he needed money to support his drug habit, pay a debt and fill his SUV with gasoline, officials said.
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Woman, boy charged after Skowhegan burglary leads to high-speed chase
Matisse Fry, 42, of Augusta and a 16-year-old boy from New York face multiple charges after fleeing police Tuesday night in Fry’s SUV, officials said.
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New Jersey man guilty in postal robberies and burglaries in central Maine
Lance Funderburk and an accomplice from Auburn burgled post offices in Paris and North Monmouth, investigators say.
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Augusta man indicted on charges he punched, slapped, threatened woman
Kennebec County grand jury releases October indictments.
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Trial delayed for Madison man charged with murdering former roommate
The trial for Roland Flood, 62, accused of the July 2023 murder of an Anson man, was originally expected to start this week in Skowhegan.
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Update: New York man accused of shooting Jay resident in the leg
Christian Meyers, 21, of Manhattan, New York, was charged with, among other crimes, elevated aggravated assault.
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Trial to begin for Madison man charged with murdering former roommate
Roland Flood, 62, is charged with the murder of Mark Trabue, 57, of Anson, who was found with multiple stab wounds in July 2023 at a Madison cemetery.
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Maine’s yellow flag law has been used much more often in year since Lewiston mass shooting
Meanwhile, gun reform advocates are collecting signatures to force a ballot initiative that would ask voters to approve a stronger red flag law.
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Update: Several people, including juveniles, arrested by U.S. Marshals on gun charges in Skowhegan
Two juveniles and one 18-year-old were arrested in connection to violent weapons offenses out of Massachusetts, officials said.
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Franklin County deputies investigate rash of burglaries, thefts in Phillips
If anyone has any information about the break-ins and thefts, they are asked to call the Franklin County Regional Communications Center at 207-778-6140.