Augusta police’s work with an unidentified informant led to the raid of a Summer Street apartment and the arrest of two central Maine men on Tuesday.
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Skowhegan man identified as driver arrested after driving onto tarmac at Augusta State Airport
Corey Adams, 28, was arrested Tuesday and is being held without bail at the Kennebec County Correctional Facility in Augusta.
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Driver arrested after truck enters Augusta State Airport, goes onto airfield, leaves by smashing through gate
Police are still investigating the incident, and did not provide further information, or the identity of the driver, Tuesday.
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Former Greenville police chief, Augusta police officer, pleads guilty to arson, burglary
Jeffrey Pomerleau pleaded guilty to five charges, two of them felonies, but will have all but one misdemeanor dismissed if he completes a Veterans Court treatment program.
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String of car burglaries reported in Augusta neighborhood
A half-dozen burglaries from motor vehicles, and one theft of an entire vehicle, were reported in the Sewall Street area.
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Augusta police cruiser was unlocked and running, with AR-15 rifle inside, when stolen, according to court documents
Kyle King, 27, who reportedly took the cruiser from the Augusta police station, contacted a dispatcher from the Shaw’s Plaza, where a Farmington family said it had a confrontation with him. There is no indication King attempted to use the rifle, which was secured with a gun lock.
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Construction of new $20.5 million Augusta police station to begin this week
Construction of the 25,000-square-foot facility on Willow Street is expected to get underway at full-speed Monday.
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Driver to lose license for 9 years for killing child and 2 pedestrians in Augusta
Infant Vada-Leigh Peaslee, her grandmother Barbara Maxim-Hendsbee, and their friend Rosalyn Jean were killed last year after Robert Santerre of Chelsea fell asleep while driving.
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Augusta to break ground for new police station Thursday
Augusta voters in June 2021 approved borrowing $20.5 million to build new, modern station at vacant former supermarket site on Willow Street.
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Maine Supreme Judicial Court overturns drug conviction of NY man stopped while exiting bus in Augusta
The state’s highest court has found an anonymous tip is not enough to justify stopping and questioning a person.