Having pulled over a car for a suspicious inspections sticker, a South Portland officer notices a passenger in the car hiding something in his mouth. That something, police say, was crack cocaine.
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Search for missing Freeport musician intensifies
Friends of Dean Levasseur drive hours to Howland, where the 24-year-old disappeared Saturday night.
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Portland woman charged with stealing cash register
Police arrest Deidre Hoffman, 45, at her home at 11 Forest Park after witnesses saw her carrying a cash register down Dartmouth Street.
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Police charge man in OOB stabbing death
Police have arrested Michael Swenson, 44, who lives in a lean-to along railroad tracks in Old Orchard Beach.
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Saco crash kills Old Orchard Beach man
Excessive speed and improper passing appear to have contributed to the crash.
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Volunteers join search for Freeport man missing from Chickenfest
Dean Levasseur of Freeport left his guitar on stage but failed to show up at a performance attended by hundreds.
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Police question those who saw OOB man before his death
State police detectives continue to interview people who saw Roger White in the 24 hours before his death in Old Orchard Beach.
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Investigators pursuing Gorham case must think like an arsonist
People who study fire-setting behavior look for telltale patterns. They suspect, for example, that one of the Gorham fires was set to reclaim attention after an earlier accidental blaze.
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Man pleads guilty to prostitution-related charge in Waterman case
Megan Waterman of Maine was killed in New York after ex-boyfriend Akeem ‘Vybe’ Cruz transported her there.
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House fire adds to Gorham’s arson string
The fire Wednesday was set in a rear wall of an unoccupied house on Dingley Spring Road, and there is ‘no doubt’ it is related to the other fires.