Overall, state crime increased 3.6 percent last year, though some categories saw a drop.

Peter Ross Bragdon has been charged with stealing $8,900 from the New Gloucester-based Sons of AMVETS

Police say a group in the Biddeford-Saco area that made counterfeit inspection stickers helped keep dozens — and possibly hundreds — of unsafe vehicles on the road.

In the past month, police have charged four people with manufacturing the stickers using a home computer and printer, or with selling them. Police are still searching for one suspect.

Morgan Pulsifer, 51, of Cundy’s Harbor is charged with burning down an apartment building he owns along with other family members.