A jury convicts Rashid Kakande of arranging marriages between Mainers and Africans seeking to stay in the U.S.
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Police search for sandwich shop robber
Portland police say a man threatened two store clerks with a gun and robbed the Subway on St. John Street.
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Ugandan convicted of arranging sham marriages
Rashid Kakande paid dozens of Mainers to marry people from Uganda and Kenya so they could stay in the U.S.
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Outlaws club member sentenced in attack
A judge accepts his guilty plea to setting an ambush for a rival in 2009 and caps his term at 15 years.
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Man robs jewelry from Congress St. store
Police are searching for a man who robbed gold and silver rings from Ireland’s Crystal and Craft.
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Witnesses detail workingsof sham wedding scheme
The defendant is accused of paying Mainers to marry people trying to become U.S. citizens.
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Maine police departments shop for new cruiser model
They’re also considering Dodge and Chevy, as Ford stops making the popular Crown Victoria line.
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Early morning greenhouse fire in Pownal
The cause of the blaze and extent of damage are not yet known.
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Gurney sentence: 60 years
Tears, anger and regret permeate the sentencing of Chad Gurney for the 2009 murder of Zoe Sarnacki.