A grand jury indicts Andrew J. St. George for killing Barbara St. George July 7.

At her arraignment Thursday morning, Noelle Tavares, 21, of Falmouth, Massachusetts, denied responsibility for the December 2022 crash that killed 4 of her Maine Maritime Academy classmates.

Reginald Melvin, 30, was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Wednesday. A state watchdog will now review how Child Protective Services dealt with Melvin before his son died in 2021.

The FBI and Portland police are asking for information about the death of Frank A. Williams III, who was stabbed near Kennedy Park in 2008.

Michael Brackett was arrested Tuesday on wire and securities fraud charges after he allegedly lied to investors about the financial health of his tech startup, Centricity Inc.

Lawyers for Damion Butterfield, 23, argued Monday that possibly self-incriminating statements he made to police, friends and family members should be excluded from trial because his decision to offer them stemmed from his mental illnesses.

Theresa York, 59, is expected to plead guilty to theft charges at the end of the month after she was accused of stealing from her former friend and employer, Pamela Anzelc.

Justin Hill, 37, is charged with aggravated assault in the alleged stabbing at a convenience store in Bangor.

City councilors cold to proposal to regulate murals, but direct city attorney to recommend changes to city regulations to ensure hate symbols and other offensive images or words can't be placed on building walls visible to the public.

Noelle Tavares, 21, of North Falmouth, Massachusetts, was indicted by a Hancock County grand jury on charges that include manslaughter, operating under the influence and driving to endanger.

A Cumberland County grand jury indicted Marcel LaGrange Jr., 24, on six charges, including two counts of murder and one of aggravated attempted murder.

Reginald Melvin was charged with depraved indifference murder in September 2021 for the death of his son, Sylus.

Brent Elisens, who faces charges of assaulting three state troopers in a 2021 roadside incident, was ordered to undergo a mental health evaluation after he asked to represent himself in court.

Justin Butterfield is found competent to appear at his arraignment in Androscoggin County Superior Court in Auburn.

Mohamed Liban shot Mohamed Sheikh in defense of Keyt Hussein, state police said. Sheikh and Hussein died as a result of their wounds and Liban will not be prosecuted.

Mariah Dobbins, 29, was found guilty of manslaughter last month in the 2022 overdose death of her son, Jaden Raymond.

The Sorge family is preparing to sue the city of Dover over a police officer's failed attempt to stop a driver who caused a crash, killing himself and three others.

Randall J. LaRochelle, 39, was arrested for incidents that allegedly took place at his Belgrade home.

There was a heavy police presence at a residence on New Dam Road for most of the day Wednesday, but no one was arrested.

Mantavious Jones of Atlanta was sentenced Wednesday to 16 months in federal prison on a charge of conspiracy to commit bank fraud.

Federal investigators say Douglas Jorgensen allowed another person to use his credentials to fill more than 300 prescriptions for highly controlled drugs while Jorgensen was traveling abroad.

Maine State Police used tire-deflating devices to stop Travis Moseley, 23, in York, ending a chase that had begun in New Hampshire.

The Gilgo Beach investigation was hampered by political battles, local resistance to federal investigators, and apparent apathy toward victims who sell sex.

A neighbor said it's hard not to worry after a 34-year-old man was found dead Friday night on Old Belgrade Road.

Mohammed Sheik, 30, of Auburn, and Keyt Hussein, 23, of Lewiston, both died from gunshot wounds, state police say. Lewiston police dispelled rumors about their response to the incident and addressed growing fears in the community of unsafe streets.

Under a plea agreement submitted to the court, 28-year-old Bianca Van Valkenburg would serve at least 8 years in prison for sharing a video of an infant being sexually assaulted.

Police say Katherine D. Kelley, 34, of Belmont faces several charges, including felony-level assault on a police officer.

Police are investigating the vandalism as a felony act and, potentially, a hate crime.

The Maine Warden Service says Timothy Flick pointed a pistol at a game warden who was responding to complaints that a boater was acting erratically.

Tyler Robinson, 34, was found dead Friday night on Old Belgrade Road in Augusta.

One person died at the scene and the second died at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston, according to the Maine Department of Public Safety.

Officers to be paid overtime to patrol the Water Street area while city councilors weigh whether to fund a new full-time position.

Melanie Ann High is accused of using kickbacks to induce Gerald E. Merrill, a deputy superintendent with the Maine Department of Corrections, into purchasing from companies she controlled.

Joseph Eaton, who told a Press Herald reporter that he killed his parents and 2 other people in Bowdoin and shot 3 others on Interstate 295 in Yarmouth in April, was arraigned Friday afternoon on 4 counts of murder and 23 other charges.

Foster Bates, 55, has denied killing Tammy Dickson for nearly 30 years. Now a judge will decide whether evidence his attorney presented during a post-conviction review warrants a new trial.

Damion Joyce, 51, surrendered to Scarborough police early Thursday morning, minutes after he is accused of stealing a car that contained a sleeping woman and refused to let her out. He has been charged with kidnapping.

A final day of testimony was heard Thursday in Waterville in the case of Aidan Grant, 16, who's charged in the stabbing death of 14-year-old Brooke McLaughlin in Mount Vernon.

Foster Bates was convicted in 2001 of killing Tammy Dickson, his neighbor and babysitter. But Bates has maintained his innocence in the slaying and hopes new witnesses and evidence will get him a new trial.

Further details were revealed Wednesday in Waterville during the second day of testimony to determine if Aidan Grant, 16, will be tried as an adult in the death last year of his girlfriend, Brooke McLaughlin, 14.

Ernest Dubeau, 39, who allegedly caused the crash that killed Richard Bernard in Gorham last September, pleaded not guilty to 5 charges Wednesday morning.

He is accused of operating a kickback scheme for nearly a decade.

Frank Foss Jr., 28, had evaded police for nearly three weeks before a Maine State Police detective killed him Sunday in Chelsea.

The family of Daniel H. Crommett, who died 2 days after the former nurse allegedly restrained him, said the plea deal and sentence does not reflect the treatment their loved one endured.

A search of the Bowdoin home of Michael J. Hall and Jeanne I. Doughty revealed not only items reported stolen from the site of 4 fatal shootings, but fake checks, fake IDs and a list of more than a dozen stolen identities.

Frank Foss Jr. was shot and killed after police say he pointed a gun a member of the Maine State Police Tactical Team that was searching a wooded area in Chelsea Sunday afternoon.

Garrett Cote, 24, and Rylee Spofford, 19, were charged this week with several offenses after a search of a home on Hill Road turned up more than a pound of fentanyl, Skowhegan police said.

Anthony C. Aldrich, 51, of Norway was charged following the incident Tuesday and is facing at least one other stalking charge for an incident earlier this year in Oxford County, according to officials.

Harry David Every had appealed his burglary conviction to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.

Officials say Robert A. Simonds, 30, was driving when his family's pickup truck hit a tree, and the children's mother, Ashley A. Corson, 29, was indicted on the same charges for what the district attorney described as 'accomplice liability.'