Law enforcement must ensure suspects in custody understand and have relinquished their rights to a lawyer and against self-incrimination before questioning them, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled.
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Employers have used E-Verify for years. ICE’s arrest of a Maine police officer raises new questions.
Old Orchard Beach has been accused of ‘reckless reliance’ on the government program, but experts say there’s not much more employers can do to vet hires.
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Lewiston soccer club fundraising for star defender detained by ICE
Malunda Destino, 24, a starting defender for Maine Legends FC, was detained by ICE last week and is currently in custody in Massachusetts.
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Erratic driving led to Skowhegan traffic stop, detaining of 14 Romanians
Border Patrol agents detained 10 people stopped in a vehicle, a family member who came to the scene in another car and another 3 people staying at a nearby hotel, according to police reports.
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Massachusetts authorities have made no arrests in Portland chef’s death
Declan Perry, 27, was the head chef at The Grill Room & Bar in Portland. He was found dead in Massachusetts over the weekend.
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Westbrook police were justified in fatal November shooting, Maine AG rules
Ryan Nichols, 37, was fatally shot by 2 officers who said he swung a set of metal wind chimes toward them during an altercation.
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Lisbon woman seriously hurt in hit-and-run at Topsham Market Basket
Althea Kennedy-Ecker, 72, was struck in the Market Basket parking lot Sunday afternoon. The suspect fled the scene and was later arrested in Brunswick.
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Maine man accused of faking own death after defrauding VA of over $240K
Washington County resident Gregory Heimann, 51, was arrested in Missouri over a year after he disappeared, the U.S. Marshals Service said.
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Maine’s Border Patrol agents are using more traffic stops, surveillance to make arrests
With arrests down at the actual northern border, Border Patrol agents are venturing farther into states to help with immigration arrests.
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A look at where traffic stops in Maine have led to Border Patrol arrests
The Press Herald has reviewed nearly two dozen traffic stops where Border Patrol was involved, often because local agencies called them in.