crime – Page 79 – The Portland Press Herald

Another View: Fine lines and obscure points blur the real death penalty issue

by Los Angeles Times March 9, 2018March 8, 2018

Death sentences fall disproportionately on minorities and the poor, and do not deter others from committing murder.

Police say a 13-year-old boy wrote a bomb threat on a bathroom stall at Gray-New Gloucester Middle School.

by the editorial board March 8, 2018March 8, 2018

A man died in an instant, but the events that  led to his death had been unfolding for months.

York County deputies arrest the Newfield man and charge him with criminal threatening.

Police say Gayle Pare confessed to taking $3,000 from the Maine Coastal Cruisers bank account.

Robert J. Howarth gets six years in prison and is ordered to make restitution of $575,000 to people he bilked in a designer-clothing scheme.

Here and across the U.S., a rash of menacing incidents following the Parkland massacre hobbles efforts to restore students’ sense of safety.

by By ROBERT SKOGLUND March 3, 2018March 2, 2018

I myself have contributed to the defense fund of a man who shot a burglar in the leg..

Police arriving on the scene found the victim with ‘substantial’ lacerations to his hand.

by By MICHAEL ROCQUE, JAMES W. SAUNORIS AND EMILY C. MARSHALL Special to the Press Herald March 2, 2018March 2, 2018

Efforts to reduce crime by improving the legitimate economy won’t be effective if underground activities are ignored.