Joel Williams, 48, was shot and killed June 30, 2021, at a Somerville residence following an altercation with Kyle Hunt of Jefferson.
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Police investigate shooting in Old Port Thursday night
A man was shot on Wharf Street in Portland after he was ejected from a bar and returned, police said.
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‘He was dropped at my door with a face full of blood’: Two teens injured in Lewiston attack
Jennifer Banton, mother of an injured 14-year-old, said the attackers armed with bats, machetes and metal pipes “beat my son and another boy nearly to death.”
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Former Mt. Ararat school resource officer accused of sexually touching student pleads guilty to an assault charge
The plea deal means Randy T. Cook, 47, will spend seven days in the Cumberland County Jail. Cook resigned as a police officer in November 2020.
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A practice that brought scrutiny to the Anson-Madison Water District seen as common elsewhere
Selling old water lines to scrap dealers and divvying up the money among employees is done by water districts in many parts of the state, water officials say.
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Manchester fire chief pleads guilty to drunken driving, but charge could be dropped in a year under deal
Francis R. Wozniak, 39, has kept his driver’s license despite being charged with operating under the influence in Portland in 2020.
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Theft charges dropped against former managers of the Anson-Madison Water District
District Attorney Maeghan Maloney says new evidence came to light this week that prompted her office to refrain from prosecuting the water district’s former superintendent and its former foreman.
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Freeport man who killed Scarborough farmer found not responsible by reason of insanity
Quinton Hanna, who went on a violent rampage in 2019, will be transferred to the Riverview Psychiatric Center. The judge says he is unlikely to be released soon – if ever.
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Aroostook County man charged with domestic violence assault in girlfriend’s shooting
Joshua Prestwood told authorities that his girlfriend was shot by a suspect who fled after a home invasion.
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Driver pleads guilty to federal charges in crash that killed 3 in Acadia
Praneeth Manubolu, who lived in New Jersey at the time of the crash, will be sentenced later.