The state’s highest court has found an anonymous tip is not enough to justify stopping and questioning a person.
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As Winthrop shooting death case takes turn, officials say shooter who killed man not charged
One woman was arrested recently on felony murder charges in the shooting death of Joshua Martin in a Winthrop mobile home in 2020 while another woman arrested on that charge previously pleaded guilty to a lesser charge Tuesday.
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Woman, 43, killed in single-vehicle crash in Readfield, police say
Martha Shellman, identified as the driver, was involved in another crash minutes earlier in Belgrade, according to police.
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Massachusetts man killed in crash on I-95 in Pittsfield
Ralph Desrosiers, 21 of Wilmington, died in a single-car accident Friday afternoon.
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Man appeals drug conviction tied to state trooper accused of racial profiling
Damon Fagan’s defense team says there are at least 8 other cases in which Maine State Police Trooper John Darcy’s traffic stops have raised questions.
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Maine State Police leader Col. John Cote to retire, take private sector job
Cote leaves on Sept. 30 after 33 years with the agency for a job with Hartt Transportation in Bangor.
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As need for autopsies increases, plans approved for bigger medical examiner’s office in Augusta
The $18.8 million facility would help the state perform more autopsies and meet the needs of the Office of Chief Medical Examiner for the next 30 years, officials say.
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State investigation finds police use of force justified in February shooting death of Pittsfield man
The death of Gregory Lasselle, 27, was one of five police shootings statewide that the Maine attorney general’s office has recently found to be justified.
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Trucker whose dislodged tire killed Maine trooper is fined $15,000
Detective Ben Campbell, 31, was killed when a tire from Scott Willett’s truck fell off and hit him in 2019 when he stopped to help a driver in a snowstorm in Hampden.
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Truck driver fined $15,000 in Maine state trooper’s death
Scott Willett, 55, of Patten also will have his license suspended for six months after two wheels from his logging truck flew off in 2019, fatally striking the detective.