Westbrook police arrested a suspect in one of the recent armed robberies targeting small businesses across southern Maine. Travis Card, 38, of Westbrook, was arrested Friday morning in connection with a robbery that occurred on April 6 at the Gulf Mart on Bridgton Road in Westbrook, police said. It’s not yet clear if the suspect […]
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Big Apple robbed in Lisbon Falls
UPDATE: Lisbon police say Big Apple robbery suspect had a knife LISBON FALLS — A man armed with a knife robbed the Big Apple store on Lisbon Street late Wednesday before fleeing with cash from the register. Police were searching for a suspect wearing black who reportedly fled on foot after robbing the store at about […]
Fifth arrest made in October armed robbery
POLAND — A fifth arrest was made Friday night in the armed robbery on Empire Road on Oct. 26, according to a news release from Androscoggin County Chief Deputy William Gagne. Isaiah Strong-Gassama, 20, with no listed address, was found and arrested at a residence on Rosewood Lane in Poland by deputies who were following […]
Rumford police look for suspect in Big Apple robbery
RUMFORD — The Big Apple on Route 2 was robbed Tuesday, according to Rumford Police Chief Stacy Carter. The robbery was reported at 7:13 p.m. Detective George Cayer said a male entered the store with a firearm and robbed the on-duty clerk of an undisclosed amount of cash. Rumford police are looking for anyone who […]
Kennebec County sheriff’s department looking for man who robbed Manchester Rite Aid
MANCHESTER — Police are looking for a man they say robbed the Manchester Rite Aid just after noon on Sunday. A man wearing a New York Yankees baseball cap, gym shorts, sunglasses and a black hooded sweatshirt over a T-shirt that appeared to have a skull on it approached the pharmacist and claimed he had […]
Armed robber hits Big Apple store in Bethel
BETHEL — Police say a masked man with a firearm robbed the Big Apple Store on Railroad Street in Bethel early Saturday morning. A man in a hooded sweatshirt entered the store at about 4:45 a.m. brandishing a firearm and demanded items from the male clerk, said Lt. Tom Harriman of the Oxford County Sheriff’s […]