AUGUSTA — Police in Maine say a 21-year-old woman started a fire that forced about 15 people to evacuate a housing complex in Augusta. Maine Department of Public Safety Spokesman Steve McCausland said Friday that Christina Karod is charged with arson in connection with the fire that broke out around 8 p.m. Thursday. He says […]
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Part-time Falmouth firefighter charged with arson
FALMOUTH — A part-time firefighter has been arrested for arson after allegedly setting two fires in September, according to police. Griffin Kline, 20, of Woodlands Drive, was arrested Wednesday night following a two-month investigation, according to a press release from Lt. John Kilbride. Kline was also indicted earlier this month for alleged sex acts with […]
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Teen boy charged with arson after Embden home fire
EMBDEN — A 15-year-old boy was charged with arson on Friday after a home under construction was set alight. Anson, Madison and New Portland fire departments responded to a blaze at 9 Brooks Drive at about 1:11 p.m. on Friday, according to Anson Fire Chief Jeremy Manzer. The two-story home was already fully engulfed in […]
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Looking Back on September 30
100 years ago, 1913 Tuesday noon the firm of Lunn & Sweet, shoe manufacturers, Auburn, issued the following statement in regard to the lasters who left their work Saturday morning: “Our lasters left our employ Saturday morning without notice or without making any formal demands or stating their grievances to our firm. Mr. Lunn, who […]
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Police arrest Houlton man after shooting, fires in Oakfield area
OAKFIELD — Police have taken into custody a Houlton man believed involved in a shooting, the death of two people and an outbreak of fires early Monday morning in Oakfield and neighboring Island Falls. Following a manhunt, Matthew Davis, 32, was found at about 10:45 when troopers located him in a stolen motor vehicle on […]
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Fire that damaged Waterville house was arson, officials say
WATERVILLE — Officials have determined a fire that damaged a vacant house on Elm Court last weekend was started intentionally. Sgt. Ken Grimes of the state fire marshal’s office said Friday authorities have ruled out accidental causes. The Aug. 25. fire started on the first floor of a vacant house around 1:25 a.m. Waterville Fire […]
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Callahan pleads not guilty to felony counts of arson, assault
AUBURN — Michael Callahan, who is charged with burning down his family’s home in Minot last May, pleaded not guilty to multiple felony charges of arson and aggravated assault Tuesday in Androscoggin County Superior Court. Callahan, 44, of Auburn is facing three counts of arson, one count of aggravated assault, two counts of reckless conduct […]
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For boy, crime, filth, chaos and love were all part of life at 105-111 Blake
It was the third day of a court hearing that would have a dramatic effect on the life of 13-year-old Brody Covey. Three months earlier, Brody was charged with setting fire to his apartment building at 105-111 Blake Street in downtown Lewiston. It was the first of three unrelated arson fires that would strike the […]
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Arson confession may have been motivated by ‘shame’
LEWISTON — Arson suspect Brody Covey may have confessed to the crime because a Lewiston police detective gave him a “moral excuse” to confess, suggesting the teen had a right to be angry about living in a condemned apartment building that the officer said was unfit for his own dog, according to expert testimony of […]
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Jury deadlocks on arson of fire marshal’s car, acquits Prentiss Township man on 11 other charges
BANGOR — Jurors could not decide if a former Prentiss Township man torched the car of a state fire marshal who was investigating a string of arsons and graffiti taggings around the man’s isolated cabin. “I’m declaring a mistrial as to that particular count,” Superior Court Justice William Anderson said at the conclusion of the […]