Former Republican state Rep. Jeffrey Pierce was charged with failing to disclose a 1983 felony conviction when he obtained a hunting license.
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House speaker says lawmaker accused of firearms violations should resign
House Speaker Sara Gideon said Monday that state Rep. Jeffrey Pierce should resign if allegations are true he broke a Maine law by tagging game on a firearms hunting permit. The Maine Warden Service last week confirmed it was investigating Pierce, R-Dresden, after public game records showed he had used firearms to kill deer, moose and turkey […]
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Records show state lawmaker with felony conviction has hunted game with guns
A state lawmaker who is a convicted felon and prohibited from possessing firearms has tagged deer, turkey and moose using firearms hunting permits issued by the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, according to state records. DIFW records obtained by the Portland Press Herald show that state Rep. Jeffrey Pierce, R-Dresden, has registered game […]
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Donald A. Campeau
LITCHFIELD — Donald A. Campeau, 79, of Bonita Springs, Fla., and formerly of Dresden, left this world unexpectedly on Friday, July 28. Donald was born in Lewiston, Maine on June 8, 1938, to the late O’Neil and Jeanette Campeau. He attended Lewiston schools and served in the U.S. Army, including a tour of duty in […]
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Germany calls truck rampage a terror attack, frees suspect
BERLIN — German authorities are calling the truck attack on a crowded Christmas market an “act of terrorism” that had all the hallmarks of Islamic extremism — but many questions remained over who carried out the attack that killed 12 people and wounded nearly 50 in the heart of Berlin. Federal prosecutors on Tuesday night […]
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Dresden man sentenced for Bath pharmacy robbery
PORTLAND (AP) — A Dresden man has been sentenced to more than two years behind bars for robbing a Bath pharmacy in June. Federal prosecutors said 23-year-old Nicholas Alexander was also sentenced Wednesday to three years of probation for his role in the robbery of the State Road Walgreens. He pleaded guilty last September. Authorities […]
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Dresden man charged with robbing same Augusta pharmacy twice in 3 days
AUGUSTA (AP) — Police have arrested a Dresden man they say robbed the same Augusta pharmacy twice in three days. Ryan McLaughlin was arrested initially by FBI agents on Thursday on unrelated warrants, but later was hit with federal robbery charges in connection with robberies on Monday and Wednesday at the Osco pharmacy inside the […]