SOUTH PORTLAND — Maine might soon be going to pot. Ballot questions about the legalization of marijuana in two Maine cities are a run-up to a statewide legalization drive in 2016, pro-marijuana activists say. They hope success in Tuesday’s election is a bellwether for a statewide vote to legalize the drug. Pro-pot activists are also […]
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Study: Novel heart failure drug shows big promise
A new study reports one of the biggest potential advances against heart failure in more than a decade — a first-of-a-kind, experimental drug that lowered the chances of death or hospitalization by about 20 percent. Doctors say the Novartis drug — which doesn’t have a name yet — seems like one of those rare, breakthrough […]
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Man facing drug charges accused of assaulting witness
PARIS — Police said a man accused of manufacturing and selling methamphetamine was arrested Tuesday on a charge of attacking a witness who gave evidence against him. Rodney Levesque, 35, of Hunts Corner Road in Albany Township, was arrested in Bethel on Aug. 12 by an Oxford County Sheriff’s deputy on charges of tampering with a […]
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Two men charged with late-night burglary in Auburn
AUBURN — Police said two local men were arrested overnight Wednesday and charged with breaking into a home on Reginald Street. Nicholas Sands, 34, and David Giasson, 38, were each charged with felony burglary and criminal mischief, a misdemeanor, police Deputy Chief Jason Moen said in a news release. According to police, the homeowner was […]
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Supplier for drug ring gets 8-year sentence
BANGOR — A New York City man convicted for his role supplying a drug distribution ring in Maine has been sentenced to more than eight years in federal prison. Prosecutors say 46-year-old Kenneth “Kill” Robinson was sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court in Bangor to eight years, four months behind bars and three years of […]
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Portland lawyer pleads guilty to conspiring to launder drug money
PORTLAND — Portland defense attorney and sports agent Gary Prolman, the only lawyer to get an accused john acquitted in last year’s high-profile Kennebunk prostitution case, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to conspiring to launder money for a drug trafficker. During a Tuesday afternoon appearance in U.S. District Court, Prolman pleaded guilty to a single charge […]
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Deal in the works to win LePage’s support for drug that can stop heroin overdose
AUGUSTA, Maine — A deal is in the works to win Gov. Paul LePage’s support for a proposal to make naloxone — a life-saving, overdose-stopping drug — more readily available, said the bill’s sponsor. Naloxone, also known by its brand name, Narcan, blocks opioid receptors in the drug user’s brain, ending the euphoria and effects […]
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Jury convicts Tenants Harbor man of murder in drug dispute with friend
ROCKLAND — A Knox County jury deliberated for three hours Friday afternoon before convicting a Tenants Harbor man of murder in the shotgun slaying of his friend 14 months ago. Andrew J. Kierstead, 41, faces a minimum of 25 years in prison with a possibility of life behind bars. Kierstead admitted shooting his friend, but […]
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Waterville man indicted on three Class A drug charges
AUGUSTA — A Waterville man was indicted Friday by a Kennebec County grand jury on three Class A drug charges. Indictments were returned against 40 people, including three indictments for felony aggravated trafficking in scheduled drugs against Nathan L. Liberty. Liberty, 36, was also indicted for theft by unauthorized taking, a Class C felony, and […]