OLD TOWN — Old Town police said a University of Maine Student tried to break into a Bennoch Road home early Sunday morning wearing a mask and holding a gun while the homeowner was inside. Luke Cushman-Cole, 21, of Fletchers Landing Township was arrested in his dorm room on campus after the attempted break-in, according […]
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Suspect dead after standoff in Mexico
MEXICO — Police late Sunday were on the scene of a standoff at the intersection of Routes 2 and 17. They reportedly had surrounded a man who was suspected of stealing a pickup truck and fired shots earlier Sunday. The standoff near the Circle K convenience store on Route 2 went on for hours. The […]
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Peeper gets a scare when shot at with blank-firing gun
BRUNSWICK — A man told police he was shot at Thursday as he was peering in a window on Brackett Road. Police who investigated the incident said the man was, in fact, shot at — with a gun that fires blanks. The drama began at about 1:30 p.m. Police said the man who was shot at […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Gun, ammo, mask found on trail in Fryeburg village
FRYEBURG — Police said they believe the owner of a backpack containing a loaded .22-caliber handgun, ammunition and a ski mask found near the Rite Aid Pharmacy on Tuesday may have been targeting the store. Acting police Chief Joshua Potvin said Thursday that the owner of ELA Sheet Metal on Jockey Cap Lane found the […]
Posted inFranklin, The Franklin Journal
Wilton man accused of terrorizing teen with a gun
WILTON — A local man was accused of putting a gun to the head of a 14-year-old boy in a threatening manner, police Chief Heidi Wilcox said Thursday. The incident happened in the woods near Kineowatha Park, she said. Joseph Daoust, 27, of Wilton was arrested Wednesday on a felony charge of terrorizing with a […]
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Jury acquits Cushing lobsterman of gun threat against two men
ROCKLAND — A Knox County jury deliberated for 20 minutes Wednesday morning before finding a Cushing lobsterman not guilty of criminally threatening two men in another boat. Outside the courtroom after the verdict, Gary Jones, 52, who faced up to five years in prison on the felony charge, called the Department of Marine Resources corrupt […]
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Brunswick landlord charged with pointing gun at tenant he believed stole from him
BRUNSWICK — A Brunswick landlord is facing charges for allegedly pointing a shotgun at a tenant he believes stole from him. Police say 57-year-old Peter Davis is charged with criminal threatening and terrorizing. Deputy Police Chief Marc Hagan says Davis reported a theft at his residence on Monday and that he believed a tenant who […]
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Deputies surround home of Norridgewock man with gun tattoo
NORRIDGEWOCK (AP) — Police armed with assault rifles descended on a Maine man’s home after members of a tree removal crew he’d told to clear off his property reported that he had a gun. Turns out the “gun” the tree crew had seen on Michael Smith of Norridgewock on Tuesday morning was just a tattoo […]
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Street Talk: Live free or live in Connecticut
It’s said that when Nathan Hale was about to swing at the end of rope in the fall of 1776, he held his head up high and told the hangman: “I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country.” Hale was from Connecticut. What do you suppose he would say […]
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Norridgewock man says gun incident a misunderstanding
SKOWHEGAN (AP) — A Norridgewock man prosecutors say brought a gun into an Athens store and threatened people has pleaded guilty, even though he says the entire incident was a misunderstanding and he did nothing wrong. Kerry Stevens pleaded guilty to criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon and disorderly conduct, but can have charges reduced […]