AUGUSTA — Maine State Police will ask state lawmakers to make it legal for police to test drivers who may be impaired by marijuana. A bill from the Department of Public Safety is seeking to establish a limit for legally operating a motor vehicle under the influence of marijuana similar to the state’s law against […]
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Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills, River Valley
Mexico man indicted on burglary charges involving marijuana, property theft
PARIS — A grand jury has indicted a Mexico man on felony burglary charges after police said he broke into the same house in Rumford on three occasions to steal marijuana. Michael E. Child, 51, of Swett Avenue was indicted on three felony counts of burglary and misdemeanor charges of theft and criminal mischief by an […]
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Two Livermore Falls men indicted on marijuana charges
AUBURN — Two of three men accused in September of trafficking in marijuana were indicted Tuesday by an Androscoggin County grand jury. Caleb Hollatz, 29, of Livermore Falls and Benjamin Kahn, 34, of Livermore Falls were each indicted on a charge of felony unlawful trafficking of scheduled drugs. Hollatz also faces criminal forfeiture of $3,900 […]
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Jay man sentenced to three years in prison in sexual touching case
FARMINGTON — A Franklin County judge sentenced a Jay man Friday to three years in prison with all but one year suspended and four years of probation for sexually touching a 14-year-old girl. Shawn Burnell, 21, pleaded guilty in October to a felony charge of unlawful sexual contact and a misdemeanor charge of criminal restraint. […]
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Avon man pleads guilty in one of Franklin County’s largest drug busts
FARMINGTON — An Avon man pleaded guilty Friday to trafficking in oxycodone, hydrocodone and marijuana. Daryl “Poochie” Searles, 57, was arrested April 18 at his home at 148 Avon Valley Road. He also admitted Friday in Franklin County Superior Court to criminal forfeiture involving $144,008 in cash and seven guns seized during the April bust by […]
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Legalize Maine proposes statewide marijuana legalization
AUGUSTA — Legalize Maine, a group formed this week to push a statewide referendum to lift the ban on recreational marijuana use in Maine, offered a first glimpse Wednesday at the law it will ask voters to pass in 2016. Legalize Maine, which registered Tuesday as a political action committee, is one of two groups […]
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Second legalized marijuana group forms in Maine
AUGUSTA — A second group has formed with the intention of asking Maine voters to legalize recreational use of marijuana, raising questions about whether the two initiatives might spur the incoming Legislature to pre-empt them and write its own law to send to referendum. , formerly the legislative liaison for Medical Marijuana Caregivers of Maine, […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Bethel, Oxford Hills
Maine State Police seize more than four pounds of pot in Bethel
BETHEL — Tail lights not working on a vehicle being driven in Bethel Sunday evening led to the discovery and seizure of more than 4 pounds of marijuana, Maine State Police Lt. Walter Grzyb said Wednesday afternoon. The information was also made public on Monday on the state police Facebook site. At about 7:45 p.m. Sunday, […]
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J. Peters: Teens don’t need the distraction
I am pleased that the majority of Lewiston citizens voted against legalizing marijuana. However, I have no doubt that Maine will eventually pass it into law, then what? Some say that “pot” is less harmful than alcohol. Should one assume that people will stop drinking and switch to smoking “weed” instead, since it is less […]
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Colisee backs out of Lewiston cannabis show
LEWISTON — Plans for Androscoggin County’s first medical marijuana show, scheduled for this Friday and Saturday at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee, have been nipped in the bud. Mike Cain, general manager of the Colisee, said he decided to cancel the Legal Peaces Medical Cannabis Show for fear of angering state police. “We just got the […]