BANGOR (AP) — A former teller at a Searsport bank has been sentenced to one month in prison and seven months of home confinement for stealing about $26,000 from customers. Brittany Mace, who worked at the Bangor Savings Bank in Searsport, was also ordered Thursday to pay back the money and serve five years of […]
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Franklin County woman gets 4-plus years for Kingfield pharmacy robbery
BANGOR (AP) — A Franklin County woman has been sentenced to more than four years in federal prison for robbing a Kingfield pharmacy of prescription medication last year. Michelle Wilcox, from East Central Franklin township, was sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court in Bangor to four years and three months behind bars, three years of […]
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Police search for Winslow pharmacy robber
WINSLOW (AP) — Police are searching for the suspect who robbed a Winslow pharmacy. Investigators say a man walked into the Rite Aid store on China Road at about 3 p.m. Monday and handed an employee a note demanding prescription drugs and implying he had a gun. The Morning Sentinel (http://bit.ly/1pnPnUd ) reported that the […]
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OOB man chased off by pipe-wielding store owner in attempted robbery
SACO — A man who allegedly tried to hold up a convenience store with a knife to no avail was arrested Monday night after a brief standoff, according to police. The sequence of events leading to the capture of Mark Cassette, 27, started shortly after 8 p.m. when he tried to rob the Saco Bay […]
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Bangor Savings Bank in Pittsfield robbed
PITTSFIELD — A Bangor Savings Bank on Somerset Avenue was robbed by a lone man on Friday afternoon. Once in the bank, the robber held up a sign saying he had a gun and that no one would get hurt if money was given up, according to Pittsfield Police Chief Steven Emery. After he was […]
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Lewiston police search for suspect in credit union robbery
LEWISTON — Dozens of police officers scoured the downtown Wednesday after a robbery at the Community Credit Union on Pine Street at about 3 p.m. It was believed no one was hurt when a man walked into the credit union and demanded money. It was not clear how much, if any, money was taken. Minutes […]
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Hammer-wielding man caught after robbing Clinton store
CLINTON (AP) — A Clinton man police say was armed with a hammer when he robbed a convenience store where he once worked is scheduled to appear in court. Jeremy Holt is scheduled to be arraigned via video Tuesday on an armed robbery charge. Police said the 23-year-old Holt wielded a hammer in the robbery […]
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Police seek robbery suspect in Lewiston
LEWISTON — Police were looking for a woman Saturday who allegedly held up a City Cab driver, showed a gun and fled on foot after getting a small amount of money. Sgt. Dan LaChance said the woman was described as white and was last seen wearing black pants and a gray sweatshirt. The cab driver, […]
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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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Two Rumford residents arrested for stealing medications from blind man in wheelchair
RUMFORD — Two Waldo Street residents were arrested Friday night and charged with stealing prescription drugs from a blind, wheelchair-using man, police said. Detective Sgt. James Bernard of the Rumford Police Department said that Waldo Street residents Daniel Keirstad, 25, and Jennifer Malchisky, 31, were arrested and charged with Class A robbery, Class B burglary […]