AUBURN — An 18-year-old Fairfield man was indicted by an Androscoggin County grand jury Tuesday on charges stemming from a robbery at the Irving Mainway at 674 Main St. in Lewiston in August. Isaac Sterling was indicted on one count of robbery, two counts of theft by unauthorized taking, leaving the scene of an accident […]
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Police say Poland Spring truck driver's robbery story bogus
Maine State Police say an investigation has cast doubt on parts of a report made by the driver of a tanker truck who told troopers he was shot at and robbed on Interstate 95 in Howland on Tuesday evening. In a news release issued Wednesday, state police had said that the driver of the truck […]
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18-year-old charged with stealing car, robbing Lewiston gas station
LEWISTON — An 18-year-old Fairfield man was arrested early Saturday morning and charged with stealing a car and robbing a Main Street gas station and mini mart. Police charged Isaac Howard Sterling with Class B robbery and theft of a motor vehicle, Lt. David St. Pierre said. A clerk at the Irving Mainway at 674 […]
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Marijuana industry target for crime
Using crowbars and jackhammers, thieves broke into Dawson and Kelly Julia’s medical cannabis grow in Unity two years ago, forcing their way past a locked steel door and boarded-up window to steal 60 marijuana plants valued at more than $50,000 from this husband-and-wife caregiver business. In under an hour, East Coast CBD’s entire marijuana crop […]
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Suspected Lewiston bank robber indicted
PORTLAND — A Lewiston man who police say tried to flee on a bicycle after robbing a Lisbon Street bank last month has been indicted by a federal grand jury. Keith Phillips, 57, was indicted in U.S. District Court in Portland on a charge of bank robbery. He faces up to 20 years in federal […]
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Man arrested in Maine for robbing Gronkowski's home arraigned
WRENTHAM, Mass. (AP) — One of three men charged in connection with a robbery at the home of New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski while he was away at the Super Bowl has been held on $100,000 bail. The Sun Chronicle reports that 26-year-old Shane Denn, wearing a Patriots T-shirt, pleaded not guilty Wednesday. […]
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Sole-searching cops charge three men in assault on Chinese food deliverer
LEWISTON — Rice found in the tread of a suspect’s shoes helped lead to arrests in the mugging of a Chinese food delivery man. Three males were arrested and charged with robbery and theft in the April 9 mugging. An Androscoggin County grand jury indicted two men on related charges. The third is a juvenile. […]
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Minot man back in jail one day after plea deal for Poland robbery
LEWISTON — One day after a Minot man promised to stay out of trouble for the next two years in exchange for a favorable plea agreement stemming from an armed robbery in Poland, he committed new crimes, authorities said. Isaiah Strong-Gassama, 20, was back in court after he pleaded guilty to a reduced felony plea […]
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Minot man accepts plea agreement in Poland robbery
AUBURN — A Minot man charged with robbing a Poland man at his home in October 2017 pleaded guilty Tuesday to lesser related charges. Isaiah Strong-Gassama, 20, appeared in Androscoggin County Superior Court dressed in a tan jail suit, handcuffed and shackled. He pleaded guilty to felony aggravated criminal trespass, a charge punishable by up […]
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Somerset County sheriff’s deputy shot and killed at Norridgewock robbery
[UPDATE: Manhunt continues for suspect in killing of Somerset sheriff’s corporal] Police continued a massive manhunt Wednesday night for the man they believe shot and killed Somerset County Sheriff’s Cpl. Eugene Cole on Route 2 in Norridgewock earlier in the day, the first time a Maine police officer has been killed in a shooting in nearly 30 years. […]