MEXICO — Maine State Police identified the man who died Sunday evening following a shootout and standoff with police as Steven R. Piirainen, 52, of Paris, Maine Department of Public Safety Spokesman Steve McCausland said. McCausland said the two officers who fired at Piirainen were Maine State Police Trooper Paul Casey and Mexico reserve officer Dean Benson. […]
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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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Suspect dead after standoff in Mexico
MEXICO — A man suspected of stealing a pickup truck was dead after a standoff with police Sunday. Shots were fired in the standoff, which began after a pickup was stolen in Paris earlier Sunday. State police tactical team members confirmed late Sunday that the man was found dead inside the vehicle outside the Circle […]
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Man shot after 18-hour standoff with police in Ellsworth
ELLSWORTH (AP) — Maine police officials say a man in Ellsworth has been shot after an 18-hour stand-off with police. Maine police spokesman Stephen McCausland says the 50-year-old Jeffrey Barnard man was shot by a state trooper at about 6:30 Sunday morning. He said Barnard was taken to Eastern Maine Medical Center, where he was […]
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Peru man arrested after standoff
PERU — A western Maine man was arrested early Sunday morning after the peaceful end to an hours-long standoff with the Maine State Police. Corey Taylor, 40, of Peru had threatened a relative by text message and email Saturday night, according to Maine Public Safety spokesman Stephen McCausland. The Maine State Police tactical team and […]
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Wiscasset man jailed following Thursday night standoff
WISCASSET — A 31-year-old Wiscasset man remains in Two Bridges Regional Jail on Friday morning after what police describe as a standoff on Hodge Street late Thursday night. Richard Sanford is charged with domestic violence assault, domestic violence criminal threatening, obstructing report of a crime or injury and creating a police standoff, according to a […]
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Maine fraternity member in USM standoff heads to court
GORHAM (AP) — A University of Southern Maine student charged with threatening one of his fraternity brothers with a gun, prompting a three-hour standoff with police, is headed to court. Alan-Michael Santos, a business marketing major from Winchester, Mass., is scheduled to face a judge Friday on charges including terrorizing and threatening with a firearm. […]
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USM standoff resolved after student barricaded himself in fraternity house
GORHAM — An armed standoff at a University of Southern Maine fraternity house resolved late Wednesday night, according to the university’s official Twitter feed. Gorham police Lt. Chris Sanborn was in charge of the effort to bring the standoff to a peaceful conclusion, said USM spokeswoman Judie O’Malley. The incident was reported about 8 p.m., […]
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Police kill armed man in Hollis standoff
HOLLIS (AP) — Maine State Police say a Hollis man has been shot and killed in an armed confrontation with police. Authorities say 61-year-old John Knudsen was shot after he fired a handgun toward troopers outside of his home on Friday. Police say he came to the doorway of his home, made comments to police […]
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Two arrested after Harrington standoff
HARRINGTON — Maine State Police say that a standoff at a home on Sharon Lane has ended safely, with two men in police custody and a woman taken to the hospital for treatment of an illness. Elliot Robinson, 60, and his father, Vernon Robinson, 78, surrendered to police and have been charged with criminal restraint […]