RAYMOND (AP) — Maine State Police have launched an investigation after a toddler died after taking a nap. The Portland Press Herald (http://bit.ly/2qsnF1Y ) reported the 16-month-old boy was a foster child of a couple operating a day care center in Raymond. A public safety spokesman says the child had been ill and was put […]
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Lewiston tot back home after father backs into him
LEWISTON — A local toddler was running around his family’s apartment Tuesday, one day after being airlifted to a Portland hospital because his father backed into him with the family car. Despite bruising to his face and head, Lucas Holmes, 2, was pitter-pattering around his family’s kitchen and living room at the Hillview Apartment Complex on […]
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After toddler dies, Poland dad warns others of E. coli danger
LEWISTON — A local family is grieving the loss of their 20-month-old son and wants to make others aware of the potential risks of allowing small children to touch farm animals at petting zoos such as those at Maine’s agricultural fairs. The boy’s father, Jon Guay, said Tuesday that he and his wife, Beth, fear […]
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Ayla Reynolds still missing two years later
Trista Reynolds and her family issued a statement this month saying they “cannot truly know the peace of Christmas” while her daughter, Ayla Reynolds, remains missing and no one has been brought to justice. “To honor Ayla this December, we ask that you press for justice,” the family said in the statement. The 22-month-old was […]
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Missing Maine toddler’s mom presses investigators
PORTLAND — The mother of a toddler who disappeared from the father’s home in December 2011 is releasing what she says are investigatory details in hopes of pressuring law enforcement to bring charges. Trista Reynolds told WCSH-TV that investigators informed her that they found her daughter’s blood on the father’s shoes and in his vehicle. Police […]
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2-year-old Westbrook girl found dead in playpen
WESTBROOK (AP) — Police in Maine are investigating the death of a 2-year-old girl who was last seen alive when she was put to bed. State and Westbrook police are looking into the death of Madeline Negron, who was found dead Monday morning in a playpen where she slept at the Westbrook home where she […]
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Saco man, toddler on bicycle in critical condition after struck by pickup in Biddeford
BIDDEFORD — A Saco man and a toddler were listed in critical condition at Maine Medical Center in Portland after being struck by a vehicle Friday evening. Jamerico Elliott, 51, was traveling on a sidewalk along Elm Street on his bicycle with a 15-month-old boy in a bicycle seat just before 6 p.m. Friday when […]
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Missing Waterville toddler’s dad faces assault charge
PORTLAND (AP) — The father of a missing Maine toddler whose disappearance drew national attention is facing a charge of domestic violence assault. WCSH-TV (http://on.wcsh6.com/18gjmEs ) reports that Justin DiPietro was arrested shortly after midnight July 7 after police were called to a home on Spring Street in Portland. Police did not release information about […]