crime

The State Fire Marshal’s Office said two brothers from Waterville were arrested yesterday and charged with arson for setting a car on fire in Madison four months ago.

Hallowell Police discovered  an active meth lab in the basement of a home at 11 Spring St. last night (Oct. 5).

The Augusta police are asking for the public's help identifying a man who was caught on camera trying to get into a home he doesn't live in over the weekend.

One of the best things about living in Maine is that crime is very low, in fact, Maine has the second lowest violent and property crime rate in the country. (Vermont has the lowest). However, parts of Maine still has there fair share of violence and crime.

The State Police Computer Crimes Unit  today charged a Livermore Falls man with possessing child pornography. According to Maine Department of Public Safety Spokesman Steve McCausland, investigators and Livermore Falls Police arrested Christopher Roy, 36, at his home at 73 Hunton Loop Road around 9:30 am.

When he was told he was being charged, he said, “I don’t give a (expletive)! I’m 90 years old ...”

The Augusta Police are looking for a suspect in a home invasion last night (Aug. 2). According to police, the armed male suspect falsely claimed to be a police officer when he tried to force his way into a Northern Avenue apartment.

Jeannie Chapman, 36 of Brewer, intentionally hit a 37-year-old Bangor man in the crosswalk of Franklin Street on Sunday evening. She faces up to 15 years in jail.

The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency arrested four people in Winthrop this week for their roles in trafficking heroin throughout Kennebec County. This was a investigation among the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency's South Central Task Force in Augusta, the Winthrop Police Department, the Monmouth Police Department, the Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office and the Maine State Police.

An incident in South Portland and Scarborough earlier today (July 1) has led to the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency seizing over two pounds of heroin, in what is believed to be Maine’s largest seizure of the drug.

State Police say they have charged two teenage boys with stealing eight cars in the past week from Farmingdale and  causing damage to some of the cars and  to the Litchfield Fairgrounds. The boys, whose names have not been released, are both 15 and from Farmingdale and  Whitefield, according to Maine Department of Public Safety Spokesman Steve McCausland.

It sure seems that we see more stories of crime and violence here in central Maine lately. While, that might be true, Maine is still one of the most safest states in the country.

The Maine State Police are seeking public assistance in a robbery in Clinton earlier this month. From the Maine State Police facebook page: On June 10, around 11 p.m., a male subject entered Clinton Variety and Redemption Center, held a knife to an elderly employee’s throat, and demanded money from him...

UPDATE: 6/21/16-4:20PM-Edman has been recaptured. He was taken into custody at about 3PM in Brighton, near the intersection of Routes 151 and 154, about 7 miles from where he escaped.

Two men have been charged with selling heroin in Southwest Harbor as the result of a several month investigation by MDEA’s Downeast Task Force, Southwest Harbor Police and the Hancock Sheriff’s Office.

The Augusta Police are asking for the public's help locating a dump truck that has gone missing from a local business.