Crime

Seven people are facing drug trafficking charges following a series of drug busts this month in Washington County.

A Hancock man is going to prison for possessing a large amount of fentanyl, with the intent to sell it downeast.

The wife of a man charged with attempted murder for an alleged robbery-gone-bad in Trenton has also been arrested.

A report from the Maine Department of Public Safety shows overall crime in the state was down in 2019, but with an increase in violent crimes.

A Milbridge man suspected of shooting two people in Trenton was arrested after a car accident in Holden.

A teacher in the Ellsworth School Department is facing charges after he allegedly had sexual contact with a 15-year-old student.

A Maine man was arrested on Saturday after allegedly firing several shots in a New Hampshire shopping mall's parking lot.

A phone scam that's popping up across the state involves people claiming to be contact tracers from the Maine CDC.

The Waldo County Sheriff's Office says two minimum security inmates walked away from a reentry center.

A 21-year-old from Ohio is now facing multiple charges in connection with an underage girl from Maine.