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State Police asked for the public's help Friday to find a Waldoboro man.
 
BANGOR, Maine — The court has set bail for the Eddington day care provider accused of downloading photos and video showing young children engaged in explicit sex acts.
 
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — Two men and two women who police were seeking in connection with the theft of three motorcycles from a city business are now in police custody.
 
BETHEL, Maine — A western Maine town is getting rid of its police department.
 
PORTLAND, Maine — The parents and sister of the victim of a home invasion are asking for the public’s helping in finding those responsible.
 
DOVER-FOXCROFT, Maine —Thieves broke into McKusick Petroleum Co. sometime between Sunday and Monday and made off with five monitor heaters, police said.
 
Fugitive found asleep in stolen car
OWLS HEAD, Maine — A federal fugitive who has been the focus of a two-week manhunt was apprehended about 2 p.m. Thursday at Owls Head Light State Park, according to U.S. Marshal Noel March.
 
LEWISTON, Maine — Local police say a series of explosions most likely was fireworks.
 
AUBURN, Maine — Police say a Maine man acquitted of charges of causing a passenger’s death during a street race was run over at a carnival at Great Falls Plaza.
 
DOVER-FOXCROFT, Maine — Thieves broke into McKusick Petroleum Co. sometime between Sunday and Monday and made off with five monitor heaters, police said.
 
Computer crimes probe led to Eddington arrest
EDDINGTON, Maine — A day care provider accused of downloading photos and video showing young children engaged in explicit sex acts was arrested Wednesday by Maine State Police Computer Crimes Unit investigators.
 
CASTLE HILL, Maine — A third person involved in an invasion of an elderly couple’s home Sunday has been arrested.
 
A group of young adults reportedly vandalized vehicles on State Street in Bangor early Wednesday, and a few hours later someone spray painted a car and several other items around Allen Street, Bangor police Sgt. Paul Edwards said.
 
VEAZIE, Maine — Less than a month after his confirmation as a drug agent for the Dover-Foxcroft Police Department, Veazie Police Chief Mark Leonard has had a change of heart.
 
ROCKLAND, Maine — Incumbent Knox County Sheriff Donna Dennison has received the Democratic nomination for sheriff over Thomaston police officer Tim Hoppe, according to unofficial election results.
 
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — The Presque Isle Police Department is looking for two suspects who officers believe are behind a burglary at a city business.
 
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — The Presque Isle Police Department is looking for two suspects who officers believe are behind a burglary at a city business.
 
CAMDEN, Maine — A 44-year-old man is back in jail after allegedly raping a woman and then speeding away from police early Wednesday morning.
 
ELLSWORTH, Maine — An Ellsworth woman faces multiple charges after she allegedly stole a check from the local UPS Store and used funds from the check to purchase a vehicle.
 
BREWER, Maine — A local man was not happy when police asked him to put down his freshly opened beer during a Grove Street party on Sunday, and the situation quickly escalated into a full-blown confrontation, Brewer police Sgt. Arden Jones said Tuesday.
 
Police have not found a 60-year-old man who escaped from a Portland halfway house May 28.
 
PORTLAND, Maine — The Maine Medical Examiner’s Office says drowning was the cause of death for a 66-year-old man whose body was recovered from Casco Bay.
 
CASTLE HILL, Maine — A local woman confronted three people who had broken into her home early Sunday morning.
 
KENDUSKEAG — A car rolled over Sunday evening on Stetson Road near the center of town, and Maine State Police are investigating.