Courts and Crime

An agreement between the parties means the Border Patrol cannot start placing temporary checkpoints in Woodstock, New Hampshire until the beginning of 2025.

The arrest occurred as Black Lives Matter protests were happening in Portland and around the country following the murder of George Floyd by a police officer. MilNeil was charged with defacing property, which he denies.

Police have ruled the death of Edward Badaeu, 41, a homicide following a shooting on Saturday morning.

34-year-old Benjamin Conroy pleaded guilty last August to sexually exploiting a young student at an elementary school.

Maine's court system already had a backlog of cases before the COVID-19 pandemic put in-person trials on hold. Today, the criminal backlog is estimated at more than 20,000 cases.

Investigators found over 80,000 pictures and videos of child sexual abuse at Cutler's homes in Portland and Brooklin, according to a sentencing memo. Almost all were of children under 12 years old.

A roughly 20-hour armed standoff in a residential area of Auburn that shut down streets and prompted the evacuation of nearby residents ended Tuesday morning.

Former gubernatorial candidate Eliot Cutler has agreed to serve nine months in prison and spend six years on probation as part of a plea agreement filed in Hancock County Superior Court.

Maine joins at least a dozen states that have taken similar action. As part of the settlement agreement, the Maine Board of Bar Examiners will also exempt cannabis from a question on the bar exam about illegal drug use now that cannabis is legal in Maine.

Paige Halsey, 25, was shot on the lower side and back suffered internal damage. She's in stable condition. Her brother, 29-year-old Justin Halsey, was shot on the back and is recovering at home.