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Maine has tried to send fewer teenagers to prison, emphasizing rehabilitation programs instead. But the rural north of the state shows the effort has played out unevenly.
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Interim Assistant Chief Robert Martin said at a press conference Tuesday that the operation was run by teenagers ranging in age from 16 to 19.
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Ying Xia Liao, Xi Qiang Zhao, and Yao Bin Cheng, all of New York, were arrested and charged with cultivating and trafficking scheduled drugs. Somerset County Sheriff Dale Lancaster said thousands of plants were seized.
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A group of Bar Harbor business owners had filed a legal challenge to the ordinance that limits daily visits to 1,000 visitors per day, claiming it violates provisions of both the Maine and U.S. constitutions.
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Justice Michaela Murphy wrote that the proposed settlement between the state and the ACLU of Maine lacks enforcement capability and, in the meantime, the "constitutional crisis" over a lack of attorneys is getting worse.
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A federal judge in Maine has declined to grant a religious school in Bangor emergency relief from a state law that prohibits discrimination by schools that accept public funding. But the judge acknowledged that the case likely has a long legal trajectory.
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The Maine Criminal Justice Academy graduated 67 corrections officers on Friday. It's the largest class in the academy's history and one of the most diverse.
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Corrections Commissioner Randall Liberty said in addition to replacement and reassignment of the warden, action has been taken against several high-level staff while the investigation continues.
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Authorities alleged the recycling plant did not have the required license to obtain the converters.
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Maine's attorney general has found determined that a police officer was justified in the shooting of a South Portland man last August.
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A six-month investigation into allegations of harassment, hazing and retaliation by and among employees at the Maine State Prison in Warren has resulted in a leadership shakeup, at least temporarily.
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Maine Supreme Judicial Court Justice Valerie Stanfill also said Maine is still in the middle of a "constitutional crisis" over its struggle to provide attorneys to low-income defendants.