Michael Corson, 55, had asked for the charge to be dropped in March.

Major crimes detectives are investigating the death of a woman Saturday at a residence on the Canaan Road in Hartland.

A psychologist testifies that Megan McDonald believes she directly communicates with God, who told her to kill her son before Christmas.

The University of Maine School of Law is trying to reestablish a criminal justice legal clinic for student attorneys, but funding it could be a roadblock in a tight budget year.

A detective’s affidavit supporting charges against Rhaheem Friend, the driver in the August 2024 crash, also describes what happened in the five hours between the crash and when it was reported.

A Virginia man was shot in the head and dumped nearly 40 miles away after a botched robbery last December, according to recently unsealed court documents.

Harold Lee Lamson Jr. pleaded guilty to dozens of charges Wednesday tied to the thefts while he operated four funeral homes in Penobscot and Washington counties.

Rhaheem Friend, 34, was driving the vehicle in the August 2024 crash on South Solon Road in Solon that left Nicholas Foss, 39, of Madison, dead.

State fire investigators said they determined Jason Woods, 47, intentionally set the fire in a parking lot early Thursday morning.

Investigators said they found cocaine and methamphetamine hidden in a coffee tumbler.

A judge in Kennebec County was unable to hold a hearing Monday to move forward on her plans to release people without lawyers from jail because an attorney for the state wants Maine's highest court to weigh in.

Investigators seized more than 53 grams of suspected fentanyl from a Gagnon Road residence, along with other items and drugs, according to the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office.

'The gunfire was so loud I thought he was shooting right next to me,' said John Childs.

Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey hasn't been shy about taking on the White House, filing one lawsuit and joining numerous multistate lawsuits against the Trump administration related to immigration, privacy rights and federal funding.

Some county commissioners think the sheriff should auction off forfeited guns that may still have some value instead of destroying them.

A gunman shot and killed his mother Wednesday on Route 9 in Sabattus before exiting the vehicle, shooting at passing cars and killing another person. He then turned the gun on himself.

In addition to a charge of killing his wife, a Kennebec County grand jury indicted Samuel Whittemore, 34, of aggravated attempted murder for the attack on his mother.

The two men from Massachusetts were arrested in the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office’s 24th similar bust since January 2024, and the second at the Harmony home.

Trent Weston, of New Hampshire, was shot by police during an early morning standoff in late August, after killing his wife and son, officials said at the time.

The group urges city officials to help create a year-round homeless shelter and hire a worker to coordinate housing services.