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Maine woman accused of killing teen to undergo evaluation on judge's orders
A Sidney, Maine woman accused of killing a 14-year-old boy was ordered by a judge to undergo psychological evaluation during her first court appearance, according to News Center Maine. 39-year-old Megan McDonald was charged with murder after a teenager was found outside her home on December 20. The teen’s identity has not been released. The evaluation is expected to be...
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U-Haul driver slams into tanker truck, shutting Maine Turnpike south for hours
A man driving a U-Haul caused a serious chain reaction crash that shut the Maine Turnpike in Scarborough Friday night, police said. The U-Haul’s driver was trapped inside the vehicle after it collided with a tanker truck on I-95; he had to be extracted from the vehicle and was flown to Maine Medical Center in Portland for treatment, Maine State...
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Man dies in early morning snowmobile crash in western Mass.
A man died when he crashed his snowmobile into a tree in Chesterfield, Massachusetts, on Sunday, authorities said. Derek Graves, 37, was found with critical injuries about 1:30 a.m. near Smith Road. A friend behind him had found him and called 911, the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office said Monday. Graves, a Chesterfield resident, was rushed to Cooley Dickinson Hospital but...
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Person found dead after report of shooting at Maine home
A man was found dead after a shooting was reported at home in Lincoln, Maine, on Wednesday morning, police said. Lincoln police responded to the shooting on Mohawk Road around 9:25 a.m. The victim, later identified as 51-year-old Jason Nadeau of Lincoln, was found dead at the scene, Maine State Police said Thursday night. An autopsy confirmed Nadeau died from...
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Mass. teenager killed after crashing into tree in Vermont
A teenage driver was killed after crashing her pickup truck into a tree in Vermont early Sunday morning. State police said they were notified of a motor vehicle crash on Cold River Road near Upper Cold River Road in Shrewsbury shortly after 4 a.m. Sunday. Their investigation determined that the driver of a Dodge Ram 1500 was traveling south on...
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No charges in deadly 2023 shootout near NH resort, AG says
No charges are being filed in a deadly double shooting that erupted early in the morning the day after July 4, 2023, outside a party at a rented condo near a resort in New Hampshire’s White Mountains, prosecutors said Wednesday. One man was killed in the shooting on Nordic Wilderness Road in Bartlett, New Hampshire, shortly after 1 a.m. on...
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3 dead in head-on crash in Maine
Three people died when a pickup truck and an SUV collided near the entrance to a Maine hiking trail Wednesday morning, authorities told News Center Maine. The crash on Egypt Road, near the border of Raymond and Gray, was reported about 11 a.m., the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office told the news station. All three people inside the vehicles died, officials...
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Man shot dead, suspected shooter arrested in Portland, Maine
A man was fatally shot in Portland, Maine, on Monday and another man arrested, police said. Edgar Cando, 31, was shot multiple times near the intersection of Portland and Adler streets just before 5:30 p.m. and pronounced dead after being rushed to Maine Medical Center, according to police. By 9 p.m., another Portland resident, Omar Abd Elkader, was arrested at...
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1 dead, 3 hurt in head-on crash in Maine, deputies say
A man was killed and three other people were hurt, one seriously, in a head-on crash in Lebanon, Maine, on Friday, officials said. A car crossed into oncoming traffic on Long Swamp Road about 6 p.m., hitting a pickup truck, according to the York County Sheriff’s Office. The car’s driver, 39-year-old Lebanon resident Daniel Dempsey, was pronounced dead at the...
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2 relatives found dead in Vermont home
Two relatives were found dead at a home in Newfane, Vermont, on Friday, state police said. They didn’t say what’s believed to have led to the deaths, but said there was no apparent threat to the public and everyone involved was believed to have been accounted for; no one was in custody. Relatives reported finding the bodies of family members...
