Crime

New Book: DNA Identifies Jack the Ripper
New Book: DNA Identifies Jack the Ripper
New Book: DNA Identifies Jack the Ripper
One of the biggest murder mysteries that has gone unsolved since the late 1880’s, may have been solved. Jack the Ripper, who brutally killed and mutilated five women in 1888, may have been identified using DNA evidence.
Brunswick Attack Leads to Woman’s Arrest
Harmony Pottle of Brunswick, 33, was arrested Thursday (June 5) night in Brunswick. Police say she hit her former boyfriend with her hands, chased and then threatened him with a baseball bat. She's been charged with domestic violence assault and also felony criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon...
Winthrop Police Looking for Help in Armed Robbery
Winthrop Police Looking for Help in Armed Robbery
Winthrop Police Looking for Help in Armed Robbery
The Winthrop Police are looking for a man who robbed a convenience store early Tuesday (March 4) morning. Police Chief Joseph Young, Sr. described the robber as wearing pajama bottoms and a white mask.
Police Bust Oxy Ring In Hancock County – 8 Arrested
Police Bust Oxy Ring In Hancock County – 8 Arrested
Police Bust Oxy Ring In Hancock County – 8 Arrested
*Editor's note: The names of two people have been removed from this story because the cases against them were dismissed in 2018. Original story: The State Police and Maine Drug Enforcement Agency announced today the arrest of  8 people in connection with a huge drug ring in Hancock County. The investigation started in May of 2011 when MDEA’s Down East Division began investigating a group thought t
Nine-Month Pregnant El Paso Woman Savagely Attacked While Deployed Husband Watches Helplessly on FaceTime [VIDEO]
Nine-Month Pregnant El Paso Woman Savagely Attacked While Deployed Husband Watches Helplessly on FaceTime [VIDEO]
Nine-Month Pregnant El Paso Woman Savagely Attacked While Deployed Husband Watches Helplessly on FaceTime [VIDEO]
On Wednesday night, Rachel Poole, who's nine months pregnant, came to her El Paso home and started a FaceTime call with her husband, who's a soldier deployed overseas. It was a normal evening as the couple prepared for their child's birth, until Rachel was attacked and stabbed from behind.
Dismantling of Mobile Meth Lab in Ellsworth Leads to Suspicious Device
Dismantling of Mobile Meth Lab in Ellsworth Leads to Suspicious Device
Dismantling of Mobile Meth Lab in Ellsworth Leads to Suspicious Device
According to the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency, after last week's mobile meth lab bust in Ellsworth, the MDEA's Downeast District Task Force and Clandestine Drug Laboratory Enforcement Team (CDLET) found a suspicious device in one of the labs not consistent with Methamphetamine manufacturing that led to assistance from the Maine State Police Bomb Squad.

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