New data compiled by Maine State Police show that there were 35 homicides in the state in 2024. The year before, state police recorded 53 homicides — the most on record — including the 18 people who died in the Lewiston mass shooting. There were 40 in 1989.
Topsham police shoot man armed with machete
STETSON, Maine (WABI) - Maine State Police is seeking the public’s help to find a burglary suspect. State Police would like to question a man in regards to a burglary on January 8th in Stetson. The incident happened around 2:00 p.m. on Hughey Road. No other details are being released.
Search resumes for Maine fishermen missing since Sat.
Maine State Police are calling for the public's help to identify a man and a woman following an incident at the Dollar General store on Jan. 9. Authorities have released images of the individuals captured by the store's surveillance cameras.
Agency leaders say the costs are 'inevitable' as staffing issues and demands on the agency force troopers to work long hours, with some accruing 6 figures in OT in addition to their regular pay.
Maine State Police topped $10 million in overtime payouts last year, setting another record amid staffing challenges agency leaders hope will let up in the next year. The agency paid about $8.5 million to its staff for overtime work in 2023.
GARDINER, Maine (WGME) -- A Maine man is dead after a crash on I-95 in Sidney. Maine State Police say a Nissan pickup truck driven by 69-year-old Philip Marson of Gardiner went off the road and crashed into some trees in the median on I-95 southbound around 7 a.m.
A Maine man was killed in an explosion Friday while using a propane torch to thaw a frozen water tank on a commercial truck, according to Maine State Police. Kerry Holmes, 66, was pronounced dead at the scene of the explosion in Molunkus, a township in Aroostook County in northern Maine, State Police said in a statement.
MAINE, USA — Slippery travel conditions caused several slide offs and crashes on the Maine Turnpike and Interstate 295 Saturday morning.
The crash involving two tractor trailers caused traffic delays and led to hospitalization of one of the drivers.
Police in Maine are investigating the death of a 3-year-old boy who was found outside in the snow on Sunday morning. The Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office responded to a 911 call around 8:30 a.m. Sunday from a residence on Exeter Road in Corinna,