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CRIME & SAFETY
An Infant was Found Unresponsive in a Crib and Died in Maine
Police are investigating after family members found an infant unresponsive in a crib in Bangor home. First responders performed CPR when they arrived on the scene around 10 am Tuesday, said WGME News. Body Transported to Maine Medical Examiner's Office. The infant died and the body was taken to the...
Child recovering after being hit in the head by a firework
BREWER -- What should've been a night of celebration turned into a scary moment for a Levant family when their 6-year-old boy was struck by a stray firework. It happened on the water's edge of the Brewer Riverwalk before the city of Bangor's official fireworks show kicked off. "This is...
Police identify person of interest in Brewer Riverwalk graffiti incident
BREWER (WVII) -- Police say they have a person of interest after surveillance cameras captured a man leaving graffiti on a wall on the Brewer Riverwalk. They say the video taken on Monday shows a man leaving graffiti on a wall behind a fenced in area under this overpass. Officials...
Maine US Marshals Capture Man Wanted for Putnam and Thompson Stabbings; Several Other Crimes
Putnam/Thompson/Killingly, CT – A Putnam man was captured in Bangor, ME by the US Marshals Service and has been extradited to Connecticut on a Manslaughter warrant stemming from the homicide of a man who was dropped off at Day Kimball with a fatal stab wound in September 2023. On...
Remembering Charlie Howard on Sunday
BANGOR -- The Bangor community will come together on Sunday to remember the 40th anniversary of the death of Charlie Howard. Howard, an openly gay man living in Bangor, was killed in 1984 in a violent hate crime that shook the community. Three teenage boys threw him into the Kenduskeag River on the night of July 7, where he drowned. Howard was 23 years old.
Restaurant badly damaged by early morning fire
EDDINGTON -- Firefighters from several departments spent the early morning hours on the scene of a bad fire in Eddington. Authorities confirm a fire broke out at a restaurant called "Heritage on 9". According to officials, a call went out just before 2 a.m. Wednesday morning for a structure fire...
Weather a factor as fire burns Maine restaurant
EDDINGTON, Maine — Officials are investigating the cause of a restaurant fire in Eddington early Wednesday morning and say the weather was a factor. Crews were called to the Heritage on 9 restaurant on Main Road at about 2 a.m. and made sure there was no one inside. When...
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