Maine State Police

Police say a 23-year-old man who had reported missing in Gorham, Maine, has now been found. A Silver Alert was issued for Robert Murray on Sunday, saying he had last been known to be at his Finn Parker Road home in Gorham around 12:50 p.m. But state police reported around 10:30 p.m. that he had been safely located. No further…

The man accused of murdering 35-year-old Nicole Mokeme in a hit-and-run crash at Acadia National Park in June, then fleeing to Mexico has pleaded not guilty.

A toddler is dead after an apparent family tragedy in Naples, Maine. Maine State Police say a 2-year-old boy was in the driveway of his family’s Lambs Mills Road home Saturday afternoon when he was fatally struck by a pickup truck that was pulling a camper trailer. According to state police, the boy’s dad was driving the truck, and...

A father was killed in a fire in Maine early Friday morning, but his wife and their two children were able to escape. Investigators from the state Fire Marshal’s Office responded to a house fire on Moe’s Cove Road in Industry around 2 a.m. A family of four lived in the home. The mother and two children, ages 6...

Raymond Lester, of Portland, Maine, is due in court to face a murder charge in the killing of his girlfriend, who was found dead in Acadia National Park in June. Lester was arrested in Cancun, Mexico, last week.

The U.S. Marshals Service says Raymond Lester, wanted on a warrant for the murder of Nicole Mokeme last month, was captured in Cancun.

Raymond Lester of Portland, Maine, was arrested as a fugitive in Cancun about a month after he allegedly killed Nicole Mokeme in a hit-and-run crash at Acadia National Park, the U.S. Marshals Service said Wednesday

A Massachusetts man was shot and killed over the weekend in Lewiston, Maine, and another man has been arrested in connection to the fatal shooting. The Maine Department of Public Safety (DPS) initially released few details Sunday night, only confirming state and local police were investigating a person’s death on Howe Street. On Monday, the agency said Lewiston police...

A 20-year-old Maine woman was killed early Saturday morning, and a Massachusetts man is facing a murder charge in connection to her death. Maine State Police said local police received a 911 call around 5:39 a.m. Saturday from a man reporting an assault at a Canaan Road home in Skowhegan. The Skowhegan Police Department responded to the home and found…

As police search nationwide for a man wanted in a hit-and-run this month at Maine’s Acadia National Park, authorities have ruled the victim’s death a homicide. Nicole Mokeme was killed in the hit-and-run in Winter Harbor sometime between the night of Saturday, June 18, and early Sunday, June 19. The 35-year-old from South Portland was dating the man wanted in…

Police in Maine are searching for a man in connection with the hit-and-run death in Acadia National Park of the founder of a youth retreat. The crash on the campus of the Schoodic Institute within the park killed Nicole Mokeme, 35, some time between Saturday night and early Sunday. Police said the man sought in connection with the death had been...

A Maine woman died in a hit-and-run crash over the weekend at Acadia National Park, state police announced. Thirty-five-year-old Nicole Mokeme, of South Portland, was struck on the campus of the Schoodic Education and Research Center sometime between late Saturday and early Sunday. State police investigating Mokeme’s death are asking for the public’s help locating a vehicle that may...

According to the Maine Department of Public Safety, state police detectives were called to a Fourth Street residence around 11:30 a.m. to help Auburn police investigate after the two deaths were reported.

There’s an active investigation underway after two people were found dead Sunday at a residence in Auburn, Maine. According to the Maine Department of Public Safety, state police detectives were called to a Fourth Street residence around 11:30 a.m. to help Auburn police investigate after the two deaths were reported. There is no threat to the public, the spokesperson...

A Massachusetts woman has been arrested in the December 1985 death of her newborn, who was abandoned in below zero temperatures at a gravel pit in Maine, according to Maine State Police. Lee Ann Daigle, previously Lee Ann Guerette, of Lowell 58, was arrested Monday. She is accused of abandoning the child more than three decades ago, but she hadn’t…

State police have released new details about a shooting death in Maine earlier this week that they say is now being investigated as a homicide. One man was killed and another injured in a shooting at an apartment building on Main Street in Vassalboro shortly after 9 a.m. Monday. State police said several people were inside the building when an…

A man is dead and another injured in a shooting at an apartment building in Maine Monday, officials said. The shooting was reported about 9:12 a.m. on Main Street near Bradstreet Road in Vassalboro, state police said. An argument was heard before multiple gunshots rang out. State police troopers arrived at the apartment building to find the dead and injured…

A woman was seriously injured in an early-morning shooting in Lewiston, Maine, on Thursday. Police said a 24-year-old woman was shot on Arch Avenue shortly before 1:30 a.m., News Center Maine reports. The woman was taken to an area hospital, and police said she was listed in serious condition. There is no word on whether any arrests have been made….

Authorities in Maine say car crashes are up significantly this year. According to Maine State Police Sgt. Daniel Hanson, overall car crashes in the state are up 30% from 2021. In April, both Maine State Police and the state Bureau of Highway Safety are recognizing Distracted Driving Awareness Month, noting that recent data indicates it is a worsening problem in…

Maine State Police say crashes are up dramatically so far in 2022.