A bill that’s being introduced Monday after a mass shooting in Maine would require the Army to use state crisis intervention laws to remove the weapons of a service member who is deemed to be a serious threat to themselves or others, said U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, the bill’s sponsor. The Armed Forces Crisis Intervention Notification Act is aimed at addressing missed opportunities by the military and civilian law enforcement to intervene before an Army reservist who had spiraled into psychosis opened fire at two locations in Lewiston, Maine, killing 18 people and injuring 13 others on Oct. 25, 2 ..read more

Maine State Police said they are investigating after a body was found in a river in Falmouth over the weekend. Falmouth police were called to the Presumpscot River adjacent to Walton Park at 11:49 a.m. Saturday for a report of a suspicious object. When they arrived, they said they determined the object to be the deceased body of an adult male. A Maine State Police Major Crimes Unit was called in to investigate. The body was taken to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, where an autopsy was performed. Identification of the body and the manner and cause of death are still pending. There is ..read more

A fire suppression system at a Brunswick Executive Airport hangar showed deficiencies about a year before it discharged gallons of firefighting foam containing harmful chemicals in Maine’s biggest accidental spill of the fire suppressant on record, according to a recently released report. It’s not known, however, if those deficiencies, which included some non-functioning sensors, led to what happened on Aug. 19 in Hangar 4. The system released 1,450 gallons (5,490 liters) of firefighting foam concentrate mixed with 50,000 gallons (190,000 liters) of water at the former Navy base. An investigat ..read more

A man convicted of assaulting a child tried to flee a courthouse in Maine but two jurors and a detective quickly foiled the escape attempt. Nicholas Carter, 31, on Wednesday ran out of the courthouse in Skowhegan while handcuffed. He had been found guilty of aggravated assault against a 14-month-old child, according to the Portland Press Herald. A series of videos shows Carter racing down a hallway in the courthouse while still in handcuffs and dodging an individual who attempted to block him. He can then be seen fleeing the courthouse, chased by several other individuals. Additional vide ..read more

A person died when a pickup truck rear-ended her SUV in a construction zone on Interstate 95 in Augusta, Maine, on Friday, police said. A dog in the SUV died as well, according to Maine State Police. It wasn’t immediately clear if anyone was facing charges in the crash, which involved five vehicles in total. The crash took place about 3:09 p.m. near Exit 113, where a lane closure because of the construction zone left vehicles stopped on the highway, police said. The pickup rear-ended the SUV, in which the person who died was a passenger, according to police. There were other injuries, but none ..read more

A Walmart store in Augusta, Maine, was evacuated on Thursday afternoon due to a bomb threat. Augusta police said all customers and employees evacuated the store on Civic Center Drive around 2:20 p.m. A police bomb sniffing dog responded to the scene. Around 4:45 p.m., the building was cleared and allowed to reopen. The investigation into the bomb threat remains ongoing, according to Augusta police. More Maine news Maine Sep 10 4-year-old girl struck and killed by vehicle outside Maine day care Maine 18 hours ago Owner of Maine massage parlor arrested on sex trafficking charges ..read more

The owner of a massage parlor in Lewiston, Maine, has been arrested on sex trafficking charges, police confirmed Thursday. Richard Qiu of Brooklyn, New York, has ties to several massage parlors in Maine, according to Lewiston Police, who began investigating reports of an illicit massage parlor on Sabattus Street in March of this year. When investigators executed search warrants on the property, they discovered two people who they believe are victims of human trafficking, as well as video recording equipment, condoms, and over $12,000 in what investigators believe were proceeds from sex traffic ..read more

A settlement that led to the dismissal of a wrongful death lawsuit hasn’t ended a criminal investigation into a toddler’s disappearance from her father’s home in Maine where blood was found more than a decade ago. Trista Reynolds, who is the mother of Ayla Reynolds, reached a settlement that brought her civil lawsuit against the girl’s father, Justin DiPietro, and his sister and mother to a conclusion last month. Terms were not disclosed. But that doesn’t change the status of the criminal investigation. “The investigation is still active, and detectives continue to follow up on any and all lea ..read more

A 4-year-old girl was struck and killed by an SUV while outside of her daycare last week in North Berwick, Maine, according to police. North Berwick police said they were called to Buffum Road arond 4:46 p.m. Thursday for a report of a child who had been struck by a vehicle. Responding emergency personnel arrived at the scene to find that CPR had already been initiated on a 4-year-old girl. Life-saving measures continued as the child was rushed by ambulance to Wentworth-Douglass Hospital in Dover, New Hampshire. But once at the hospital, the girl died from her injuries. The incident occurred i ..read more

A total of 13 fire departments and over 100 first responders battled a massive blaze at an unfinished apartment complex in Auburn, Maine, overnight. Auburn fire officials said they responded to a reported fire at a construction site at 138 Mount Auburn Avenue around 10:11 p.m. Sunday. The site holds two 4-story apartment buildings, each with about 80 living units, and both are in various stages of active construction. When they arrived at the scene just minutes later, firefighters said they found heavy fire on all four floors of the east building and mutual aid was immediatey called in from n ..read more