Julia Arenstam

3 weeks ago | pressherald.com | Julia Arenstam

A Kennebunk doctor found guilty last summer of issuing unauthorized prescriptions for opioids and other controlled substances will not serve any prison time. Dr. Merideth Norris, 54, was convicted by a jury last June on 15 counts of distributing controlled substances, each representing a prescription she wrote for one of five patients from 2021 to 2022.

3 weeks ago | pressherald.com | Julia Arenstam

Four teenagers have been connected to several fires in Poland and Yarmouth, including three blazes that destroyed parts of the now-defunct Élan School. Two 18-year-old male suspects were arrested and charged with one court of arson in connection to two fires in Yarmouth — one is accused of burning a U.S. Forest Service sign and the other is accused of destroying a vacant home at 14 Madeleine Point Road.

3 weeks ago | pressherald.com | Julia Arenstam

The South Portland Police Department has launched a review after officers “mistakenly” handcuffed and pointed their guns at a 16-year-old Deering High School student who “closely matched” the description of another teen who was suspected of committing a burglary in the city. The student was standing next to a vehicle about a block away from the high school as his friends were getting ready to drive to McDonald’s for lunch, according to his mother.

3 weeks ago | centralmaine.com | Julia Arenstam

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3 weeks ago | pressherald.com | Julia Arenstam

Clinton police Chief Stanley Bell can’t pinpoint exactly why his team has used Maine’s yellow flag law so much more often than other departments. The Kennebec County agency, which employs just three full-time officers and a handful of part-timers, has executed the process 12 times in the past year to temporarily confiscate the weapons of individuals deemed an imminent threat to themselves or others. That’s more than nearly every other department in the state.