A 10-year-old boy is “hurting pretty bad” after his mother and half-sister disappeared while on a camping trip with her estranged partner. Jill Sidebotham, 28, 38-year-old Nicholas Hansen, and their 2-year-old daughter Lydia Hansen left to go camping near Phillips, Maine, on June 27, even though the couple is separated, as CrimeOnline previously reported. Sidebotham’s …
A 65-year-old Maine man was captured in Virginia on Tuesday after he allegedly killed his girlfriend and stuffed her body in the trunk of a car. Washington County Sheriff’s deputies responding to a call about an altercation at a home in Lubec, Maine, on Monday night found evidence that led them to suspect “something suspicious” …
A Maine woman charged with depraved indifference murder in the death of her 3-year-old son appeared in court Friday and was given a $150,000 bail. Jessica Trefethen — who also goes by Jessica Johnson and Jessica Williams — was arrested on Wednesday, following the death of 3-year-old Maddox Williams on Sunday, WCSH reported. Police said …
Sheriff’s deputies in southern Maine are looking for a 16-year-old girl who sneaked out of her grandparents home sometime Saturday night and has not been seen since. The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office said Brittney Wilson “took a number of belongings with her” and is believed to have been picked up an unknown vehicle. They said …
Update: Maine State Police said Atum Hosea has been found safe. Police in Maine are looking for a 12-year-old boy who walked into the woods behind his house Friday morning and hasn’t come home. Atum (pronounced “Adam”) Hosea left his house in Frankfort at about 9 a.m. and was last seen at Deb’s Store in …
A 1-year-old baby was hospitalized for hypothermia and frostbite on Thursday after her mother allegedly left her in a vehicle overnight as temperatures dropped into the teens. Ashley Bragg, 32, has been charged with aggravated assault, assault on a child under the age of 6, endangering the welfare of a child, and domestic violence reckless …
An investigation is underway after a Maine man allegedly killed his landlords on Friday in an unprovoked attack. Sources told the Sun Journal that it appeared Patrick Maher, 24, ambushed Troy and Dulsie Varney, 52 and 48, and stabbed them multiple times at the couple’s Turner home. Troy Varney reportedly fought and held onto the …
A 2-year-old Maine boy is fighting for his life after an older sibling found a gun in a closet, loaded it, and shot him in the head, according to the Maine State Police. Waterville police got a call about the shooting just before noon on Saturday, state police said. The boy, who has not been …
A North Carolina man has been arrested in Maine and charged with the murder of his girlfriend in July — an outcome LeeAnn Fletcher’s family says may never have happened if they’d been content with the official police investigation. John Curtis Tolson called 911 on July 22 to say that Fletcher appeared to have slipped …
A suspect was arrested on an outstanding warrant days after a customer reported discovering razor blades in pizza dough they purchased from a Maine supermarket on Tuesday. According to WCSH, Hannaford Supermarket contacted the Saco Police Department regarding possible tampering with food items after a customer claimed they found an undisclosed number of razor blades …
A Maine man broke into his ex-girlfriend’s house and drank beer in her basement until he was ready to kill her, the Lewiston Sun Journal reported, but the plan didn’t go the way he wanted when his gun misfired twice and he missed a third shot completely. The unnamed victims called 911 after their escape, and …
A man living in a tiny town on Maine’s border with Canada died on Thanksgiving evening after falling victim to one of his own booby-traps. Police said Ronald Cyr, 65, called 911 himself to report that he had been shot. The Van Buren Police Department, the Van Buren Ambulance Service, and the US Border Police …
