I remember watching the news a few weeks ago and seeing this story before the arrest and thinking who would or could do a thing like steal wood used to keep the needy warm?
According to Maine Department of Public Safety Spokesman Steve McCausland, the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency and Augusta Police coordinated the arrests of two Augusta men and eight persons from out of state, on heroin and methamphetamine charges Wednesday . The arrests took place at the Penley Street house of 32-year-old Peter Gleason, following a police raid there late in the morning.
An Oakland woman arrested two weeks ago for repeatedly dialing 911 without a good reason was arrested again this week. It was for the same crime. In fact, she has faced the same charge four times.
An Augusta man has pleaded guilty to production of child pornography and to possession of child pornography. 35-year-old Wade Robert Hoover is now looking at a minimum of 15 years and a maximum of 30 years for the production of child pornography charge.