For the second time in two days, State Police have arrested a group of New Yorkers on the Maine Turnpike on drug selling charges.

State Police say the exits in Kittery at Mile 2  of the Maine Turnpike have been closed because of a tanker truck crash.   The truck crashed on the northbound off ramp a short time ago and rescue personnel are working to free the truck’s driver from the wreckage.  The truck is carrying propane and there have been no reports of leakage of the fuel.  

KENNEBUNK, Maine- Police arrest three people for aggravated drug trafficking after traffic stop. On Oct. 29, 2019, Maine State Police Troopers from Troop G stopped a vehicle on I-95 northbound for a traffic infraction.

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# of School Visits conducted – 1

# of OUI Alcohol Arrests – 4

# of OUI Drug Arrests –  0

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State Police say a Clinton man was injured this morning when his pickup went off the Interstate in Fairfield, slammed into guard rails and caught fire, just after 8 AM.  24 year old Devin Douglass suffered a broken leg and was pulled out of the truck by a passerby. Motorists reported Douglass was driving erratically in the northbound lanes just before the crash.

The State Medical Examiner's Office says the body found in the basement of a Waterville apartment house Wednesday is  29 year old Melissa Sousa.   In addition, her longtime boyfriend, 28 year old Nicholas Lovejoy is now charged with murder.  The decision to charge Lovejoy was made by the Maine Attorney General's Office this afternoon, as State and Waterville Police continued the investigation into the discovery of Sousa's body.

SCARBOROUGH, Maine - A traffic stop ended up with several men being charged with aggravated drug trafficking.