Jackie Sartoris, District Attorney for Cumberland County, discussed recent crime trends, noting a decrease in overall violent crime but a concerning increase in gun-related crimes by juveniles. She highlighted the challenges of managing repeat offenders with multiple criminal cases and the impact of systemic issues like mental health and substance abuse on the criminal justice system. Sartoris emphasized the importance of testing sex assault kits, mentioning a $2.5 million federal grant to test all outstanding kits in Cumberland County. She also addressed the lingering effects of COVID-19 on bail practices and the criminal justice system’s staffing and resource constraints.
Local police discovered the body of an adult male inside a residence, with 45-year-old Tanner Dostie of Brunswick being charged with murder as a result.
The largest monthly jump in gas prices in six decades caused a sharp spike in inflation in March, creating major challenges for the inflation-fighters at the Federal Reserve and heightening the political challenges of rising costs for the White House.
Republican Clay Fuller on Tuesday won Marjorie Taylor Greene's former U.S. House seat in Georgia, turning back a Democratic challenge with the help of President Donald Trump's endorsement despite uneasiness over the war in Iran.
A Long Island architect accused in a string of long-unsolved slayings known as the Gilgo Beach killings is expected to plead guilty on Wednesday, closing a case that bedeviled investigators, agonized victims' relatives and tantalized a true-crime obsessed public for years.
Route 66 marks its 100th anniversary this year. Despite losing its status decades ago as one of the nation's main arteries, people from around the world still flock to it to take perhaps the quintessential American road trip and soak in its neon lights, kitschy motels and attractions, and culinary offerings.
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