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When Corey Hebert’s attorney came to see him at the Aroostook County Jail, they sat face to face. Yet the two men knew they had little privacy to speak freely, said Hebert, who was jailed in 2019 for allegedly trafficking drugs.His court-appointed...

The details involving attorney John Tebbetts’ calls are the latest revelations in a monthslong investigation by The Maine Monitor. It previously reported that Aroostook, Androscoggin, Franklin and Kennebec county jails recorded nearly 1,000 calls defendants made to their attorneys between June 2019 and May 2020. Phone calls between Tebbetts and his clients are among those recordings.

Dozens of Mainers die from drug overdoses because people around them are afraid of arrest, bill supporters say, but police say it could provide blanket immunity from arrest for unrelated crimes.

Dozens of Mainers die from drug overdoses because people around them are afraid of arrest, bill supporters say, but police say it could provide blanket immunity from arrest for unrelated crimes.

Dozens of Mainers die from drug overdoses because people around them are afraid of arrest, bill supporters say, but police say it could provide blanket immunity from arrest for unrelated crimes.

The proposal would change Maine's Good Samaritan Law by exempting all people at the scene of a drug-related overdose from nearly all criminal liability.

Nicholas Meserve, the late Lewiston police officer involved in Norman "Bo" Thompson's arrest, later died from an apparent drug overdose.

Cherryfield man faces 35-count indictment A former Calais police officer accused of supplying drugs found at an area high school is now facing a 35-count indictment Author: Bob Evans (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 5:10 PM EDT May 24, 2021 Updated: 6:53 PM EDT May 24, 2021 MACHIAS, Maine — A former Calais police officer accused of supplying hydrocodone and fentanyl found at Narraguagus High School in Harrington was back in court Monday to face ne...