One person is dead after a fire in Poland
The victim is believed to be the man who lived at the home according to the Maine Department of Public Safety. Author: Luke Saccone Updated: 7:15 PM EDT April 10, 2021
POLAND, MAINE, Maine One person is dead Saturday after a fire at a home in Poland.
The Lewiston and Auburn Communications Center got a call at about 7:45 a.m. regarding a residential fire at 172 Tiger Hill Road in Poland.
Fire fighters extinguished the fire, and then first responders located who officials believe to be 65-year-old Michael Murphy, who lived at the home.
The Fire Marshal’s office was contacted, and a team of investigators responded.
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Maine attorney general finds officers justified in fatal shooting in Minot
Jason Gora s family in Auburn called police over concerns that he was expressing suicidal thoughts and was a danger to himself.
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AUGUSTA Maine’s top prosecutor will not bring criminal charges against four law enforcement officers who fatally shot an Auburn man holding a knife that they say they thought was a firearm.
Attorney General Aaron Frey said in a letter on Monday that the four officers were justified in shooting Jason Gora, 44, in Minot in February 2020, WGME-TV reported. The officers were initially placed on paid leave following the shooting.
Gora’s father had days earlier asked police to check the well-being of his son. Unable to locate him, police put out an alert for a black Jeep Wrangler.
Gora’s brother told police he and friends had found his brother in his Jeep in Auburn. When they tried to remove a handgun from his lap, he sped off. His brother said he was aware of text messages that indicated his brother was suicidal and he’d been hospitalized three months earlier after a suicide attempt.
Text messages in the days leading up to Feb. 2 suggested Gora may try to have police shoot him, according to Frey’s report.
Attorney general finds officers justified in fatal shooting
April 7, 2021
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AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) Maine s top prosecutor will not bring criminal charges against four law enforcement officers who fatally shot a man holding a knife that they say they thought was a firearm.
Attorney General Aaron Frey said in a letter on Monday that the four officers were justified in shooting Jason Gora, 44, in February last year, WGME-TV reported. The officers were initially placed on paid leave following the shooting.
The letter described over a day of interactions between members of Gora s family and the Auburn Police Department over concerns Gora was expressing suicidal thoughts and was a danger to himself.