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A man who was charged in the death of his partner on a Maine beach has entered a plea of not criminally responsible by reason of insanity. Police found 35-year-old Rhonda Pattelena dead on Short Sands Beach a year ago. An autopsy later determined she died from blunt force injury to the head. Police charged Jeffrey Buchannan with murder stemming…

Thirty-four-year-old Brandon Simmons, of Seabrook, New Hampshire, was led out of the Homewood Suites on Route 1 in Peabody early Wednesday morning by police.

Brandon Simmons was arrested at a Peabody hotel on Wednesday morning following a struggle with police.

Police have arrested a man accused of robbing two banks and leading police on a chase that prompted a multi-state criminal investigation earlier this week. Brandon Simmons, 34, last known to have lived in Seabrook, New Hampshire, is suspected in an armed robbery Monday morning in York, Maine. He is also accused in a separate robbery of a CVS Saturday…

Surveillance video shows a man wanted in a Maine bank robbery before a police chase that ended in a crash in Salisbury, Massachusetts.

Salisbury police have released new surveillance video of a bank robbery suspect who led police on a chase Monday night.

Officials are still searching for a suspected armed bank robber who lead police in Massachusetts on a chase Monday, then crashed his car and fled on foot in Salisbury, prompting a multi-state criminal investigation. Police said the driver, identified as 34-year-old Brandon Simmons, last known to have lived in Seabrook, New Hampshire, is suspected in an armed robbery Monday morning…

Officials are still searching for a suspected armed bank robber who lead police in Massachusetts on a chase, crashed his vehicle and fled on foot in Salisbury Monday.

A man accused of robbing a bank in Maine led police on a chase before crashing in Salisbury, Massachusetts.

A suspected armed bank robber leading police in Massachusetts on a chase crashed his vehicle and fled on foot in Salisbury Monday, officials said, as a multi-state criminal investigation got underway. People near Route 1 and Pleasant Street were being asked to use caution as officers in the air and on foot, as well as police dogs, searched for the…

Staff at a Maine hotel restaurant recently received a surprise apology and very generous tip after a profane outburst from a customer.

Maine’s Department of Environmental Protection had been investigating the substance spotted at the shore in York, Wells and Ogunquit.

Maine’s Department of Environmental Protection is investigating how the feet of some southern Maine beachgoers turned an inky black color after the beach was covered in an undetermined substance over the past couple of days.

Friends are remembering a mother of three from Massachusetts who police say was brutally murdered Friday afternoon on a beach in Maine by her domestic partner. Rhonda Pattelena, 35, of Bedford, Massachusetts, was found dead on Short Sands Beach in York, Maine, after state and local police received multiple 911 calls about a man assaulting a woman behind a large…

Rhonda Pattelena, 35, of Bedford, Massachusetts, was found dead on Short Sands Beach after police received multiple 911 calls about a man assaulting a woman there.

The death of a woman allegedly beaten by her boyfriend at a beach in Maine was ruled a homicide, according to state authorities. The state medical examiner’s office conducted an autopsy on Saturday and ruled Pattelena’s death a homicide caused by blunt force injury to the head. Maine State Police said the York Police Department received multiple 911 calls...

A Massachusetts man has been arrested after he allegedly beat his girlfriend to death Friday on a Maine beach. Police responded to Short Sands Beach in York shortly before 4 p.m. after receiving multiple 911 calls reporting a man assaulting a woman behind a large rock. Rhonda Pattelena, 35, of Bedford, Massachusetts, was found dead at the scene. Police arrested…

A pair of whale strandings in Maine are concerning scientists and marine mammal rescuers. Over the past month, two beaked whales, a rarely seen type of whale with teeth, have washed ashore and died in the state, first in June in York and then weeks later in Phippsburg. Last Saturday, a Phippsburg family contacted Marine Mammals of Maine, which responds…

Two emergencies involving divers unfolded at Maine’s Nubble Lighthouse this week, leading to man’s rescue and another’s death. The first one came Monday morning, when a man became exhausted after diving and trying to swim to shore. He was rescued with the help of bystanders. The second incident, which took place Tuesday afternoon, turned fatal. The U.S. Coast Guard,...

A man died in an emergency at a lighthouse in York, Maine, after another diver had been helped to shore by bystanders.