Mark LaFlamme

Sun Journal

Mark LaFlamme is a Sun Journal reporter and weekly columnist. He's been on the nighttime police beat since 1994, which is just grand because he doesn't like getting out of bed before noon. Mark is the author of eight published novels and rides a dual sport motorcycle everywhere he goes. Unless it's winter, in which case he just sulks a lot.

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Published
September 8, 2019

Zip! Thwap! Thud! The sounds of outdoor learning

Writer’s aim is less than true, but the rewards are great for a day on the archery range.
Published
September 8, 2019

Mark LaFlamme: Naked and running wild

We’ve all been there Somewhere in Lewiston last week came a report over the scanner of a man “running around naked and causing issues.” And just like that, I have a new title for my autobiography. The beautiful people Somewhere else in Lewiston, a burglary in progress was reported. The caller described the culprits as […]
Published
September 8, 2019

Mark’s list of L.L.Bean adventures

The L.L.Bean Outdoor Discovery Program offers a wide variety of activities you can go and do. Here’s a list of things I would do, or I’ve already done, or I wouldn’t do if you paid me in gold.
Published
September 6, 2019

Lewiston police search for missing girl

Lewiston police were asking for help Friday in finding a missing teen. Police said that on Thursday, Malika Ragon-Wright, 16, failed to return to a group home on Pond Road in Lewiston after leaving the high school. “She is a severe diabetic and requires daily insulin,” police wrote in a press release, “which is concerning.” […]
Published
September 4, 2019

Livermore Falls man indicted in sexual assault of boy

The charge stems from an incident in April.
Published
September 1, 2019

Mark LaFlamme: You’ve got the cutest little baby face

A bum steer What’s the deal with everybody and his brother riding bicycles around Lewiston with but one hand? Saw a young dude cruising down Park Street the other day, handlebars in one hand, phone in the other. Couple blocks up, there’s a guy riding up Bates Street using one hand to steer, the other […]
Published
August 30, 2019

Photo: Police confiscate pot plants in Auburn

Auburn police officer Joshua King helps federal drug agents load confiscated marijuana plants into a trailer Friday afternoon from a building on Riverside Drive in New Auburn. Auburn police joined in the raid by agents from the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, a task force made up of federal officers. The team was seen pulling […]
Published
August 30, 2019

Man burned when asphalt equipment catches fire in Lewiston

A passerby described the explosion and said he and several others tried to help the burned victim.
Published
August 28, 2019

Illinois fugitive charged in vehicle theft spree

Before police surrounded a Livermore Falls home and arrested him last week, investigators had pursued the suspect in various ways, including a vehicle chase along Route 4 and a foot chase through a swamp.
Published
August 25, 2019

Mark LaFlamme: The Mystery of the Horse that BARKED

WHY AM I SHOUTING?? What’s with the cops lately sending out press releases in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS! Doesn’t matter what the nature of the news is, either. If it’s an unhinged killer with a hook for a hand on the loose, they’ll REPORT IT IN ALL CAPS! If it’s a shoplifting at a (yawn) dollar […]

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