Maine
4 hurt in crash after Maine shooting sparks high-speed chase with Mass. man
Four people were hurt and a Massachusetts man was arrested in Maine on Wednesday night after police said he left the scene of a shooting and led officers on a high-speed chase that ended in a crash.
Luis Andres Lorenzo Rondon, 24, of Lawrence, was arrested in connection with the police pursuit. He was charged with eluding an officer, driving to endanger, reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon — his car — and criminal speeding, according to Maine State Police.
At around 11:33 p.m. on April 16, reports of several shots fired on Park Street in the town of Paris, Maine came into the department.
There were no people injured in the shooting, the department said.
A nearby trooper who responded to the scene saw a blue SUV leaving the immediate area, Maine State Police said. The driver of the SUV was later identified as Rondon.
Rondon refused to pull over for officers when they tried to stop him in West Paris, “initiating a high-speed pursuit,” the department said.
The 24-year-old was pursued by multiple officers through several Maine towns for about 15 miles, including by Maine State Police troopers and law enforcement from Oxford and Androscoggin counties, the department said.
Rondon finally crashed in a field on Route 26 in Mechanic Falls after he hit a spike mat deployed on the road by police, the department said.
He and three other people who were in the car were all injured and were brought to Central Maine Medical Center. One passenger in the car had serious but non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
Two guns were found after the chase, the department said, and Rondon was charged in connection with the police pursuit and taken into custody. No charges or suspects in the shooting incident have been announced by the department as of Thursday morning.
The investigation into the entire incident is ongoing, according to Maine State Police.
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Mother’s Day brings boom in flower sales across Maine
It wouldn’t be Mother’s Day without a stop at the florist.
According to Fox Business, about 154 million flowers are sold during the week of Mother’s Day. So it’s safe to say it was a busy day for stores like Estabrook’s Maine Garden Center and Nursery.
Plenty of families stopped by to pick out flowers on Sunday, looking to choose the perfect bouquet for their moms.
“I think Mother’s Day is tradition, you know, and so it’s great to see families here. We have a lot of new families that have come today for the first time with their young children and their mother. Watching the young kids and seeing how excited they are—their eyes light up at all the beautiful flowers,” Tom Estabrook, president of Estabrook’s, said.
Estabrook says Mother’s Day tends to be a great kickoff to the spring season.
Maine
Maine Black Bears Swept By UMass Lowell In A Tight 5-4 Finish
The Maine Baseball Team was swept by UMass Lowell in the weekend series, losing on Sunday 5-4.
UMaine scored 3 runs in the 5th inning and 1 in the 6th inning to lead 4-1, but the Riverhawks scored 2 runs in the 7th and then pushed across the tying and winning runs in the 9th inning for the win.
Thomas Stabley started for Maine and went 6.1 innings on the mound. He allowed 5 hits and 3 runs, striking out and walking 1. Owen Wheeler pitched 1.2 hitless innings striking out 2. Sebastian Holt pitched the 9th and took the loss, allowing 2 hits and 2 runs, the big hit a 2-run homer to Nicholas Solozano, his 2nd of the day.
Hunter St. Denis homered for Maine, a solo shot, his 9th of the season, in the 6th inning.
Albert De La Rosa was 2-4. JuJu Stevens , Shane Andrus, Quinn Murphy and Chris Bear each singled.
UMass Lowell is 19-27 while Maine is now 17-30.
The Black Bears will host Merrimack on Tuesday, May 12th in a non-conference game at 2 p.m. The game will be broadcast on 92.9 The Ticket with the pregame starting at 1:30 p.m. Maine then closes out the regular season at home with a 3-game America East conference matchup with Albany Thursday- Saturday.
Check out photos from the game
Maine-UMass Lowell Baseball May 10
The Maine Black Bears hosted the UMass Lowell Riverhawks on Sunday, May 10th
Gallery Credit: Chris Popper
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