{"id":25566,"date":"2026-03-31T10:01:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T14:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.webblawmaine.com\/blog\/?p=25566"},"modified":"2026-04-03T10:48:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T14:48:07","slug":"list-of-criminal-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.webblawmaine.com\/blog\/list-of-criminal-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"A Complete List of Criminal Charges in Maine: Crimes, Classes, and Sentences"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>How Maine Classifies Criminal Charges<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0 20px 10px 0; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.webblawmaine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/John-Webb-Headshot.png\" alt=\"Professional headshot of attorney in dark suit and blue tie against brick background\" width=\"250\" align=\"left\" \/><br \/>\nMaine organizes every criminal offense into a letter-class system that determines how severe the penalties can be. The classification framework is essential to understanding criminal charges in Maine. Maine groups crimes into five classes &#8211; Class A through Class E &#8211; plus civil violations that carry fines but no jail time. Class A is the most serious criminal classification. Class E is the least serious.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike most states, Maine does not use the terms &#8220;felony&#8221; and &#8220;misdemeanor&#8221; in its criminal statutes. Instead, the <a href=\"https:\/\/legislature.maine.gov\/statutes\/17-A\/title17-Asec4-A.html\">classification system<\/a> assigns each offense a letter class. In practice, Classes A, B, and C are commonly understood as felony-level offenses. These carry potential state prison sentences. Classes D and E function as misdemeanors. Penalties may include county jail time, fines, or both.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.webblawmaine.com\/blog\/list-of-criminal-charges\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading A Complete List of Criminal Charges in Maine: Crimes, Classes, and Sentences\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How Maine Classifies Criminal Charges Maine organizes every criminal offense into a letter-class system that determines how severe the penalties can be. The classification framework is essential to understanding criminal charges in Maine. Maine groups crimes into five classes &#8211; Class A through Class E &#8211; plus civil violations that carry fines but no jail [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24712,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-maine-criminal-law"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>List of Criminal Charges in Maine (2026)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Complete list of criminal charges in Maine, from misdemeanors to felonies. 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