An inmate at the Cumberland County Jail suffered a drug overdose but police officers revived her with the overdose-reversing drug Narcan on Wednesday afternoon at the Cumberland County Courthouse in Portland, according to a release by the county sheriff’s office.

Kayla Brooks, 26, of Kennebunk started showing signs of an overdose while detained in a holding cell at the courthouse around 1:30 p.m.

Capt. Steve Butts Jr., administrator in charge of operations at the jail, said Brooks had been taken to the courthouse for an initial court appearance on a charge of failure to appear.

Butts said courthouse security immediately contacted the Portland Police Department. Officers administered Narcan, or naloxone, which is used to reverse the effects of an opioid overdose.

Butts said that Brooks was transported by ambulance to Maine Medical Center where she was treated and released. He did not know what type of drug Brooks used or how she smuggled it from the jail to the courthouse.

Brooks was being held at the county jail Wednesday night on $750 cash bail. She had been taken into custody on Tuesday on a warrant charging her with failure to appear, Butts said.

Drug smuggling at the jail is hard to detect and becoming more common, said Butts, who has worked in jail systems for more than 20 years.

“As long as people have body parts, they can insert just about anything into a body part,” he said. Inmates refer to the drug inserts as “plugs.”

In April, an inmate at the jail, Danyielle Banks, 43, of Biddeford, started to show signs of an overdose while sitting at a table in the pod day room of the jail housing unit. Jail medical staff treated her with Narcan and she survived.

The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office is investigating Wednesday’s incident at the courthouse.

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An Auburn man was convicted of illegally possessing a gun Wednesday following a two-day jury trial in U.S. District Court in Portland.

United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank in a statement said that 58-year-old Willie Richard Minor faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

According to court records, Minor was convicted in June 2010 of domestic violence assault against his wife. As a result of that conviction, Minor was prohibited from possessing firearms.

In November 2016, Minor told Auburn police in an interview that he kept a gun in his apartment. Auburn police obtained a warrant, searched his apartment, and found the gun, Frank said.

Minor will be sentenced after a presentence investigation by the U.S. Probation Office.

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An Arundel man was arrested Wednesday night following a domestic violence assault in which he allegedly tried to strangle a woman, policy say.

Deputies from the York County Sheriff’s Office were called to a home on Trout Brook Road in Arundel around 7:30 p.m. to investigate a report that a man had assaulted a woman in a home where two children were present.

Deputies were told the man involved in the incident, 22-year-old Thomas Kimball, had a weapon and threatened to shoot himself when police arrived, said Sheriff Bill King. Kimball fled the residence with his gun before police arrived and the victim lost sight of him in the dark, King said.

While investigating, deputies stopped two cars leaving a nearby home and found Kimball, who was taken into custody without incident. Deputies found his gun stashed at a neighbor’s house.

Kimball was charged with domestic violence assault with attempted strangulation. He is being held without bail and is scheduled to make his initial court appearance Friday.

An 82-year-old man is facing multiple charges after he hit a pedestrian as he entered the parking lot of Pratt Abbott in Portland.

Robert Carson of Portland, whose license was suspended, was driving an unregistered and uninspected car Wednesday afternoon when he was involved in an accident at 1055 Forest Ave., police said. Carson’s 2011 Toyota Highlander struck 60-year-old Mary Anthoine as it entered the parking lot of Pratt Abbott.

Anthoine was taken to a local hospital with serious injuries. Police said she was still being treated Thursday afternoon.

A Toyota Camry parked in the lot also was damaged in the incident.

Carson was charged with operating after suspension, operating an unregistered motor vehicle and operating a motor vehicle without a valid certificate of inspection.

A public copy of Carson’s driving record in Maine indicates his license had been suspended in November 2016, and includes a notation that says: “failure to complete a road and/or written evaluation.”

Kristen Muszynski, spokeswoman for the Secretary of State’s Office, said she could not provide more information about the cause for the suspension.

There are a number of reasons why a driver’s license could be suspended, including failure to pay fines, convictions for operating under the influence or medical conditions. The record of Carson’s driving history in Maine goes back to December 2013 but does not show any other accidents or convictions.

Staff Writer Megan Doyle contributed to this report.

AUGUSTA

Wednesday at 8:47 a.m., a disturbance was reported on Northern Avenue.

9:17 a.m., a disturbance was reported on Northern Avenue.

9:46 a.m., harassment was reported on Gage Street.

11:37 a.m., criminal trespassing was reported on Civic Center Drive.

12:57 p.m., theft was reported on Gray Birch Drive.

3:01 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Civic Center Drive.

3:42 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Front Street.

4:32 p.m., simple assault was reported on Medical Center Parkway.

4:33 p.m., harassment was reported on Townsend Street.

4:44 p.m., minor injuries were reported in an accident on North Belfast Avenue, just east of Bolton Hill Road.

5:59 p.m., disorderly conduct was reported on Pierce Drive.

8:20 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on North Belfast Avenue.

9:34 p.m., disorderly conduct was reported on Medical Center Parkway.

GARDINER

Wednesday at 10:01 a.m., a chimney fire was reported on River Avenue.

11:03 a.m., a Cobbossee Avenue caller reported damage to a lawn by a vehicle.

WINTHROP

Tuesday, at 9:38 p.m., an abandoned vehicle was reported on Main Street.

Wednesday, at 10:20 a.m., a suspicious person or circumstance was reported on Highland Avenue.

Thursday at 12:02 a.m., a suspicious person or circumstance was reported on Hathaway Road.

ARREST

WINDSOR

Thursday, at 9:17 p.m., John Perry Lawson, 25, of Windsor, was arrested on Snowman Lane on a probation hold and charged with unlawful possession of a scheduled drug.

IN BRIGHTON PLANTATION, Wednesday at 11:53 a.m., a theft was reported on Brighton Road.

IN CANAAN, Wednesday at 8:14 a.m., a theft was reported on Main Street.

4:56 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Main Street.

IN CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Wednesday at 11:55 a.m., a traffic accident causing injury was reported on Carrabassett Drive.

Thursday at 9:40 a.m., a case involving theft or fraud was reported on Rogers Circle.

IN CLINTON, Wednesday at 7:42 p.m., a theft was reported on Bangor Road.

IN COPLIN PLANTATION, Wednesday at 6:44 p.m., a traffic accident causing injury was reported on Carrabassett Drive.

IN FAIRFIELD, Wednesday at 11:02 a.m., police and fire personnel responded to a report of a fire alarm on Sheridan Drive.

2:40 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Martin Stream Road.

3:04 p.m., police were called to assist another agency on Covell Road.

Thursday at 1:09 a.m., a complaint was taken from Fairwood Drive.

IN FARMINGTON, Wednesday at 4:59 a.m., a traffic accident causing injury was reported on Seamon Road.

8:35 a.m., a case involving theft or fraud was reported on Front Street.

IN MADISON, Wednesday at 9:34 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Old Point Avenue.

Thursday at 8:59 a.m., police made an arrest on Lower Mills Road.

IN NEW SHARON, Thursday at 8:53 a.m., harassment was reported on Swan Road.

IN NORRIDGEWOCK, Wednesday at 6:11 p.m., an assault was reported on Pleasant Hill Drive.

IN OAKLAND, Wednesday at 4:25 p.m., harassment was reported on Main Street.

6:37 p.m., a caller from Sawtelle Road reported a person was missing.

8:56 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Summer Street.

9:26 p.m., harassment was reported on Heath Street.

Thursday at 12:22 p.m., a noise was reported on Summer Street.

IN PHILLIPS, Wednesday at 11:31 a.m., a case involving theft or fraud was reported on Sawyer Street.

IN PITTSFIELD, Wednesday at 7:09 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Main Street.

IN ST. ALBANS, Wednesday at 11:06 a.m., a harassment complaint was taken from Corinna Road.

IN SKOWHEGAN, Wednesday at 9:05 a.m., a trespass complaint was taken from High Street.

2:34 p.m., a harassment complaint was taken from Fairview Avenue.

3:08 p.m., a report of a theft was investigated on Madison Avenue.

5:27 p.m., a threatening complaint was taken from Water Street.

5:54 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Water Street.

6:34 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Hilltop Drive.

7:42 p.m., police officers responded to a call on Pooler Avenue.

11:02 p.m., police made an arrest following a motor vehicle stop on Madison Avenue.

Thursday at 9:07 a.m., a theft was reported on Water Street.

IN SMITHFIELD, Wednesday at 6:01 p.m., police were called to assist another agency on Lake View Drive.

IN WATERVILLE, Wednesday at 8:01 a.m., threatening was reported on Canabas Avenue.

9:54 a.m., harassment was reported on Pleasant Street.

11:55 a.m., harassment was reported on Elm Street.

12:17 p.m., a case involving violation of bail conditions was reported on Pine Street.

1:27 p.m., a shoplifter was reported at Walmart on Waterville Commons Drive.

5:29 p.m., harassment was reported on King Street.

6:39 p.m., a caller from Center Place reported an unwanted person on the premises.

8:20 p.m., a disturbance was reported on College Avenue.

8:34 p.m., a caller from Summer Street reported an unwanted person on the premises.

9:21 p.m., a noise was reported on Kelsey Street.

IN WILTON, Wednesday at 12:08 p.m., trespassing was reported on Depot Street.

1:25 p.m., a case involving theft or fraud was reported on High Street.

IN WINSLOW, Wednesday at 9:43 a.m., a person went to the police department to report a theft.

ARRESTS

IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, Wednesday, no time given, Cole Yates, 22, of New Vineyard, was arrested and charged with domestic violence criminal threatening and domestic violence reckless conduct.

Also Wednesday, no time given, Shan Chapman, 47, of Skowhegan, was arrested on a probation hold.

IN SOMERSET COUNTY, Wednesday at 7:29 a.m., Timmothy Munrowe Goodwin, 36, of Belgrade, was arrested on a writ for family court.

2:36 p.m., Caleb Michael Roy, 25, of Burnham, was arrested on a probation hold.

4:11 p.m., Peter J. Gilbert, 20, of Bingham, was arrested on charges of hunting or possessing deer in a closed season and hunting deer after having killed one.

4:40 p.m., Joseph Edward Meservey, 21, of Bradford, was arrested on a writ.

11:31 p.m., Samantha Rose White, 22, of Skowhegan, was arrested on a warrant for failure to appear.

IN WATERVILLE, Wednesday at 5:39 p.m., Victoria Theriault, 22, of Waterville, was arrested and charged with criminal trespass and two counts of violation of conditions of release.

10:10 p.m., Brian Jenness Libby, 31, of Waterville, was arrested on a warrant.

Top: Sarah Quint, 29. Bottom left: Michael Francis, 28. Bottom right: Ricard Marino.

Three fugitives from New Hampshire were arrested this week in Lebanon, according to Maine State Police.

State troopers, deputies from the York County Sheriff’s Office and the New Hampshire Joint Fugitive Task Force teamed up to locate the fugitives after receiving information they were at 156 Long Swamp Road in Lebanon. When investigators knocked on the door Wednesday night, the people inside could be seen running into bedrooms, according to state police.

Michael Francis, 28, who was found hiding in a closet, is currently being featured as New Hampshire’s “Fugitive of the Week” by the United States Marshal Service. He was wanted out of Rockingham County, New Hampshire, for failure to appear in court on charges of distributing heroin/fentanyl. Police said Francis refused to identify himself to officers.

Investigators found Ricard Marino hiding in a different bedroom. He was wanted out of Strafford County on a charge of violation of condition of release stemming from a charge of operating as a habitual offender. He was found with suspected heroin and fentanyl, police said.

Sarah Quint, 29, originally gave investigators a false name. She was wanted in Strafford County for falsifying physical evidence and obstructing a criminal investigation.

All three were taken to York County Jail and are awaiting extradition back to New Hampshire.

State police arrested a Wiscasset woman and charged her with murder in the death of a four-year-old girl.

Shawna Gatto, 43, was arrested by detectives just before 6 p.m. Thursday at the home she shared with four-year-old Kendall Chick, who died the night of Friday, Dec. 8.

Gatto was charged with murder, according to Steve McCausland, spokesman for the state Department of Public Safety.

State police say the medical examiner’s office told them Kendall died from a blunt force injury to the abdomen.

Gatto was charged following a meeting between representatives of Maine State Police, Maine attorney general’s office and the state medical examiner.

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office and Wiscasset Police also have been involved in the investigation.

Gatto is the fiancée of the girl’s grandfather, 53-year-old Stephen Hood, who also lives in the home. The girl had been living with the couple for nearly two years, according to police.

Gatto was taken to Two Bridges Jail in Wiscasset after her arrest Thursday. Her first court appearance has not yet been scheduled.

Emergency responders went to the couple’s home at 19 Crickets Lane on Friday, Dec. 8, after someone called 911 about 4:30 p.m. Kendall was unresponsive and was later pronounced dead at Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick, according to McCausland.

A 36-year-old Windham man was sentenced to a year and a day in prison for lying to federal agents about a shooting in Old Port in November 2016.

Jason McGoldrick was involved in an altercation in Old Port during which someone fired three shots from a handgun at McGoldrick and a companion. Agents sought to identify McGoldrick’s companion, but he lied and gave them the name of a deceased friend.

He repeated that lie when testifying before a federal grand jury in December 2016. In February, after being confronted by agents, McGoldrick admitted his companion’s true identity.

“Our judicial system depends on people testifying truthfully to a grand jury,” said U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank on Thursday. “It is a fundamental duty of citizenship. As this case demonstrates, the failure to do so can have very serious consequences.”

Upon completion of his sentence, McGoldrick will have completed three years of supervised release.

Last month, the shooter in this case, Noor Mohammed, 26, of Roxbury, Mass., pleaded guilty to federal firearm charges and is awaiting sentencing.

The FBI and the Portland Police Department conducted the investigation.

Operation Broken Glass, an interagency sting of a national elver trafficking ring based in Maine, has yielded two more jail sentences and a guilty plea this week.

Yarann Im, a 35-year-old Portland seafood dealer, was sentenced to six months in jail for illegally trafficking 480 pounds of elvers, which are also known as glass eels or juvenile American eels, following a hearing Thursday in federal district court in Portland. Im pleaded guilty in 2016 to buying more than $500,000 worth of eels, or almost a million individual elvers that had been illegally harvested in Virginia, North Carolina and Massachusetts, and selling them abroad.

Thomas Choi, a 76-year-old seafood dealer from Maryland, was sentenced Thursday to six months in prison with a $25,000 fine for trafficking in $1.26 million of elvers.

On Tuesday, Maine fisherman Albert Cray pleaded guilty to trafficking elvers, admitting to harvesting them illegally in New Jersey and selling them to a Maryland dealer, who then exported them from the United States to buyers in Asia. In 2013, Cray admitted to trafficking more than $250,000 worth of illegally harvested elvers, according to a statement of facts filed with Cray’s plea agreement.

“The poaching and illegal selling of American eels negatively impacts not only the species, but also the economies of our East Coast states and the livelihood of local U.S. fishermen who legally harvest these eels,” said Edward Grace, acting chief of law enforcement for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. “These recent court actions should serve as a warning to those who illegally profit from our country’s natural resources. You will be caught and held accountable.”

Eels are highly valued in East Asia for human consumption. Japanese and European eels were historically harvested to meet this demand, however overfishing has led to a decline in these populations and harvesters have turned to the American eel to fill the void. American eels spawn in the Sargasso Sea, an area of the North Atlantic Ocean bounded on all sides by ocean currents. They travel as larvae from the Sargasso to the East Coast of the U.S.

They enter a juvenile, or elver, stage when they reach the U.S. They swim up river and grow to adulthood in fresh water. Harvesters and exporters of American eels can sell elvers to East Asia for more than $2,000 a pound. Because of the threat of overfishing, Atlantic Coast states have cooperated to ban elver fishing in all but Maine and South Carolina, which heavily regulate their elver fisheries.

Led by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Operation Broken Glass set up a sting operation into the illegal trafficking of elvers. It has resulted in guilty pleas for 19 people that are estimated to have illegally trafficked more than $5.25 million worth of elvers. Maine Marine Patrol was one of 20 law enforcement agencies that has helped work on the investigation.

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BANGOR — Robert Burton was sentenced Friday to serve 55 years in prison for the murder of his former girlfriend, Stephanie Gebo, in June 2015 in a house they once shared in Parkman, a small town in Piscataquis County, some 20 miles north of Skowhegan.

Burton sat motionless staring directly ahead inside the Penobscot Judicial Center as Justice Robert Mullen imposed the sentence at about 10 a.m. Mullen said he was tempted to impose the life sentence the state had asked for, but considered the aggravating and the mitigating factors in the case, setting the maximum sentence at 55 years.

With prison “good time” Burton will be in his 80s when he is eligible to be released.

Stephanie Gebo’s father, Vance Ginn, 66, said that he was satisfied with the sentence, noting that Burton, who is 40, might never get out of prison alive.

“Of course, we would have much rather heard the word ‘life,’ but by the way it was explained to us, this is kind of preventative medicine because a life sentence is a lot easier to get overturned … so we don’t have to face an appeal down the road,” Ginn told reporters outside of the courthouse. “The attorneys did the math and the earliest he can be released, doing nothing wrong in jail, he’ll be 86 years old. This is life for him that will stand.”

Burton was convicted of murder by a jury in October in the shooting death of his former girlfriend, Stephanie Gebo, in June 2015 in her home where they had lived as a couple with Gebo’s two children for more than two years.

Gebo, sleeping with a gun under her pillow because she feared what her jealous ex-boyfriend might do, shot Burton after he climbed through her bedroom window, armed with a knife and black duct tape to bind her until she “admits her wickedness” of cheating on him sexually with other men.

Burton, bleeding from the neck and shoulder, turned the gun on Gebo and shot her from behind, leaving her for dead with three bullet wounds in her back.

Gebo was killed the day after Burton’s probation had ended on a domestic violence conviction that sent him to prison for 10 years. Burton fled after the shooting without seeking medical attention for himself and without calling 911 for Gebo. He turned himself in to police 68 days after what authorities said was the longest and most costly manhunt in state history.

Authorities think he had been living in the woods before he gave himself up at the Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Department, saying he was afraid he was going to be shot.

Friday’s proceedings started with victim impact statements spoken to the court by friends, former coworkers and family members.

Caleb Ball, a cousin who spent much of his early life with Stephanie Gebo, spoke amid sobs, saying that most nights he wakes up with nightmares about Stephanie. He said he goes to counseling, has panic attacks and drinks until he passes out, only to wake to another nightmare. He said he remembers her laugh and is scared he won’t remember it someday.

Gebo’s mother, Christine Knapp, said her family lived for 68 days while Burton was on the run, looking over their shoulders, not knowing where Burton was. She told the judge her daughter’s murder changed the family forever and asked for a life sentence.

Sidney Gebo, Stephanie’s daughter, who at age 13 came downstairs the morning of June 5, 2015, and found her mother lying face down in a pool of her own blood, was next to speak Friday morning, but she wouldn’t say Burton’s name aloud in court. She said when her mother finally broke up with Burton their little family was happy again after a toxic couple of years with Burton living in their home.

She said she would be comforted with a sentence of life in prison.

According to a court affidavit, Maine State Police Detective Micah Perkins found four shell casings from a 9 mm handgun and an open window in the bedroom where Gebo’s body was found. Medical Examiner Margaret Greenwald, who conducted the autopsy on Gebo on June 7, 2015, found multiple gunshot wounds to the lungs, spinal area and trachea and determined the death was a homicide.

Sidney saw her mother’s body and got her 10-year-old brother out of bed, then called 911. As she was calling, she saw a camouflage backpack and jacket outside that she recognized as Burton’s. Inside the backpack, police said they later found a knife, duct tape and medication in bottles prescribed for Burton. Police said they found Burton’s cellphone in the jacket.

Burton’s trial lasted nine days in late September and early October and featured Burton testifying on the witness stand. It concluded when the jury of five women and seven men finished deliberating for more than six hours over two days, ultimately rejecting the defendant’s arguments claiming self-defense and having no intention to kill.

Burton himself stood Friday morning to emotionally speak his peace before being sentenced. He said he was “sincerely sorry” for the way the two children had to find their mother.

“I would trade places with her if I could,” he said of Gebo, who, during the trial, he said he had loved.

Assistant Attorney General John Alsop, one of two prosecuting attorneys in the case, said they were disappointed that Justice Mullen did not give them the life sentence they had asked for. He said Burton was not remorseful and previously had said that Burton’s testimony during the trial was “pure fiction.”

Defense Attorney Hunter Tzovarros had asked for a sentence somewhere in the range of 35 years.

“We are happy that he got less time than the life sentence that the state was asking for,” he said. “The focus will be on appealing the case now.”

Burton, who had a felony conviction for domestic violence and was on probation before moving in with Gebo, also faced a separate charge of possession of a firearm by a prohibited person. He faced an additional five years in prison on that charge. Justice Mullen, who presided over the nearly two-week murder trial, sentenced Burton on Friday to serve four years on the firearm charge, to run at the same time as his sentence for murder.

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WISCASSET — The 4-year-old girl allegedly murdered last week by a 43-year-old Wiscasset woman had shown signs of trauma in the past, and suffered multiple severe injuries that included a fatal blow to her abdomen between one and 12 hours before she died, according to court records.

Shawna L. Gatto, of Crickets Lane in Wiscasset, is charged with the murder of Kendall Chick, who died of blunt-force trauma to the abdomen but also had visible injuries to her head and neck. Gatto, who made an initial appearance in Wiscasset Superior Court Friday morning, is being held at Two Bridges Regional Jail without bail.

Gatto was caring for Chick in the home where she lived with the girl’s grandfather, Stephen Hood. Chick had been placed in the home by the Maine Department of Health and Human Services in January, according to court records, although it was not immediately clear why the state had taken charge of the girl.

Emergency personnel responded to 19 Crickets Lane on Dec. 8 after Gatto called 911 to report that she found Chick unresponsive in a bathtub a few moments after stepping away from the girl to get her a drink of chocolate milk. Chick, who was cold to the touch and pale when EMTs arrived, was rushed to Mid Coast Hospital where she was pronounced dead.

Chick had severe and extensive injuries visible when the first police officer, Wiscasset Sgt. Craig Worster, arrived on the scene, according to a state police affidavit.

Worster told state police that he believed Chick’s skull had been fractured, there were lacerations on her head, neck and face, bruising around her eyes, under her nose, and on the side of her face and neck.

An autopsy later said she had suffered significant blunt-force trauma to her head and neck, in addition to her abdomen.

According to a police report and an application for a search warrant filed with the court, Gatto’s account of what happened did not match with forensic evidence gathered from the trailer home where Gatto lived or with the evidence found during Chick’s autopsy.

Chick had been placed in the home by the Department of Health and Human Services in January. The police reports do not describe the circumstances or reason for the placement. Two of Gatto’s grandchildren also live in the home.

Gatto told investigators that shortly before Chick became unresponsive, the girl had vomited and had diarrhea. Gatto said she had placed Chick in the bathtub to clean her up. Gatto said that Chick then asked for a drink, so Gatto walked a short distance to the kitchen, but when she returned Chick was unresponsive and she called 911. Lincoln County dispatchers received Gatto’s call for help at 4:30 p.m.

“She was fine like 10 minutes ago,” Gatto said to the dispatcher during the emergency call, according to the police report.

Four minutes later at 4:34 p.m., Gatto texted her daughter-in-law, who works at Mid Coast Hospital in an unidentified capacity, where Chick was transported.

“U need to get home now I think Kendall is dead,” the text message read, according to police.

The daughter-in-law later texted Gatto back, apparently after seeing Chick at the hospital.

“I’ve never seen something so bad in my life,” the daughter-in-law wrote to Gatto, according to police. “Did she hit her head off something? That was horrible.”

Police said Gatto was the only one who was alone with Chick that day, and that neither Hood nor Gatto’s adult son, Cason, who had stopped by that day, had any reason to hurt the girl.

But Gatto’s account is contradicted by autopsy results that showed Chick had suffered blunt-force trauma to her abdomen resulting in lacerations to her pancreas and parts of her digestive tract, according to a report by Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Mark Flomenbaum that is described in the police reports.

In addition to the abdominal injuries, Chick suffered multiple injuries to her head, neck and limbs of varying age, indicating she suffered trauma in the past. A further microscopic examination of her thymus gland showed signs of chronic physiological stress. Chick also had a cut on her chin that seemed to be fresh, but had not bled, according to the report.

There was also physical evidence in the home that seemed to point to prior instances of violence against the girl. Evidence technicians found red-brown stains that tested presumptively positive for blood on sheets of a bunk bed where Chick slept and on the bathtub where Chick had been placed near the time of her death. Technicians also documented trace amounts of blood near a round indentation in a wall in Chick’s bedroom that seemed to correspond with the size of Chick’s head.

Blood was also found on paper towels found in a wastebasket in the bathroom and on a towel found in a laundry hamper in the kitchen. A sponge found in the bathtub also tested positive for blood.

“In sum, there is physical evidence present indicative of trauma and subsequent cleanup of what has tested presumptive positive for blood,” wrote Maine State Police Detective Jonathan Heimbach.

Hood, who left for work at about 6 a.m. and returned about 5:30 p.m. that day, told police that Chick did not greet him when he arrived as she usually did, which was unusual. In explaining the girl’s absence, Gatto told Hood that Chick had made a mess of herself and was in a time-out in the bathtub. Hood told investigators the next time he saw Chick after returning home was after Gatto called him into the bathroom and reported that the girl was unresponsive.

Gatto has no criminal record in Maine, according to the State Bureau of Identification. Her next court date has not been set yet.

This story will be updated.

A car driven by a Roque Bluffs man who had a suspeneded license veered off the road and hit a tree in Washington County around 11:15 p.m. Thursday, killing his 11-year-old daughter, according to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office.

Christopher Stevenson was operating the vehicle when it left Route 191 in Cathance Township. His daughter, the only other passenger in the car, died at the scene, authorities said.

Washington County deputies issued Stevenson a summons on a charge of operating after suspension. The crash is being investigated.

AUBURN — The assistant principal at the city’s middle school was convicted Wednesday of operating under the influence of alcohol and leaving the scene of an accident.

A jury of eight men and four women in Androscoggin County Superior Court returned guilty verdicts on the two misdemeanor charges at the conclusion of the two-day trial of Kevin Shaw, 48, of Minot.

The OUI charge is punishable by up to 364 days in jail. The jury found him guilty of an enhancement on that charge, having determined that his blood-alcohol content was 0.15 percent or more. For that reason, he faces a minimum mandatory sentence of 48 hours in jail. The legal threshold for blood-alcohol content while driving is 0.08 percent.

The charge of leaving the scene of an accident is punishable by up to six months in jail.

Shaw will remain free on personal recognizance until his sentencing, scheduled for Dec. 27, a judge said.

He is operating with a restricted driver’s license.

Auburn Schools Superintendent Katy Grondin said Wednesday that Shaw had called her with the verdict.

Personnel issues are handled in private at the school, she said. Shaw remained employed at the school as of Wednesday as a faculty member in good standing, she said.

Shaw has worked in the local school district for more than 20 years and understands the importance of serving in his capacity as a role model, she said.

“I’m confident that he has taken the necessary steps to make sure that something like this doesn’t happen again,” she said. “He also takes his role of responsibility very seriously. And he does recognize that he’s going to have to address concerns from the community.”

AUGUSTA

Thursday at 10:29 a.m., a disturbance was reported on East Chestnut Street.

11:39 a.m., a disturbance was reported on East Chestnut Street.

11:39 a.m., a disturbance was reported on Senator Way.

11:43 a.m., theft was reported on Mount Vernon Avenue.

12 p.m., burglary from a motor vehicle was reported on King Street.

2:19 p.m., disorderly conduct was reported on Glenridge Drive.

2:34 p.m., simple assault was reported on Washington Street.

2:46 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on New England Road.

2:57 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Civic Center Drive.

3:21 p.m., simple assault was reported on Waldo Street.

3:22 p.m., a 44-year-old Augusta man was summonsed on a charge of assault on Pleasant Street.

4:26 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Northern Avenue.

5:09 p.m., harassment was reported on Blaine Avenue.

5:11 p.m., harassment was reported on Eastern Avenue.

6:03 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Western Avenue.

6:40 p.m., theft was reported on Bridge Street.

7:41 p.m., fraud was reported on Western Avenue.

8:21 p.m., a 42-year-old Monmouth man was summonsed on a charge of operating while license suspended or revoked on Union Street.

Friday at 1:10 a.m., a 36-year-old Augusta man was summonsed on a charge of operating a vehicle without a license on Northern Avenue.

2:47 a.m., a disturbance was reported on Bangor Street.

GARDINER

Thursday at 7:46 a.m., harassment was reported on High Holborn Street.

MONMOUTH

Thursday at 2:19 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Route 135.

VASSALBORO

Thursday at 1:14 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Crowell Hill Road.

ARRESTS

AUGUSTA

Thursday at 9:49 a.m., Katie J. Emmons, 22, of Augusta, was arrested on Darin Drive and charged with operating under the influence and unlawful possession of a scheduled drug.

8:58 p.m., Zachary W. Abram, 23, of Randolph, was arrested on charges of operating under the influence and operating while license suspended or revoked, following a report of an accident on Washington Street.

11:35 p.m., Judy Ann Brillant, 52, of Augusta, was arrested on a warrant, on Highland Avenue.

IN CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Thursday at 9:40 a.m., a case involving theft or fraud was reported on Rogers Circle.

IN CARTHAGE, Friday at 12:35 a.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on West Side Road.

IN CHINA, Thursday at 8:41 a.m., a caller from Fire Road 41 reported a back license plate was stolen or missing.

IN CLINTON, Thursday at 1:30 p.m., a city ordinance violation was reported on Main Street.

8:56 p.m., threatening was reported on Bangor Road.

IN DALLAS PLANTATION, Thursday at 3:10 a.m., a structure fire was reported on Skyland Drive.

IN FAIRFIELD, Thursday at 3:43 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Martin Stream Road.

4:17 p.m., a scam was reported on Liberty Street.

5:24 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Savage Street.

IN FARMINGTON, Thursday at 1:21 p.m., harassment was reported on Silver Maple Lane.

2:25 p.m., a case involving theft or fraud was reported on Wilton Road.

IN JAY, Thursday at 3:30 p.m., a caller from Warren Hill Road reported a person was missing.

Friday at 5:23 a.m., a chimney fire was reported on Main Street.

IN NEW SHARON, Thursday at 1:41 p.m., a case involving theft or fraud was reported on Ross Avenue.

IN NORRIDGEWOCK, Thursday at 5:22 p.m., harassment was reported on Bigelow Hill Road.

IN OAKLAND, Thursday at 4:55 p.m., a traffic accident causing injury was reported on Old Waterville Road.

10:37 p.m., a loud noise was reported on Oak Street.

IN PHILLIPS, Thursday at 10:48 p.m., a caller from Mile Square Road requested a person be removed from the premises.

IN PITTSFIELD, Thursday at 8:28 p.m., a structure fire was reported on Higgins Road.

10:28 p.m., a loud noise was reported on Raymond Street.

Friday at 10:45 a.m., a theft was reported on Mount Road.

IN SKOWHEGAN, Thursday at 9:27 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Fairview Avenue.

11:13 p.m., harassment was reported on North Avenue.

Friday at 5:45 a.m., a fire was reported on Maple Street.

IN SOLON, Thursday at 5:55 p.m., a structure fire was reported on Pleasant Street.

8:11 p.m., a kidnapping was reported on Falls Road.

IN WATERVILLE, Thursday at 7:09 a.m., a theft was reported at J&S Oil on Kennedy Memorial Drive.

11:20 a.m., a theft was reported at the Big Apple store on Elm Street.

11:42 a.m., a shoplifter was reported at Marden’s Surplus & Salvage on Kennedy Memorial Drive.

1:09 p.m., a theft was reported at U-Haul on Elm Street.

1:11 p.m., an assault was reported on Ford Drive.

1:21 p.m., a domestic dispute was reported on Oak Street.

2:02 p.m., a theft was reported at Marden’s.

4:16 p.m., a search reportedly was conducted on College Avenue.

4:49 p.m., a robbery was reported on Elm Street.

5:23 p.m., a domestic dispute was reported on Chaplin Street.

Friday at 1:42 a.m., a domestic dispute was reported on Main Street.

ARRESTS

IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, Thursday, at 4:40 p.m., Andrew Collins, of Dallas Plantation, was arrested on a probation hold and charged with violation of condition of release.

Also Thursday, at 5 p.m., Cynthia Furlong, of Stratton, was arrested and charged with hindering apprehension.

Friday, no time given, Shawne Gardner, 43, of Skowhegan, was arrested on a warrant.

IN SOMERSET COUNTY, Thursday at 9:23 a.m., Timothy James Stanton, 36, of Norridgewock, was arrested and charged with failure to appear.

12:50 p.m., Shawne Randall Gardner, 43, of Skowhegan, was arrested and charged with failure to appear.

10:21 p.m., Todd M. Smart, 41, of Skowhegan, was arrested and charged with assault.

Friday at 12:45 a.m., Damien Mantha, 40, of Skowhegan, was arrested and charged with probation revocation.

IN WATERVILLE, Thursday at 12:10 p.m., Elwood J. Patterson, 48, of New York City, N.Y., was arrested and charged with aggravated trafficking in scheduled drugs.

3:30 p.m., Robert Hall, 37, of Waterville, was arrested and charged with domestic violence assault.

5:33 p.m., Tygeen Walker, 33, of Waterville, was arrested on a probation hold and charged with domestic violence assault and refusing to submit to arrest.

9:39 p.m., Kevin Wyman, 53, of Skowhegan, was arrested and charged with revoked habitual offender, attaching false plates and failing to give correct name, date of birth and address.

Friday at 1:33 a.m., Jermaine Clark, 26, of Waterville, was arrested on four warrants.

WATERVILLE — A man arrested by police and charged with domestic violence assault after he reportedly grabbed and pushed and struck his ex-girlfriend will head to court next month, according to Waterville police Chief Joseph Massey.

Robert Hall, 37, of 23 Oak St., Apt. 2, agreed to turn himself in to police after the incident, which occurred before 1:20 p.m. Thursday, Massey said.

At that time, a woman called police to report that her daughter, who lives at 23 Cool St., had called to say her ex-boyfriend had assaulted her, Massey said. Police went to the Cool Street address and there was no one there. They called the woman back, and she said her daughter was at 23 Oak St., not Cool Street, he said.

“When officers responded to 23 Oak St., they met with the complainant who said her ex-boyfriend came over to the house and wanted to see a minor child he is the father to,” he said.

An argument broke out when Hall tried to take the child with him, and he assaulted his ex-girlfriend, Massey said.

“Eventually he grabbed and pushed and assaulted her,” he said.

When police arrived at the scene, Hall was not there, but officers had observed a car leaving the home and the victim’s description of Hall’s vehicle matched their description, according to Massey.

Later Thursday, police were able to reach Hall by phone and he agreed to turn himself in and did so at the police station on Colby Street. He was arrested and charged with domestic violence assault. He made bail and is scheduled to appear in Waterville District Court on Jan. 16, Massey said.

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WATERVILLE — A Waterville man was arrested Thursday after reportedly striking his ex-girlfriend, grabbing her by the neck and banging her head off a counter, according to Waterville police Chief Joseph Massey.

Massey said Friday that Tyheen S. Walker, 33, of 19B Chaplin St., did not make bail and was taken to Kennebec County Jail in Augusta. Walker is slated to appear in Waterville District Court Jan. 16, Massey said.

At about 5:30 p.m. Thursday, police got a report of a possible domestic violence assault at Walker’s address, Massey said. They went to the home and spoke with a woman who alleged that Walker struck her more than once and threatened her, “grabbed her by the neck and at some point banged her head off the counter,” Massey said.

He said two young children in the home witnessed the assault.

“As they (officers) tried to talk with her, he was very uncooperative. He was extremely intoxicated and he tried to get back at the victim while officers were talking to her,” Massey said.

Police arrested Walker and charged him with domestic violence assault. He was on probation at the time, so police called his probation officer and Walker was placed on a probation hold, Massey said. Walker could not make the $500 bail and was taken to Kennebec County Jail.

Amy Calder — 861-9247

acalder@centralmaine.com

Twitter: @AmyCalder17

WATERVILLE — A man from New York City who was arrested by Waterville police Thursday and charged with aggravated trafficking in drugs will head to court next month to answer to the charges.

Elwood Patterson, 48, was traveling on Elm Street at about noon Thursday when detectives stopped the vehicle and arrested Patterson on two counts of aggravated trafficking in scheduled drugs, both Class A felonies, according to Waterville police Chief Joseph Massey.

Massey said Friday that the arrest was the result of a month-long investigation.

“During that investigation, officers were able to determine he had sold crack cocaine on a number of occasions,” Massey said.

Officers had a warrant to search Patterson and the vehicle for illegal drugs, according to Massey.

While police did not find drugs in the vehicle during the traffic stop, they did find $9,132 in cash, he said.

“He was charged with two counts of aggravated trafficking in scheduled drugs because they’re alleging he sold two different times during the one-month-long investigation,” Massey said.

Patterson was unable to make bail and was taken to Kennebec County Jail in Augusta, he said. He is scheduled to appear in Kennebec County Superior Court Jan. 29, 2018, according to Massey.

Amy Calder — 861-9247

acalder@centralmaine.com

Twitter: @AmyCalder17

A former Jesuit priest and teacher at Cheverus High School who was charged last month with child sexual assault dating to 1998 has posted bail and returned to Missouri, where he’s been living for the last six years.

Walt McKee, an attorney for James Francis Talbot, 80, said his client posted bail in the amount of $50,000 cash. He was then sent back to the Vianney Renewal Center in Dittmer, Missouri, a Catholic Church-run residential facility for troubled priests or former priests, many of whom have been accused of sex abuse.

Talbot, who pleaded not guilty during his initial appearance on Dec. 1, is not scheduled to appear in court again until February.

The longtime Cheverus teacher was indicted by a grand jury last month on charges of gross sexual assault, a Class A felony, and unlawful sexual contact, a Class C crime. The charges stem from allegations by a Freeport man who said Talbot abused him on several occasions when he was 9 years old. The alleged abuse occurred at St. Jude Church in Freeport, where Talbot was a visiting priest.

The same victim settled a lawsuit last summer. The Press Herald does not name victims of sexual abuse without their consent.

Talbot has a lengthy history of child sexual abuse dating to when he taught at Boston College High School, another Jesuit school, and continuing to when he arrived at Cheverus in 1980.

He was terminated by the Portland school in 1998 after allegations were made by another victim. Michael Doherty, also from Freeport, said Talbot abused him both at Cheverus and at the rectory of a church in Yarmouth in the mid-80s.

Doherty sued Talbot, Cheverus, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland and the Jesuits, an order within the Catholic Church. The lawsuit was settled in 2000 for an undisclosed sum.

Talbot was never charged with a crime for his abuse of Doherty because it fell outside the state’s statute of limitations, which has since been changed.

After Doherty went public, though, numerous other victims of Talbot came forward, mostly from his time in Boston. In 2003, 15 of them had settled lawsuits totaling more than $5 million.

Meanwhile, reports of abuse by Talbot at BC High led to criminal charges against Talbot in Massachusetts. He was sentenced to five to seven years in prison in 2005 and served six years. Since his release in 2011, he’s been living in Missouri.

Jim Scanlan was one the victims from BC High whose report of abuse led to the charges against Talbot, although he did not publicly discuss the abuse until late 2015, after viewing the movie “Spotlight,” which is based on The Boston Globe’s Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation into the church’s abuse scandal.

Scanlan, in a recent interview, said he attended one of Talbot’s parole hearings in Massachusetts in 2009. Scanlan said he heard his alleged abuser make a startling confession that he had victimized as many as “88 or 89” children in his life.

He said Talbot’s recent arrest has stirred up emotions for him.

“One of things that I struggle with most is the feeling that people at Cheverus knew about this guy and didn’t protect kids from him,” Scanlan said.

After his indictment in late November, Talbot was extradited to Maine and was held at the Cumberland County Jail.

McKee, Talbot’s attorney, said he knows who posted bail for his client but it’s confidential. At Talbot’s initial court appearance this month, McKee said his client was “penniless.”

It’s likely, though, that the money came from the Jesuits, who have assumed responsibility for Talbot even though he was laicized by the church, which means he no longer is a priest.

Cheverus put out a statement after Talbot’s arrest.

“James Talbot was employed by Cheverus High School from 1980-1998, and was removed from employment after the revelation of sexual abuse of a minor. That revelation was a very sad and troubling part of our history, and one that compelled us to increase our vigilance in preventing sexual abuse,” the statement read. “These measures are in place to prevent sexual abuse at this school, but they can not erase the pain and suffering experienced by the victims of sexual abuse. We will continue to pray for all victims of sexual abuse and offer support to bring healing to these victims of egregious acts.”

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