AUGUSTA — This is a roundup of cases closed Dec. 30, 2017-Jan. 3, 2018, in courts in Augusta and Waterville.

Ciante L. Alston, 21, of New York, New York, operating after registration suspended Nov. 13, 2017, in Waterville; $150 fine; operating vehicle without license Nov. 13, 2017, in Waterville; $150 fine.

Jennifer M. Ames, 28, of Waterville, attaching false plates Nov. 20, 2017, in Waterville; $150 fine.

Lindy F. Barney, 56, of Chelsea, hunting antlerless deer without permit Oct. 28, 2017, in Chelsea; $300 fine.

Andrew P. Bilodeau, 55, of Augusta, operating while license suspended or revoked Oct. 17, 2017, in Augusta; $500 fine; violating condition of release Oct. 17, 2017, in Augusta; $100 fine, $100 suspended.

William E. Bowley II, 46, of Canaan, permitting unlawful use Nov. 17, 2017, in Waterville; $150 fine.

Trevor Brown, 21, of Turner, violating condition of release June 13, 2017, in Augusta; $500 fine.

Catherine S. Campbell-York, 18, of Waterville, operating while license suspended or revoked Nov. 27, 2017, in Waterville, dismissed.

Angelia M. Carrigan, 40, of Augusta, operating after habitual offender revocation March 13, 2016, in Augusta; $1,000 fine, six-month jail sentence; unlawful trafficking in scheduled drugs Nov. 13, 2017, in Waterville; $400 fine, six-year Department of Corrections sentence all but 18 months suspended, three-year probation; violating condition of release Nov. 13, 2017, in Waterville; 30-day jail sentence; unlawful possession of scheduled drugs Nov. 13, 2017, in Waterville, dismissed; criminal forfeiture of property, Nov. 13, 2017, in Waterville. Unlawful trafficking in scheduled drugs Oct. 20, 2016, in Augusta; $400 fine, $400 suspended, 18-month Department of Corrections sentence; unlawful trafficking in scheduled drugs Oct. 20, 2016, in Augusta; $400 fine, $400 suspended, 18-month Department of Corrections sentence; violating condition of release Oct. 20, 2016, in Augusta; $400 fine, $400 suspended, six-month jail sentence; two counts aggravated trafficking of schedule W drug, same date and town, dismissed.

Tammy M. Chamberlain, 49, of Winslow, driving to endanger March 24, 2017, in Gardiner; $575 fine, 10-day jail sentence, 30-day license suspension; operating under the influence, same date and town, dismissed.

Edgar P. Clark Jr., 66, of Winslow, failing to notify of motor vehicle accident Nov. 20, 2017, in Winslow; $200 fine.

Jordan Cloutier, 33, of South China, theft of services March 29, 2017, in Augusta; 48-hour jail sentence, $1,007 restitution; theft by unauthorized taking or transfer, same date and town, dismissed.

Travis Lee Coro, 31, of Fairfield, operating vehicle without license Nov. 23, 2017, in Winslow; $100 fine.

Brian Coutu, 28, of Waterville, theft by unauthorized taking or transfer Oct. 20, 2017, in Augusta; 70-day jail sentence; robbery, same date and town, dismissed.

Timothy J. Ezell, 25, of Waterville, operating after habitual offender revocation May 10, 2017, in Waterville; $500 fine, 30-day jail sentence.

Stella A. Fagaley, 68, of Nashua, New Hampshire, operating under the influence July 14, 2017, in Litchfield; $500 fine, 96-hour jail sentence, 150-day license suspension.

David E. Garceau, 32, of Brighton, operating while license suspended or revoked Nov. 5, 2017, in Winslow; $500 fine.

Melissa B. Giguere, 41, of Winslow, failure to stop, remain, provide information Nov. 22, 2017, in Waterville; $150 fine.

Valerie L. Gilbert, 51, of Burnham, failure to register vehicle, attaching false plates and operating vehicle without license, Nov. 16, 2017, in Waterville, dismissed.

Alexander T. Giroux, 21, of Vassalboro, operating while license suspended or revoked Nov. 24, 2017, in Winslow; $250 fine.

Steven M. Griatzky, 40, of Bowdoinham, operating under the influence June 4, 2017, in Gardiner; $750 fine.

Ronald Howe, 34, of North Monmouth, disorderly conduct, loud unreasonable noise Aug. 2, 2017, in Winthrop; $750 fine, $1,000 restitution; criminal mischief, same date and town, dismissed.

Kyle J. King, 22, of Waterville, aggravated criminal mischief June 28, 2017, in Waterville, dismissed.

Christopher M. Labrie, 34, of Winslow, operating vehicle without license Dec. 29, 2017, in Winslow; 30-day jail sentence; failing to give correct name, address, date of birth Dec. 29, 2017, in Winslow; aggravated forgery, same date and town, dismissed.

Chelsea T. Lambert, 21, of Fairfield, misuse of identification Nov. 15, 2017, in Waterville; 24-hour jail sentence; theft by unauthorized taking or transfer Nov. 15, 2017, in Waterville; 24-hour jail sentence, $211.12 restitution.

Katrina Lavoie, 38, of Hinckley, theft by unauthorized taking or transfer Nov. 15, 2017, in Waterville; $400 fine, $34.78 restitution.

Robert A. Lear III, 27, of Whitefield, operating under the influence Sept. 18, 2017, in Augusta; $500 fine, 150-day license suspension; failing to notify of motor vehicle accident, same date and town, dismissed.

Seth A. Leichnitz, 21, of Waterville, failing to obtain driver’s license Nov. 17, 2017, in Winslow, dismissed.

Bradey A. Luce, 19, of Waldoboro, criminal mischief Nov. 4, 2017, in Winslow; $200 fine, $400 restitution; criminal trespass, same date and town, dismissed.

Louis Malloy, 32, of Waterville, disorderly conduct, fighting July 2, 2017, in Waterville; $400 fine; assault, same date and town, dismissed.

Jessica M. Michaud, 35, of Augusta, operating under the influence Sept. 23, 2017, in Augusta; $500 fine, 96-hour jail sentence, 150-day license suspension.

Shane L. Montella, 41, of North Anson, fishing without valid license July 8, 2017, in Waterville; $100 fine.

April B. Murray, 57, of Winthrop, assault Aug. 19, 2017, in Augusta; $300 fine, 10-day jail sentence.

Michael A. Nichols, 38, of Pittston, harassment Dec. 5, 2016, in Hallowell; seven-day jail sentence; violating condition of release July 31, 2017, in Augusta; seven-day jail sentence; harassment July 31, 2017, in Augusta; seven-day jail sentence.

Joshua E. Noble, 37, of Waterville, unlawful possession of scheduled drug Sept. 7, 2017, in Waterville; $400 fine, 48-hour jail sentence; violating condition of release Sept. 7, 2017, in Waterville; 48-hour jail sentence.

Caleb Parisi, 21, of Waterville, transportation of drugs by minor Nov. 18, 2017, in Winslow; $200 fine, 30-day license suspension.

Cody E. Pelotte, 25, of Winslow, operating under the influence Nov. 19, 2017, in Winslow; $500 fine, 150-day license suspension.

Mark Pontbriand, 38, of Waterville, theft by unauthorized taking or transfer Nov. 12, 2017, in Waterville; $200 fine.

Bryan M. Quiroz, 33, of Augusta, violating condition of release Oct. 15, 2017, in Augusta, dismissed.

Nikida M. Raymond, 25, of Waterville, operating while license suspended or revoked Nov. 17, 2017, in Waterville; $250 fine.

Jennifer S. Ring, 48, of Augusta, assault Dec. 3, 2017, in Augusta; $300 fine, 30-day jail sentence; domestic violence assault, same date and town, dismissed.

Chandler L. St. Pierre, 40, of Augusta, failing to make oral or written accident report May 11, 2017, in West Gardiner, dismissed.

Sheri Schiche, 56, of New Sharon, operating under the influence Dec. 29, 2017, in Vienna; $500 fine, 150-day license suspension.

Ginger M. Sevigny-Duggan, 45, of Windsor, refusing to sign civil violation summons June 2, 2017, in Windsor; $200 fine.

Philip D. Smith, 42, of Vassalboro, assault Sept. 11, 2017, in Vassalboro; $300 fine, 180-day jail sentence all but two days suspended, one-year administrative release.

Douglas Stevens III, 46, of Mount Vernon, disposal of offal; littering Nov. 6, 2017, in Mount Vernon; $150 fine.

Adam Strictland, 36, of Albion, disorderly conduct, offensive words, gestures Nov. 14, 2017, in Winslow; $300 fine; hindering apprehension or prosecution, same date and town, dismissed.

Joshua Vashon, 36, of Waterville, operating while license suspended or revoked Nov. 16, 2017, in Waterville; $500 fine.

Michael S. Worden, 22, of Georgetown, violating condition of release Dec. 29, 2017, in Waterville; three-day jail sentence.

A Phippsburg man is facing charges in connection with an assault on his mother and the stabbing of her male companion Saturday in the Sagadahoc County town.

James H. Bowker, 34, of Fox Run Road was arrested Saturday night following the incidents at his mother’s house on Bowker Road, the Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement Sunday.

The sheriff’s office said Bowker “severely” beat his mother, Mary Bowker, 53, and stabbed her companion, David MacDonald, 53, multiple times about 5 p.m. before fleeing. The two were taken to Maine Medical Center in Portland, where they were listed in stable condition Sunday.

A search for James Bowker by the sheriff’s office and Phippsburg police led to his arrest at a home on Fox Run Road.

Bowker is being held at Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset. He faces charges of elevated aggravated assault and aggravated assault. He was also arrested on an outstanding warrant for traffic and probation violations.

He is scheduled to appear Monday at West Bath District Court.

The incident is still under investigation.

IN AUGUSTA, Saturday at 9:39 a.m., fraud was reported on Union Street.

10:44 a.m., a well-being/mental health check was performed on Water Street.

11:47 a.m., an unattended death was reported on Davenport Street.

2:07 p.m., lost property was reported on Cony Street.

2:58 p.m., a well-being check was performed on Murdock Street.

2:58 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Court Street.

3:04 p.m., a well-being/mental health check was performed on New England Road.

11:51 p.m., a disturbance was reported on West River Road.

Sunday at 1:41 p.m., a well-being check was requested on Chapel Street.

ARRESTS

Saturday at 1:05 p.m., Maurice Anthony Wilson, 36, of Augusta, was arrested on an outstanding warrant.

4:40 p.m., William O. Pulliam Jr., 55, of Hospital Street, was arrested on an outstanding warrant.

SUMMONSES

IN HALLOWELL, Saturday at 8:54 a.m., a 50-year-old Augusta man was issued a summons on a charge of failure to register a vehicle.

2:48 p.m., a 40-year-old Gardiner man was issued a summons on a charge of operating while license suspended or revoked (prior).

IN ATHENS, Saturday at 6:47 p.m., harassment was reported on Hole in the Wall Road.

IN CAMBRIDGE, Saturday at 10:56 a.m., a traffic accident was reported on Main Street.

IN CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Sunday at 7:33 a.m., a case involving theft or fraud was reported on Carrabassett Drive.

IN CORNVILLE, Saturday at 10:02 a.m., a traffic accident was reported on East Ridge Road.

Sunday at 8:31 a.m., debris was reported on the roadway on East Ridge Road.

IN FAIRFIELD, Saturday at 11:26 a.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on Winter Street.

4:53 p.m., a theft was reported on Old County Road.

8:49 p.m., a theft was reported on Main Street.

11:47 p.m., loud noise was reported on Newhall Street.

Sunday at 2:31 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Elm Street.

IN FARMINGTON, Saturday at 2:12 p.m., a case involving theft or fraud was reported on Wilton Road.

4:05 p.m., an assault was reported on Wilton Road.

Sunday at 9:58 a.m., a case involving theft or fraud was reported on Adams Circle.

12:39 p.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on Perham Street.

10:20 a.m., a case involving theft or fraud was reported on Kings Lane.

IN JAY, Saturday at 5:48 a.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on Church Street.

9 a.m., a traffic accident causing injury was reported on Riley Road.

3:24 p.m., a case involving fraud was reported on Masterman Road.

IN KINGFIELD, Saturday at 8:06 p.m., a fire with trees and lines down was reported on Main Street.

IN NORRIDGEWOCK, Saturday at 7:03 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Meadow Ridge Road.

Sunday at 7:08 a.m., a structure fire was reported on Madison Road.

IN OAKLAND, Saturday at 12:09 p.m., a theft was reported on Water Street.

Sunday at 2:06 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Main Street.

IN PALMYRA, Saturday at 2 p.m., a traffic accident was reported on Webb Ridge Road.

Sunday at 3:05 a.m., a disturbance was reported on Main Street.

3:05 a.m., an automobile theft was reported on Main Street.

Also at 3:05 a.m., shots were reportedly fired on Main Street.

IN SKOWHEGAN, Saturday at 12:52 p.m., a disturbance was reported on McClellan Street.

1:57 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Cedar Ridge Drive.

4:34 p.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on Red Bridge Road.

Sunday at 1:52 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Main Street.

2:30 p.m., trespassing was reported on Main Street.

2:30 p.m., a structure fire was reported on Eaton Mountain Road.

3:23 p.m., an assault was reported on Dawes Street.

IN WATERVILLE, Saturday at 8:34 a.m., a caller from Summer Street reported someone was missing.

12:06 p.m., criminal mischief was reported on North Street.

12:11 p.m., a shoplifter was reported at Maine Smoke Shop on College Avenue.

4:06 p.m., a traffic accident causing injury was reported at the intersection of Silver and Preston streets.

4:55 p.m., a disturbance was reported at Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter on Colby Street.

6:26 p.m., a disturbance was reported at Swift Arrow on Elm Street. A man was arrested and charged with two counts of violating condition of release and criminal mischief, according to the report.

9:12 p.m., a domestic dispute was reported on Elm Court. A woman was arrested and charged with domestic violence assault and criminal mischief, according to the report.

Sunday at 12:19 a.m., harassment was reported on Collins Street.

12:52 a.m., threatening was reported on Collins Street.

IN WEST FORKS, Sunday at 1:19 a.m., a fire with wires down was reported on U.S. Route 201.

IN WILTON, Saturday at 3:20 p.m., a structure fire was reported on Main Street.

IN WINSLOW, Saturday at 11:47 a.m., a disturbance was reported on Clinton Avenue.

Arrests

IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, Wednesday at 12:04 p.m., Corey D. Robinson, 20, of Farmington, was arrested on a warrant.

Thursday at 10:10 a.m., Alexandra N. Rainey, 19, of Farmington, was arrested on a warrant.

Friday at 1:47 a.m., Amy R. Deermount, 30, of Farmington, was arrested and charged with domestic violence assault and criminal mischief.

Saturday at 3:05 p.m., Brendon David LaPlante, 32, of Willington, Connecticut, was arrested and charged with failure to stop for a law enforcement officer.

5:09 p.m., Whitney Taylor Sears, 30, of Farmington, was arrested and charged with operating under the influence.

8:40 p.m., Tess E. Goodland, 48, of Livermore Falls, was arrested and charged with OUI.

IN SOMERSET COUNTY, Saturday at 8:17 p.m., Howard N. Hunter, 34, of Norridgewock, was arrested and charged with violating condition of release.

9:48 p.m., Zachary Joseph Erkson, 26, of North Anson, was arrested and charged with four counts of unpaid fines and fees, failure to appear and refusing to submit to arrest or detention.

Sunday at 10:41 a.m., Mark Jeffrey Huffer, 60, of Detroit, was arrested on a warrant.

12:46 p.m., Adam Benjamin Clarke, 34, of Canaan, was arrested on two warrants.

2:18 p.m., Tanner Robert Boyce, 19, of Anson, was arrested on five warrants.

A Portland man was arrested after driving a stolen front-end loader along train tracks Saturday morning in Falmouth, police said.

Charles Ayres Photo courtesy of the Falmouth Police Department

Police said two trains narrowly missed hitting the front-end loader earlier as it was being driven near the tracks by Charles Ayres, 45.

The first train was an Amtrak passenger train and the second was a freight train that was forced to make an emergency stop, according to statement on the Falmouth police Facebook page.

The freight train made its stop near the intersections of Falmouth Road and Leighton Road. That intersection was closed to traffic for several hours while railroad engineers checked for damage to tracks or equipment.

When police arrested Ayres around 8:20 a.m., he was sitting in the front-end loader on tracks near Blackstrap Road, north of where the freight train stopped.

Ayres was charged with felony theft by unauthorized use of a vehicle, aggravated criminal mischief and driving to endanger. He was being held Saturday at the Cumberland County Jail.

Police said the front-end loader was stolen from a parking lot on St. John Street in Portland sometime Friday night or Saturday morning. Police said Ayres was uncooperative with police and they didn’t know why he took the front-end loader or where he was trying to go.

MILLINOCKET — All three suspects in a fatal shooting in December in Millinocket are in police custody.

Maine State Police say Tony Locklear, 43, of East Millinocket was arrested Friday in Birmingham, Alabama.

His daughter, 21-year-old Alexis Locklear, was arrested the day before in Maxton, North Carolina.

Her boyfriend, 38-year-old Christopher Murray, is already in jail in Maine.

Police say Wayne Lapierre was attacked and shot inside his home on Dec. 19. He died later at a Bangor hospital. His wife was injured but survived.

Police say Tony Locklear and Murray face charges including murder. A lawyer for Murray told the Bangor Daily News that police “got the wrong guy.”

It was unclear if the Locklears had lawyers.

IN AUGUSTA Saturday at 9:31 a.m., a Cony Street caller requested a check on an individual’s mental health/welfare.

10:29 a.m., a Court Street caller requested a check on an individual’s mental health/welfare.

11:17 a.m., an Old Belgrade Road caller requested a check on an individual’s mental health/welfare.

2:16 p.m., a Western Avenue caller reported criminal trespass.

9:16 p.m., a Waldo Street caller reported harassment.

9:35 p.m., an unnamed person was arrested following a report of suspicious activity by a caller from Community Drive.

Sunday at 12:11 a.m., a caller from Cedar Street requested a check on an individual’s welfare.

IN HALLOWELL Saturday at 1:49 p.m., a 36-year-old Buckfield woman was issued a summons charging her with failure to register vehicle following a motor vehicle stop at Central and Water streets.

ARRESTS

IN AUGUSTA Saturday at 7:19 p.m., Eben C. Harrington, 32, was arrested on a warrant on Waldo Street.

8:24 p.m., Leland Ray Markham, 40 was arrested on a warrant on Riverside Drive.

10:07 p.m., Steven G. Flannery, 26, was arrested on a warrant on Washington Street.

IN BENTON, Saturday at 9:20 a.m., a fire with trees down was reported on Unity Road.

IN CANAAN, Saturday at 8:11 a.m., a fire with trees down was reported on Browns Corner Road.

IN CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Saturday at 3:53 p.m., a case involving theft or fraud was reported on Main Street.

IN EMBDEN, Saturday at 11:32 a.m., harassment was reported on New Portland Road.

IN FAIRFIELD, Saturday at 11:11 a.m., a fire with trees down was reported on Old County Road.

IN FARMINGTON, Saturday at 12:36 a.m., noise was reported on Lake Avenue.

9:40 p.m., noise was reported on High Street.

Sunday at 1:51 a.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on Industry Road.

IN HARTLAND, Sunday at 9:08 a.m., a fire and odor were investigated on Pleasant Street.

IN MADISON, Saturday at 1:11 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Main Street.

IN MERCER, Saturday at 10:21 a.m., a fire with trees down was reported on Valley Road.

3:02 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Mercer Road.

IN PALYMRA, Saturday at 10:09 a.m., a fire with wires down was reported on Main Street.

IN NORRIDGEWOCK, Saturday at 9 p.m., trespassing was reported on Mercer Road.

IN PITTSFIELD, Saturday at 4:08 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Webb Road.

IN RANGELEY, Saturday at 12:02 p.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on Kinderhook Street.

IN ST. ALBANS, Saturday at 3:38 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Dexter Road.

IN SKOWHEGAN, Saturday at 12:52 p.m., a caller from Palmer Road reported hearing shots fired.

5:31 p.m., harassment was reported on Mount Pleasant Avenue.

Sunday at 5:19 a.m., mischief was reported on Canaan Road.

IN SOLON, Saturday at 9:06 a.m., a fire with trees down was reported on South Solon Road.

IN STARKS, Saturday at 10:07 a.m., a fire with trees down was reported on Industry Road.

5:56 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Sawyers Mills Road.

IN WATERVILLE, Saturday at 7:59 a.m., a disturbance was reported at the Big Apple store on Elm Street.

11:16 a.m., a domestic dispute was reported on Pleasant Street.

11:47 a.m., a theft was reported at Budget Host Inn on Kennedy Memorial Drive.

1:37 p.m., a disturbance was reported at Inland Hospital on Kennedy Memorial Drive.

1:44 p.m., a theft was reported on King Street.

3:55 p.m., a traffic accident causing injury was reported on Kennedy Memorial Drive.

5:12 p.m., a protection order violation was reported on Kennedy Memorial Drive.

8:46 p.m., harassment was reported at Wal-Mart, on Waterville Commons Drive.

9:03 p.m., a burglary was reported in progress on Oak Street.

11:55 p.m., a disturbance was reported at Cancun restaurant on Silver Street.

Sunday at 12:37 a.m., a burglary was reported on Winter Street.

1:09 a.m., trespassing was reported on College Avenue.

IN WILTON, Saturday at 2:23 a.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on Weld Road.

IN WINSLOW, Saturday at 11:50 p.m., a theft was reported on Clinton Avenue.

ARRESTS

IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, Saturday at 2:30 a.m., Amanda D. Oliver, 33, of Livermore, was arrested and charged with operating under the influence and endangering the welfare of a child.

1:08 p.m., Tod Perry, 49, of Salem Township, was arrested and charged with operating while license suspended or revoked.

10 p.m., Ruben Arangure, 54, of Strong, was arrested and charged with stealing drugs.

IN SOMERSET COUNTY, Saturday at 2:14 a.m., Forrest Glen Ruman, 42, of Madison, was arrested and charged with OUI.

3:44 a.m., Francisco Bautista, 26, of Out of County, Texas, was arrested and charged with OUI and operating vehicle without a license.

12:57 p.m., Denise A. Lewis, 50, of Canaan, was arrested on a warrant.

9:30 p.m., Robert Eric French, 46, of Scarborough, was arrested and charged with criminal trespass.

Sunday at 2:35 a.m., Noah W. Peterson Greenberg, 20, of Winthrop, was arrested and charged with OUI.

IN WATERVILLE, Saturday at 9:30 p.m., Crystal Cougle, 25, of Waterville, was arrested and charged with burglary and theft by unauthorized taking or transfer.

Sunday at 1:19 a.m., Nathan St. Amand, 25, of Oakland, was arrested and charged with OUI.

1:54 a.m., Garrett Camren, 38, of Waterville, was arrested and charged with OUI.

AUGUSTA — This is a roundup of cases closed Feb. 22-28, 2018, at courts in Augusta and Waterville.

Nichole Marie Braley, 30, of Pittsfield, operating defective vehicle July 26, 2017, in Waterville; $250 fine, $250 suspended; driving to endanger July 26, 2017, in Waterville; $500 fine, 30-day license suspension; operating under the influence, same date and town, dismissed.

Casey Bronn, 36, of Vassalboro, theft by unauthorized taking or transfer May 1, 2017, in Waterville; 48-hour jail sentence.

Tammy L. Chambers, 35, of Gardiner, habitually truant student Dec. 11, 2017, in Gardiner, dismissed.

William Churchill Jr., 53, of Somerville, operating after habitual offender revocation Oct. 1, 2017, in Gardiner; $1,000 fine, six-month jail sentence.

Gregory Doray, 28, of Gardiner, fugitive from justice Feb. 13, 2018, in Randolph, dismissed.

Noah D. Duncan Perley, 19, of Wilton, motor vehicle speeding more than 30 mph over speed limit Dec. 24, 2017, in Readfield, dismissed.

Sabrina L. Erickson, 40, of Winthrop, theft by deception March 23, 2016, and theft by unauthorized taking or transfer Aug. 2, 2016, both in Waterville, dismissed.

Stella A. Fagaley, 68, of Nashua, New Hampshire, operating under the influence July 14, 2017, in Litchfield; $500 fine, 96-hour jail sentence, 150-day license suspension.

Nancy Ferland, 62, of Pittston, failure to register vehicle Oct. 4, 2017, in Pittston; $100 fine.

Arianna B. Finger, 20, of Houston, Texas, minor consuming liquor March 31, 2017, in Waterville; $200 fine.

Nathaniel A. Fotter, 24, of Oakland, failing to yield right of way Aug. 6, 2017, in Oakland; $250 fine.

Brian P. Gatie, 53, of Smithfield, operating after habitual offender revocation May 25, 2016, in Oakland, dismissed.

Ernest Green, 40, of Waterville, unlawful trafficking in scheduled drugs Aug. 16, 2017, in Augusta; $400 fine, $400 suspended, seven-year Department of Corrections sentence, all but two years suspended, three years’ probation; aggravated trafficking of schedule W drug Sept. 12, 2017, in Augusta, dismissed; and criminal forfeiture of property, Sept. 22, 2017, in Augusta. Operating under the influence Feb. 4, 2018, in Waterville; $600 fine, 96-hour jail sentence, 150-day license suspension; violating condition of release Feb. 4, 2018, in Waterville; 48-hour jail sentence.

Fahad M. Hassan, 20, of Winslow, representing another’s license or ID as own March 3, 2017, in Waterville; $100 fine.

Robert R. Holbrook, 34, of Pittston, operating while license suspended or revoked Jan. 12, 2017, in Gardiner, dismissed.

Andrea R. Horne, 37, of Litchfield, operating under the influence July 20, 2017, in Monmouth; $700 fine, seven-day jail sentence, three-year license suspension.

Joshua D. Ladd, 34, of Belgrade, operating under the influence April 2, 2017, in Mount Vernon; $500 fine, 96-hour jail sentence, 150-day license suspension.

Brianna Elizabeth Maberry, 22, of Waterville, violating condition of release Jan. 8, 2018, in Waterville, dismissed.

Anthony Manganella, 35, of Windsor, robbery Nov. 23, 2017, in Augusta; 10-year Department of Corrections sentence all but four years suspended, three-year probation, $574 restitution.

Ricky A. Mansir, 57, of Chelsea, operating while license suspended or revoked Dec. 26, 2017, in Hallowell; $250 fine; attaching false plates, same date and town, dismissed.

Shana D. McLaughlin, 22, of Alton, failure to register vehicle Jan. 2, 2018, in Augusta; $100 fine.

David A. Moulton, 53, of South China, motor vehicle speeding more than 30 mph over speed limit Dec. 24, 2017, in Readfield, dismissed.

Frank M. Omar, 67, of Hallowell, failure to register vehicle Jan. 29, 2018, in Gardiner; $100 fine.

Lancelot E. Ortiz, 41, of Waterville, unlawful furnishing scheduled drug Nov. 29, 2017, in Augusta; four-month jail sentence.

Leslie Page, 69, of Fairfield, theft by unauthorized taking or transfer Nov. 5, 2017, in Benton, dismissed.

Jeffrey R. Peters, 30, of Saint Petersburg, Florida, commercial vehicle rule violation: operation without duty record June 26, 2017, in Augusta; $500 fine.

Cullen J. Penney, 22, of Augusta, burglary June 20, 2016; two-year Department of Corrections sentence; theft, same date, one-year Department of Corrections sentence; burglary July 23, 2016, six-year Department of Corrections sentence, all but three years suspended and three year’s probation, restitution $975.80; theft by deception July 19, 2016, July 20, 2016, and July 21, 2016, one-year Department of Corrections sentence on each. All offenses were committed in Augusa.

Steven A. Pottle, 52, of Chelsea, assault Nov. 5, 2017, in Chelsea; $300 fine, 180-day all suspended jail sentence, one-year administrative release; assault on an officer, same date and town, dismissed.

Jacob C. Raymond, 24, of Augusta, unlawful possession of scheduled drug Oct. 31, 2017, in Augusta; $400 fine.

Michael J. Scribner II, 34, of Augusta, violating condition of release Jan. 24, 2018, in Augusta; 30-day jail sentence; operating after habitual offender revocation Jan. 25, 2018, in Augusta; $500 fine, 30-day jail sentence; attaching false plates and operating after habitual offender revocation, Jan. 24, 2018, in Augusta, dismissed.

Amrinder Pal Singh, 38, of Louisville, Kentucky, commercial vehicle rule violation: operation with false duty status April 27, 2015, in West Gardiner; $500 fine.

Christopher E. Smedberg, 28, of Shawmut, operating under the influence June 25, 2017, no town listed; $700 fine, 10-day jail sentence, three-year license suspension; operating while license suspended or revoked, same date and town, dismissed.

Eric J. Smith, 26, of Augusta, altering vehicle after inspection Aug. 30, 2017, in Augusta; $100 fine.

Keith Allen Tardiff, 27, of Augusta, criminal mischief July 9, 2017, in Augusta; seven-day jail sentence, $252.21 restitution; assault Sept. 20, 2017, in Augusta; $300 fine, 60-day jail sentence.

Shawn James Taylor, 24, of Augusta, operating under the influence Feb. 24, 2018, in Augusta; $500 fine.

George A. Trask, 43, of Augusta, operating under the influence Feb. 11, 2018, in Augusta; $500 fine, 10-day jail sentence, 150-day license suspension.

Adam Turner, 37, of Gardiner, operating under the influence Aug. 31, 2017, in Gardiner, dismissed.

Corey Vannah, 28, of Augusta, aggravated trafficking of scheduled drugs Sept. 28, 2016, in Augusta; $400 fine, eight-year Department of Corrections sentence, all but four years suspended, three years’ probation; aggravated trafficking of scheduled drugs Sept. 28, 2016, in Augusta; $400 fine, four-year Department of Corrections sentence.

Kali P. Vorpagel, 26, of Farmingdale, failure to register vehicle Jan. 14, 2018, in Hallowell, dismissed.

Travis Melvin Wadsworth, 44, of Rockport, operating while license suspended or revoked Jan. 2, 2017, in Augusta, dismissed.

Steven Warfield, 40, of Canaan, unlawful possession of heroin Feb. 11, 2017, in Oakland; $400 fine, four-year Department of Corrections sentence, all but nine months suspended, two-year probation.

Valerie J. Wells, 50, of Augusta, theft by unauthorized taking or transfer Sept. 25, 2017, in Augusta, dismissed.

Kevin E. Woodward, 48, of Whitefield, domestic violence assault Jan. 18, 2018, in Windsor, dismissed.

STOCKTON SPRINGS — Hundreds of people descended on the village center Sunday night for a candlelight vigil in memory of Marissa Kennedy, the 10-year-old Stockton Springs girl who was found dead a week ago, allegedly as the result of beatings from her mother and stepfather.

Mourners gathered behind the town office, where organizers had set up a tent for speakers and musicians. In the lower level of the building, tables bore trifold displays with of photos of Marissa at different ages.

Marissa Kennedy Photo courtesy of Maine Attorney General’s Office

Several hundred people attended the event, the second of three vigils for the girl. An event was held in Belfast Saturday night, and a third vigil is scheduled to be held Monday in Bangor, where Marissa lived before her parents moved their family to Stockton Springs, in Waldo County, last fall.

At the vigil in downtown Belfast, dozens of people – some from as far away as Kittery – called for justice following the death of Marissa, the Associated Press reported.

Many criticized child welfare officials for failing to protect her, according to WLBZ-TV.

Organizer Nancy Barlow said “that little girl slipped through the cracks.” Another organizer, Patti Beeton, said, “She was failed.”

Marissa’s parents – her stepfather, Julio Carrillo, 51, and her mother, Sharon Carrillo, 33 – have been charged with depraved indifference murder in her death.

The Carrillos were arrested on Feb. 26, one day after first responders were called to their home in Stockton Springs and discovered that Marissa was dead. The scene had been staged to look like she died in an accident, according to Maine State Police.

Investigators said in a state police affidavit that Marissa’s parents sometimes locked her in a darkened closet for extended periods and had beaten and abused their daughter for months. Police said the Carrillos would punish the girl by forcing her to kneel on a tile floor and hold her hands above her head while they whipped her between 10 and 15 times with a leather belt or hit her with their hands.

The beatings continued from October until about late February, when Marissa could no longer walk or speak without slurring her words.

The Carrillos made their first court appearance Wednesday in Waldo County Superior Court in Belfast, where bail was set at $500,000 cash each.

In court, Assistant Attorney General Donald Macomber described Marissa’s slaying as one of the most serious cases of depraved indifference murder he has ever encountered.

“What she was subjected to can only be described as torture,” Macomber told Justice Robert Murray. “Multiple times a day, every day for months.”

Bangor’s superintendent of schools issued a statement last week that said teachers and staff at the school Marissa attended there before her family moved to Stockton Strings spotted signs of abuse and reported it to the Department of Health and Human Services. Gov. Paul LePage’s office announced Friday that an independent panel will review the case and that DHHS is conducting an internal investigation to determine if staff followed protocol.

The candlelight vigil in Bangor will be held at 5 p.m. Monday at Cascade Park.

Staff Writer Dennis Hoey contributed to this report.

AUGUSTA — A pair of West Gardiner men have been charged with aggravated drug trafficking after police allegedly caught them with ready-to-sell cocaine near Cony High School.

The men — Dylan Hendsbee, 26, and Steve Madsen, 23, both of West Gardiner — were charged after police said they were found Sunday night in a vehicle parked near the entrance to the Augusta Nature Center Trails on Cony Street, less than 500 feet from the high school property.

Hendsbee was charged with aggravated trafficking in schedule W drugs, a Class A felony because it’s in a school zone, violating conditions of release, and criminal forfeiture of property. Madsen faces a single charge of aggravated trafficking in schedule W drugs.

The two men made initial court appearances Monday at the Capital Judicial Center via video from the Kennebec County jail. A judge set bail at $5,000 for Hendsbee and $1,000 for Madsen, and required a Maine Pretrial Services contract for each.

Conditions of bail prohibit them from contact with each other and with a 23-year-old woman who was also in the vehicle.

Officer Simon Yorks of the Augusta Police Department came upon the parked vehicle at 11:25 p.m. Sunday, according to a news release from Deputy Chief Jared Mills.

Augusta Police Officer Brett Lowell and Maine State Police Trooper Lacoste arrived as well with a police dog, allegedly discovering 35 grams of cocaine base powder packaged for individual sale, a digital scale, packaging material, narcotics paraphernalia and cash, according to the release.

An affidavit filed by Yorks at the Capital Judicial Center in support of probable cause for arrest, said Hendsbee, who was on bail conditions, was in the driver’s seat.

Because those conditions subjected him to search at any time, Hendsbee was searched, and police said they found bags of cocaine in the pockets of pants he was wearing; however, a woman in the car said they were her boyfriend’s clothes, not Hendsbee’s, and that he had changed into them at her house. They also seized $340 in cash found on Hendsbee.

Police also reportedly located a syringe loaded with what they believed was heroin that had apparently been thrown from the vehicle when police approached it.

The judge on Monday also held Hendsbee without bail on the state’s motion to revoke bail. He had been bailed previously on a Nov. 4, 2017, charge of operating under the influence.

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AUGUSTA — A Winslow man and woman have both pleaded not guilty to a charge of failing to comply with an order to euthanize two pit bulls deemed dangerous by the courts and instead hide them from the state.

Brandon Ross, 33, entered the plea Monday at the Capital Judicial Center in front of Judge Eric Walker, the same judge who had ordered the two pit bulls destroyed following a bench trial in which Ross’ girlfriend, Danielle Jones, was found guilty of keeping dangerous dogs. Jones pleaded not guilty by mail last week to the same charge of failing to comply with a court order, so she did not appear in court Monday.

Jones’ pit bulls, Bentley and Kole, killed a dog and seriously injured a woman on Aug. 30, 2016, on Lucille Avenue in Winslow.

In video of the attack obtained by police from Jones’ home, Sharron Carey can be seen walking around 12:40 p.m. with her Boston terrier, Fergie Rose. Two pit bulls sprint across the front yard and to the road from behind Jones’ home, mauling the small dog as Carey tries to fight them off with her hands. The dogs then attacked Carey, seriously injuring her.

“The dog’s dead — oh, my God,” a 911 caller and witness who reported the attack is heard saying in a separate police audio tape from that day that was played at trial in October 2017.

At the time of the couple was charged, Waterville Police Chief Joseph Massey said police followed a trail of text messages and phone numbers to determine that Jones went to New Jersey after she took the dogs for a walk Oct. 24, 2017, outside the Humane Society Waterville Area on Webb Road in Waterville. The walk came just after the Maine Supreme Judicial Court had upheld Walker’s decision to order the dogs euthanized.

Jones told shelter officials at the time that the dogs slipped their leashes and ran off into the woods, but police did not buy her story. Police have been looking for the pit bulls since then.

“We still don’t know where the dogs are,” Massey said Monday. “We have a very strong suspicion they’re out of state. We just have not been able to get any information to tell us exactly where.”

Among the evidence police say they have against Jones and Ross are phone records and text messages illustrating a concerted effort to hide the pit bulls and then take them to New Jersey to an animal adoption agency Jones had called several times. She made or received more than 90 calls the day the dogs disappeared, police say.

Bail conditions were identical for both defendants: $2,000 cash, a prohibition on leaving the state and on acquiring new dogs.

However, they are permitted to have contact with dogs at their dog-grooming business, The Muddy Paw.

The next hearing for Ross is set for May 10.

On Monday, Ross’s attorney, Scott Hess, attempted to have the bail conditions changed, but Walker refused. Walker said that the charge of contempt of a court order, if proved, is a “very serious violation of Maine law.”

The charge is a Class D misdemeanor, carrying a maximum penalty of 364 days in jail.

Hess said the ban on out-of-state travel prevented Ross from using already purchased airline tickets to see relatives at Christmas. Hess called the bail “excessive and not at all necessary to effectuate the purpose of the bail code.” He also said it’s been six months from the time the charge was lodged. “They’re concerned my clients may be moving dogs around,” he added.

He suggested $500 cash bail.

The prosecutor, Deputy District Attorney Paul Cavanaugh, objected to any change, saying the dogs disappeared within a few minutes of the ruling in the appeal.

“We believe he was the principal actor and assisted Ms. Jones,” Cavanaugh said.

Ross’s case was taken first on Monday and watched by a courtroom full of defendants in other cases and also filmed by a television station. The case has attracted a great deal of interest.

Richard Rosenthal, a Queens, New York-based attorney who calls himself the “dog lawyer” on his website, argued on behalf of Jones when the Maine Supreme Judicial Court held oral arguments in the case. Rosenthal maintained that the dangerous-dog prosecution is quasi-criminal in nature rather than simply civil because it was “brought by police, prosecuted by the district attorney’s office and it deals with a forfeiture.” He said Jones should have had a jury trial at which the state would have been required to prove “beyond a reasonable doubt” that the dogs were dangerous.

He also argued that it was unclear which dog actually inflicted the fatal injuries on Fergie Rose.

At that hearing, Supreme Court Associate Justice Andrew Mead noted that forfeiting dogs to the state was different from forfeiting a piece of property, such as a boat or motorcycle.

“Dogs are members of the family,” Mead said.

In a separate case, another dog under a court-ordered death sentence was spared after the attorneys worked out a deal to have the animal placed at a boarding kennel at a veterinary hospital and have a canine behavior expert brought in as a trainer. The animal, Dakota, killed one dog in Waterville and then months later seriously injured another dog owned by the same family.

The case drew the attention of Gov. Paul LePage, who issued a documented “pardon” to Dakota in March 2017. It was appealed to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court and raised questions about the appropriate punishment for dogs deemed dangerous; however, the settlement, which was approved by a judge, ended that appeal.

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Twitter: @betadams

A former Kennebunk man accused of defrauding Maine investors of more than $575,000 has been sentenced to six years in prison on two counts each of theft by deception and securities fraud.

Robert J. Howarth, who is in his 60s, was sentenced in February in Waldo County Superior Court after pleading guilty in December.

Howarth bilked 19 investors in a scheme in which he took investments for a business that he had claimed would resell designer clothing, according to the filing.

He was indicted in 2015 after an investigation by the Maine Office of Securities, but fled to New Jersey, where he was eventually arrested and returned to Maine.

Howarth told investors that he had recently sold a clothing business in New York for multiple millions of dollars. He impressed victims by wearing high-end clothing, throwing parties and paying for meals and trips for his victims and told them his planned business would provide high rates of return.

“Mr. Howarth was a wolf in sheep’s clothing,” Maine Securities Administrator Judith Shaw said in a statement announcing the sentencing. “He ingratiated himself with his victims and once he had established a friendship, he preyed on their trusting nature and vulnerabilities.”

Most of the investors who were victimized by Howarth lost critical savings needed for their retirement years, she said.

Howarth received a 10-year underlying sentence with all but six years suspended on a theft charge from Waldo County; a concurrent five-year sentence on a Waldo County securities fraud charge; a concurrent six-year sentence on a York County theft charge; and a concurrent five-year sentence on a York County securities fraud charge. The judge also ordered three years of probation and told Howarth to make restitution payments of $575,000.

Howarth also used the names Robert Chiofolo, Robert Kim Lee and Robert Sachs.

Edward D. Murphy can be contacted at 791-6465 or at:

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A Waterville couple accused of long-term sexual abuse of a girl told her she would “lose her guardian angels” if she did not cooperate.

The girl also said the man would whip her and other girls with a belt, and that their food was limited.

Those allegations and others were contained in a court affidavit filed by Waterville police Detective Kyle McDonald in connection with the case against Jennifer L. Stevens, 35.

Stevens and her husband, Michael A. Stevens, 36, each are charged with one count of gross sexual assault in a complaint that says the abuse occurred Oct. 24, 2010, and Oct. 25, 2014, when the girl was less than 12 years old.

The couple was arrested Feb. 1 and have been held since then at the Kennebec County jail in Augusta in lieu of $250,000 cash bail.

A judge who presided at the initial court appearance of Jennifer Stevens on Feb. 2 ordered the affidavit sealed for 30 days, saying that the case involved “very deviant conduct with very young children.” That affidavit was made available Monday at the Capital Judicial Center.

McDonald wrote that the case had been referred for investigation through the District Attorney’s Office from the state’s Child Protective Services division of the Department of Health and Human Services.

He said the girl, now 16, disclosed the abuse to a caseworker, saying it began when she was 9, that both adults sexually assaulted her for years, and that Michael Stevens “would be beat her … with a belt.”

The girl said if she did not want to participate in the sexual abuse, the adults told her, “she could go clean the house,” McDonald wrote.

The girl said the abuse happened during the day and at night, stopping only when she was living in a homeless shelter in Waterville, and also took place in Fairfield. The girl said the abuse made her so sick that she vomited and “was made to swallow her own vomit” by Michael Stevens.

McDonald said the girl indicated the man took pictures of some of the sexual assaults and “made her swear on her guardian angels that she wouldn’t tell anyone about it.”

McDonald wrote that the girl reported the man threatened to kill himself and that she would “lose her guardian angels” if she reported him. She also was told that if she lied to a guardian angel “that would allow demons to enter you and you would eventually go to hell.” The girl said she was made to watch movies about exorcisms.

At Jennifer Stevens’ court hearing, attorney Elizabeth Gray, representing her as attorney of the day, referenced other “ongoing court proceedings” as well as “Ms. Stevens’ heroin addiction.” Neither Stevens is facing drug charges at this point.

Jennifer Stevens, who currently is being represented by attorney Brad Grant, will be in court again April 5.

At Michael Stevens’ initial court hearing, William Baghdoyan, also acting as lawyer of the day, asked for lower bail, noting that the allegations were 4 to 8 years old. He said Michael Stevens was looking for work and receiving unemployment benefits and was likely to lose his rented home and a truck he recently purchased if he remains in jail. Michael Stevens, who is now represented by attorney Steven C. Smith, is next due in court April 12.

Both Stevens have court dates in April.

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IN AUGUSTA, Sunday at 8:51 a.m., disorderly conduct was reported on Washington Street.

12:36 p.m., shoplifting was reported on Civic Center Drive.

1:26 p.m., property was recovered on Marketplace Drive.

3:18 p.m., a well-being check was requested on Water Street.

3:31 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Trillium Circle.

3:35 p.m., property was recovered on Riverside Drive.

4:40 p.m., a well-being/mental health check was performed on Winthrop Street.

5:44 p.m., a complaint about harassment was reported on Western Avenue.

8:22 p.m., a complaint about a dog at large was reported on Kendall Street.

8:37 p.m., a 50-year-old Augusta man was issued a summons on charges of operating a vehicle without a license, failure to register vehicle and violating conditions of release.

10:02 p.m., theft was reported on Gage Street.

11:22 p.m., needles were recovered on Civic Center Drive.

Monday at 3:53 a.m., a well-being/mental health check was performed at State and Laurel streets.

4:17 p.m., a well-being/mental health check was performed on Hunter Lane.

IN GARDINER, Friday at 12:10 p.m., a well-being check was performed on Highland Avenue.

10:40 p.m., an animal complaint was reported off Brunswick Avenue.

Saturday at 2:59 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Winter Street.

Sunday at 9:46 a.m., an animal complaint was reported on Spring Street.

IN HALLOWELL, Sunday at 3:08 p.m., theft was reported on Second Street.

IN MONMOUTH, Friday at 7:40 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Old Lewiston Road and U.S. Route 202.

IN RANDOLPH, Saturday, 2:33 p.m., property was recovered on Applewood Drive.

IN WINDSOR, Friday at 8:29 p.m., a theft was reported on South Belfast Road.

AUGUSTA — A Chesterville man who shot at a pickup truck in which his girlfriend and her 7-year-old son were riding last December pleaded guilty on Monday to reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon and domestic violence terrorizing in connection with that incident.

Eddie P. Levigne, 29, who formerly lived in Vienna, was sentenced at the Capital Judicial Center to an initial eight months in jail, and the remainder of the three-year term suspended while he spends two years on probation. The offenses occurred Dec. 10, 2017, in Vienna.

Levigne was also ordered to attended domestic violence court.

A separate complaint of violation of conditions of release was dismissed, and he was sentenced to a concurrent 30 days in jail on a charge of violation of a protection from abuse order from Dec. 18, 2017, when it appeared he tried to contact the woman from the jail in Augusta.

When Levigne was first in court in December 2017, a prosecutor said Levigne was upset because his girlfriend was leaving in a vehicle with another man, a mechanic. The prosecutor said a 12-gauge shotgun was found at Levigne’s house.

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IN ANSON, Sunday at 7:02 p.m., trespassing was reported on Bailey Drive.

Monday at 11:12 a.m., theft was reported on Valley Road.

IN BINGHAM, Monday at 6:41 a.m., mischief was reported on River Street.

IN CANAAN, Monday at 5:13 p.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on Main Street.

IN CLINTON, Sunday at 12:20 p.m., a noise complaint was taken on Park Avenue.

7:44 p.m., a report of a missing person was investigated on River Road.

IN FAIRFIELD, Sunday at 8:56 p.m., a shots fired complaint was taken on Bickford Drive.

IN MADISON, Sunday at 10:01 p.m., a shots fired complaint was taken on River Road.

Monday at 4:42 p.m., a shots fired complaint was taken on Ward Hill Road.

IN MOSCOW, Monday at 5:04 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Mayfield Road.

IN NORRIDGEWOCK, Sunday at 9:06 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Main Street.

IN OAKLAND, Sunday at 9:37 a.m., a disturbance was reported on Belgrade Road.

9:59 a.m., a disturbance was reported on Sawtelle Road.

11:38 a.m., juvenile offenses were reported on Oak Street.

1:38 p.m., an unwanted subject was reported on North Alpine Street.

4:05 p.m., juvenile offenses were reported on Old Waterville Road.

5:29 p.m., threatening was investigated on Swan Hill.

IN PALMYRA, Sunday at 2:35 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Main Street.

IN SKOWHEGAN, Sunday at 6:33 p.m., a harassment complaint was taken on High Street.

7:33 p.m., theft was reported on Madison Avenue.

Monday at 11:27 a.m., threatening was reported on Julie Street.

11:33 a.m., auto theft was reported on Canaan Road.

5:51 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Waterville Road.

IN SOLON, Monday at 2:34 p.m., a harassment complaint was taken on Rowell Mountain Road.

IN ST. ALBANS, Sunday at 2:09 p.m., a harassment complaint was taken on Melody Lane.

IN WATERVILLE, Sunday at 6:11 a.m., criminal trespassing was reported at Budget Host Inn on Kennedy Memorial Drive.

12:11 p.m., a report of a missing person was taken on Water Street.

12:16 p.m., an unwanted subject was reported at Taco Bell on Main Street.

3:28 p.m., juvenile offenses were reported on Church Street.

3:59 p.m., suspicious activity was investigated on Ford Drive.

4:03 p.m., threatening was reported on Elm Street.

8:14 p.m., criminal mischief was investigated on Redington Street.

Monday at 4:29 a.m., a noise complaint was taken on Dalton Street.

IN WINSLOW, Sunday at 6:55 a.m., criminal mischief was investigated on Frankwood Drive.

9:14 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Norton Street.

11:46 a.m., a report of an intoxicated subject was investigated on Bay Street.

1:42 p.m., a theft was reported on Whitefish Road.

7:44 p.m., an unwanted subject was investigated on Poulin Street.

ARRESTS

IN SOMERSET COUNTY, Sunday at 8:23 p.m., Cassandra Lynne Goodwin, 26, of Madison, was arrested on a warrant.

10 p.m., Lawrence Richard Knowles, 51, of Norridgewock, was arrested on a probation hold and a warrant.

Monday at 1:48 p.m., Luanne Rose Armstrong, 33, of Bingham, was arrested on a charge of failure to appear.

IN WATERVILLE, Sunday at 1:54 p.m., Shaun R. Stanton, 28, of Waterville, was arrested on three warrants.

4:46 p.m., Derek W. Harris, 37, of Waterville, was arrested on a probation hold and a charge of violating a protective order.

The woman accused of killing her 10-year-old daughter in Stockton Springs has significant intellectual disabilities that call into question her alleged role in the girl’s beating death and the validity of admissions she allegedly made to police, the woman’s lawyer said Monday.

Christopher MacLean, the Camden-based attorney appointed to represent Sharon Carrillo, 33, said Monday that his client’s family members have told him that Carrillo has been diagnosed with intellectual disabilities since she was a child and had attended special schools. MacLean has not seen any documentation supporting what they described.

Sharon Carrillo’s attorney said she is “she is someone who is particularly susceptible to control and influence in domestic violence situations.” Staff photo by David Leaming

Sharon Carrillo and her husband, Julio Carrillo, 51, were charged with depraved indifference murder after Marissa Kennedy was found dead in the Stockton Springs condominium where they were living with their two other children. Julio Carrillo was Marissa’s stepfather.

“The operating theory that I have is Sharon did not actually participate in the abuse of Marissa,” MacLean said. “The facts that are starting to get generated are painting a very different picture of what happened and why some things were said to police, and it has everything to do with Julio orchestrating a fiction about what really happened.”

The Maine Attorney General’s Office, which is prosecuting the case, declined to comment Monday.

MacLean said he spoke with Sharon Carrillo over the weekend at Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset. Her client still bears bruises from where Julio Carrillo last beat her, MacLean said, and he collected photos of the bruises. She also is seven months pregnant with their third child, according to her husband’s attorney, Steven Peterson of Rockport.

Neither husband nor wife has a criminal record in Maine, but according to a prosecutor, Julio Carrillo was convicted of a domestic violence assault charge in Kentucky in 2000.

MacLean said information about Sharon Carrillo’s mental capacity was revealed after he spoke with multiple family members, including Sharon Carrillo’s father, Joe Kennedy, who described Sharon’s disability.

“That suggests to me she is someone who is particularly susceptible to control and influence in domestic violence situations,” MacLean said.

He said people with cognitive impairments or intellectual disabilities are “susceptible to endorsing things in custodial interrogations.”

“That is new information that could cast any admissions she made in police interviews in an entirely different light,” he said.

MacLean said he has yet to receive documents and materials from prosecutors detailing the evidence gathered by police, including the tape-recorded interview that the Carrillos gave to police in which they both admitted to severely beating Marissa since October before she succumbed to her injuries Feb. 25.

MacLean said that after he receives the discovery information from prosecutors, he plans to file a motion in court requesting a re-evaluation of Sharon Carrillo’s $500,000 bail, and may also seek to challenge the murder charge against her.

“I think that things are not as they originally appeared,” he said.

The state Medical Examiner’s Office ruled that Marissa Kennedy, 10, died of battered child syndrome.

According to a police affidavit filed in Waldo County District Court, police allege that the Carrillos beat Marissa every day from October until her death using a leather belt, their fists, and in one case, a metal mop handle, which Julio Carrillo broke against the girl’s ribs.

When the girl awoke recently and could not walk or talk without slurring her speech, Julio Carrillo told investigators that Sharon Carrillo beat the girl one more time because she believed Marissa was pretending to be injured.

The next day, Marissa was unresponsive. Police said the Carrillos then hatched a plan to make Marissa’s death look like an accident. They carried her body to a basement boiler room and left her on the concrete.

Police said Julio Carrillo tipped over a few chairs and a toolbox to stage the scene. A few hours later, he retrieved the girl and called 911, claiming she apparently injured herself while playing in the basement.

Police said both Julio and Sharon Carrillo admitted to beating Marissa, according to the affidavit.

Since their arrest, the Carrillos’ case has brought renewed scrutiny to the state systems in place to prevent abuse and neglect of children.

Julio Carrillo

Before living in Stockton Springs, the Carrillos rented an apartment in Bangor on Main Street, where neighbors reported calling police multiple times to report arguments and suspected domestic violence.

Bangor police were called by someone in their apartment half-a-dozen times, they said, and at no time did officers witness anything that led them to believe Marissa or her two siblings, ages 1 and 2, were in a dangerous or unhealthy environment.

So far, little is known about the history of the Carrillos, when and where they were married, who Marissa’s father is or what brought them to Maine.

Peterson, Julio Carrillo’s attorney, previously said the couple moved to Maine from Kentucky via New York state.

Court records also indicate that shortly before their arrest, the family of five was struggling. Sharon Carrillo was not working, the family received food stamps and other benefits to help feed the children, and Julio Carrillo worked part time at Ocean State Job Lot earning $9 an hour.

Matt Byrne can be contacted at 791-6303 or at:

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Tucker Cianchette has won a nearly $6 million verdict against his father over the failed buyout of a Yarmouth car dealership, exposing a rift in one of Maine’s most prominent business families.

Cianchette sued his father and stepmother, Eric and Peggy Cianchette, on a range of charges after the deal went sour. On Thursday, a Cumberland County Superior Court jury ruled unanimously that Eric and Peggy Cianchette breached the contract and committed fraud in proposing to sell Casco Bay Ford to Tucker Cianchette, 38.

The jury’s award of damages included $3.1 million for fraud and breach of a business contract and $750,000 for breach of a contract to sell real estate. Also, Eric Cianchette was ordered to pay $1.5 million in punitive damages.

Eric Cianchette owns the Portland Regency hotel in the city’s Old Port and was the developer of an office building near the Portland International Jetport that houses offices of the state Department of Health and Human Services.

Tucker Ciancette Photo courtesy of Tucker Ciancette

His cousin, Peter Cianchette, ran for governor in 2002 and is a top executive at the family’s construction company, Cianbro. The firm founded in 1949 by the Cianchette family was ranked 103rd on the list of the top 400 contractors in America in 2017 – a ranking based on contracting revenue.

Eric, Peggy and Tucker Cianchette have jointly owned Casco Bay Ford since 2013, and Tucker Cianchette, who held a 33 percent stake, was the general manager. He maintained that a deal, struck in late 2015, to allow him to buy the dealership outright was actually a ruse and part of an effort to force him out, said Tim Norton, an attorney who partnered with Jennifer Archer to represent Tucker Cianchette.

Tucker Cianchette still has his stake in the business, but he left the dealership early in 2016. He has since bought a Chevrolet dealership in Waldoboro and is general manager of a Ford dealership in Brunswick.

He said the verdict left him feeling vindicated.

“My father wanted me to sign over the ownership and go away,” Tucker Cianchette said.

The business rift grew out of family divisions, he said.

“My father has alienated me from that whole side of my family,” Tucker Cianchette said, referencing his four half-siblings. “Hopefully, the further this gets away, we’ll heal.”

Calls to Eric Cianchette for comment were not returned Monday.

Eric Cianchette’s lawyers said in a statement Tuesday: “The Cianchette family respects the process but strongly disagrees with the jury’s verdict and believes that will need to be corrected by the state’s highest court. We are a long way from the finish line on this matter and the Cianchettes are confident that their rights will ultimately be vindicated.”

Edward D. Murphy can be contacted at 791-6465 or at:

emurphy@pressherald.com

Correction: This story was revised at 9:57 a.m., March 5, 2018, to correctly state the relationship between Eric and Peter Cianchette. They are cousins.

This story has been updated to include the comment from Eric Cianchette’s lawyers and to remove a reference to the lawyers being on vacation.

Police seized a shotgun and several knives from a Bowdoinham teenager they say threatened Mt. Ararat High School in Topsham.

Officials from the school notified Topsham police Monday of a post on the social media outlet, Discord. The threat identified the school and the day and time physical violence would take place, Topsham police said.

Using a screen name associated with the threat, police determined it had been made by 19-year-old Jonas Cloukey, who was arrested Monday night. Cloukey is a former Mt. Ararat student, police said.

Police searched Cloukey’s home on River Road in Bowdoinham Monday night and seized a firearm, several knives, two computers and cellphones, police said.

Cloukey was charged with terrorizing, a Class C felony punishable by up to five years in jail. He is expected to appear in court May 8.

“The Topsham Police Department is confident he is the sole suspect in this investigation and thanks to a connected person, we were able to close this investigation successfully,” the department said in a Facebook post.

In February, police responded to two threats in the same day at schools in SAD 75. The threats made against Mt. Ararat High School and Woodside Elementary School on Feb. 16 were determined not to be credible.

Since the Valentine’s Day school shooting in Parkland, Florida, that killed 17 students and teachers, there have been at least a dozen threats against Maine schools. More than 10 teenagers have been charged in connection with those threats.

Gillian Graham can be contacted at 791-6315 or at:

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