Sidney man enters insanity plea in second trial on decade-old sexual assault...
Eric Bard, 32, faces a second trial after his previous conviction was overturned by the Maine Supreme Judicial Court because a district court judge who presided over the first trial improperly met with...
View ArticlePolice: 3 arrested at Augusta camper after drug bust nets cocaine, guns, money
Law enforcement officers who included city police and agents from the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency made the arrests Thursday at a camper on Blair Road.
View ArticleCentral Maine arrest log: July 22-29
Augusta- and Waterville-area arrests for July 22-29, 2022.
View ArticleAroostook County woman arrested in death of year-old boy
State police release few details about the child's death in Easton in March, but say it has been ruled a homicide.
View ArticleProsecutor says Wells teen who fatally shot niece meant to kill brother
York County Superior Court Justice Richard Mulhern must decide whether to continue denying bail to Andrew Huber Young, 19, basing the decision on whether there's probable cause the defendant intended...
View ArticleFour charged with vandalism, including hate graffiti, at Rockland high school
Vandals caused extensive damage to an outbuilding and the surrounding property at Oceanside High School last month.
View ArticleAugusta police officers, firefighter, killed in line of duty memorialized...
The emergency responders have been recognized with memorial signs erected at the Augusta locations where they were killed serving the community.
View ArticleDefense lawyers want murder indictments dismissed because Maine State Police...
The lawyers for Bobby Nightingale and Jaquile Coleman seek to have the charges thrown out because of alleged attorney-client privilege violations.
View ArticleInmate dies at Bolduc Correctional Facility in Warren
Christopher Wilson, 49, who was serving a 10-year sentence for aggravated drug trafficking, died Monday.
View ArticleJudge slaps $693,000 lien on Union company accused of defrauding elderly couple
The lawyer for the business denies the allegations, saying his clients are still in the process of flipping the houses with the borrowed money and will repay the couple.
View ArticleCentral Maine arrest log: July 29-Aug. 5
Augusta- and Waterville-area arrests for July 29-Aug. 5, 2022.
View ArticleRelatives of 3 killed while walking in Augusta last year say consequences for...
Family members of the late Barbara Maxim-Hendsbee, Rosalyn Jean and Vada-Leigh Peaslee say they are seeking justice and a change to how manslaughter charges are brought in Maine.
View ArticleCould a notorious serial killer have murdered Sarah Cherry?
Dennis Dechaine was convicted in the horrific 1988 slaying of the 12-year-old Bowdoin girl but has been granted a chance to test evidence with modern DNA techniques. Some believe the profile of the...
View ArticleSex offender’s victims wonder if he was involved in Sarah Cherry’s killing
David Guffey lived up the road from the home where the 12-year-old was babysitting at the time of her abduction.
View ArticleAugusta declares historic Kennebec Arsenal property dangerous
City Council votes to require owner and would-be developer of prominent but neglected riverside property to address concerns in 90 to 150 days.
View ArticleLike Maine, New Hampshire in ‘unprecedented crisis’ with number of cases...
Few Maine lawyers have offered to help tackle the backlog amid high caseloads and lower pay.
View ArticleFarmington man, 63, killed in motorcycle crash in Readfield
A motorist came upon the motorcycle and its rider, off the road Saturday night.
View ArticleAugusta police arrest alleged rapist in Oregon
Damien Sanchez, 26, of Roseburg, Oregon, was arrested recently on a warrant related to an alleged assault at an Augusta hotel.
View ArticleSuspect in N.H. abduction captured in Portland on Monday
Peter Curtis is facing several charges in multiple states including kidnapping and threatening with a deadly weapon.
View ArticleFarmington man accused of choking woman
Brian Mackin, 31, of Farmington was arrested Monday on a charge of domestic violence aggravated assault.
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