Closed cases for Dec. 30, 2013-Jan. 3, 2014.
January 2014
Meet the Reps event set
Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce, KV Connect to host gathering.
Cousin of ex-Patriot Hernandez out on bail
Prosecutors allege Tanya Singleton helped Hernandez’s ‘right-hand man’ Ernest Wallace travel to Florida after the killing.
Amanda Knox’s murder conviction reinstated in Italy
The American woman, sentenced to 28 years, remains in Seattle, and experts say it could be a year before Italy seeks her extradition.
U.S. to seek death penalty for marathon bombing suspect
Seventeen of 30 charges against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev carry the possibility of death, including using a weapon of mass destruction to kill.
Augusta garage fire likely sparked by wood stove
No one was hurt in the fire that broke out shortly after 10:30 a.m. Thursday in a garage at the intersection of Western and Brann avenues.
Toyota halts some sales because of possible flammable seats
No fires or injuries have been reported, but the company stops sales while it swaps out the fabric on some models.
Somerset Humane Society receives grant to assist cat owners
SKOWHEGAN — The Somerset Humane Society recently received an $8,000 grant through the Belvedere Animal Welfare Fund of the Maine Community Foundation. This will provide financial assistance for low income and elderly individuals for cat owners who need help altering their animals. The Belvedere Animal Welfare Fund of the Maine Community Foundation share the goal […]
Maine’s highest court: Transgender student’s rights were violated
Nicole Maines’ school was wrong to require the fifth-grader to use a unisex bathroom, justices rule in a historic gender-identity decision that could be a model for other states.
Justin Bieber charged with assault on limo driver in Canada
Police allege Bieber was one of six people who were picked up by the limo from a nightclub and there was an altercation while en route to a hotel.