Donald Bowden, who is serving 40 months in prison on a probation revocation, is to be sentenced on Feb. 3 at the Capital Judicial Center.
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Kennebec Journal police log for Jan. 4
Augusta area police reports for Jan. 4, 2017.
TV show filmed in Maine, ‘Growing Home,’ to focus on veterans-turned-farmers
Each episode will focus on a veteran, or a veteran and their family. Their businesses include potato farms, blueberry fields, a winery and a deer farm, in towns from southern coastal Maine to Aroostook County.
Federal court denies appeal of man in 2011 armed robbery for drugs in Bingham
James Stile was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the sawed-off shotgun robbery of E.W. Moore and Sons Pharmacy during string of pharmacy robberies.
Representative switches parties, reducing ranks of Maine House Republicans
South Portland’s Kevin Battle becomes an independent, and another Republican also may leave the party.
Dylann Roof tells jurors: ‘Nothing wrong with me psychologically’
Roof painstakingly targeted his victims during Bible study at Emanuel AME Church in June 2015. Jurors will now decide whether he should be sentenced to life in prison or death.
Fairfield mother pleads guilty to manslaughter in death of infant
Kayla Stewart, 21, reversed her earlier not guilty pleas Wednesday in Somerset County Superior Court in Skowhegan and was issued a nine-year prison term.
Owners of pit bulls in Winslow attack appeal euthanization order
Danielle Jones and Brandon Ross are appealing the order about their two Staffordshire terriers, but the district attorney says she doesn’t see ‘any possibility’ of the appeal succeeding.
Former Somerset County DA clerk begins prison term for embezzlement
Reporting date for Julie Smith, who pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $90,000 in May, was delayed five months due to health problems.
Repealing Obamacare could be devastating for Maine, top Democrat says
Maine has seen a surge in the number of people signing up for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act, even as Congress gears up to try to repeal it.