Kennebec County Sheriff Randall Liberty, president of the Maine Sheriffs’ Association, said Tuesday his organization is planning strong opposition to a proposal to increase the maximum time a person can be held in jail before seeing a judge.

David Tremblay, 50, of Leeds, and Trent Labreque, 30, of Vassalboro, were taken to the hospital Monday morning with serious injuries after falling more than 20 feet while adding siding to a garage in Richmond.

Ricardo David Perry, 18, from East Stroudsburg, Pa., and Eugene Charleston, 19, of Bridgeport, Conn., are facing charges after allegedly kidnapping a man and holding him against his will inside a Hankerson Road home.

Corrections expert Rod Miller gave the Board of Corrections an overview of the county jail system and concluded the “system is broken and possibly about to run over a cliff.”

Former Litchfield deputy tax collector Trudy Lamoreau will step in as interim town manager until a permanent replacement is hired by selectmen.

Brian Wilson, 49, of Chelsea, is accused of kicking his pregnant girlfriend in the stomach before throwing hot grease on her and threatening her with a gun just a few hours after he was released from jail.