Gregory Nisbet is expected to file appeals of his conviction and sentence with the Maine Supreme Judicial Court within three weeks.
Edward D. Murphy
Ed covers the City of Westbrook and business stories for the Portland Press Herald.
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Maine given extension on Real ID compliance deadline
The state gets more time to introduce technology on drivers’ licenses and other cards used for entry into some federal buildings, but the deadline for compliance for boarding planes is still January.
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Inmate files lawsuit claiming prison guard sexually assaulted her
Guard Joshua Dall-Leighton’s lawyer calls the suit ‘a scam’ aimed at getting the inmate better treatment or a shorter sentence.
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Windham man pleads guilty to exploiting elderly neighbor
Theodore Thomes pleaded guilty to three counts of theft by deception and six tax charges.
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Topsham parents wanted to record their son’s school day – a jury says no
The federal case was considered a novel effort to extend free-speech rights to recording of a disabled student’s interactions at school.
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Former Turner egg farmer wants to serve prison sentence in New Hampshire
Jack DeCoster and his son, Peter DeCoster, pleaded guilty to federal charges of selling eggs that made thousands of people sick with salmonella.
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Parents’ First Amendment suit seeks to allow disabled son to record school day
The Topsham couple says the boy can barely speak so the device could provide details of his education, but the district says the practice would cause problems.
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Lawsuit claims Turner egg farm operator broke contract
A pest control company says it was barred from the farm after one of its employees shot and killed a farm worker.
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Transient charged in Portland shooting held on $500,000 bail
William Ficklin of Massachusetts is charged with shooting a man near the Public Market parking garage last week.
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Jury clears Portland police officer in rights case
A lawsuit was filed by a man who was arrested three years ago after refusing to give police officers identification.