A dozen jurors started deliberating Wednesday afternoon about whether Aristotle Stilley shot David Anderson and Abdirahman Abdullahi.
Emily Allen
Staff Writer
Emily Allen covers courts for the Portland Press Herald. It's her favorite beat so far — before moving to Maine in 2022, she reported on a wide range of topics for public radio in West Virginia and was the City Hall reporter for the Grand Forks Herald in North Dakota. Emily is not a fan of the cold, but she puts up with Maine's challenging winters because she loves the state's beautiful hiking options ... once the snow has cleared.
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Prosecutors say phone records place shooting suspect near site of 2016 killing
The records are a crucial part of the state’s case against Aristotle Stilley; prosecutors have few other pieces of physical evidence directly tying him to the death of 36-year-old David Anderson in 2016.
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Man settles sexual abuse lawsuit against Maine’s Catholic church as dozens more await ruling
The man had alleged he was abused in 1948, when he was an eighth-grader in Rumford, by the Rev. Lucien Joseph Mandeville. The terms of the settlement have not been released.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Lead detective takes stand in trial over 2016 Portland shooting
Aristotle Stilley, the man accused of killing David Anderson and wounding Abdirahman Abdullah barely came up in detective Jeffrey Tully’s three hours of testimony on Friday.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Third day of testimony in Portland 2016 killing focuses on the gun, suspect’s height
Aristotle Stilley, 27, has been charged with the 2016 murder of David Anderson and the aggravated assault of Abdirahman Abdullahi.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Second day of Portland murder trial homes in on conflicting interviews from lead witness
One of the most important prosecution witnesses in the murder trial against Aristotle Stilley recanted statements the state has built its case on.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Man who survived 2016 Portland shooting says victim was shot through cracked door
Aristotle Stilley is facing murder and aggravated assault charges in connection with David Anderson’s fatal shooting on Gilman Street more than 8 years ago.
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Eight years after fatal shooting in Portland’s West End, suspect set to go to trial Monday
Aristotle Stilley was extradited from California in 2020 for allegedly killing David Anderson and wounding another man at an apartment on Gilman Street in 2016. But Stilley says the state has the wrong man.
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Biden says he is ‘working every day’ to secure release of Evan Gershkovich, imprisoned U.S. journalist
Gershkovich, a reporter for the Wall Street Journal who graduated from Bowdoin College, has been in Russian prison for a year.
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Washington County man accused of killing his father dies at Portland jail
Darren Laney Jr. was found dead at the Cumberland County Jail on Friday. The medical examiner’s office said it is still investigating his cause of death.