Police say Vicki Lush, 66, called a Korean woman from Massachusetts a ‘foreigner,’ and told her to go back to ‘your country’ before threatening to hit her with a van.
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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Maine legislative agenda could chip away at lawsuit’s gripes against indigent defense system
A lawsuit against the Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services has been quietly pending for more than a year. And while neither group will talk about its progress, a number of pending bills take aim at fixing the system.
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Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Nearly 4 decades after infant died in gravel pit, mother of ‘Baby Jane Doe’ to serve 6 years in prison
Lee Ann Daigle, 59, pleaded guilty to manslaughter but maintains that she thought her baby was stillborn when she gave birth in Frenchville in December 1985.
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Vinalhaven caretaker ordered to repay $300,000 of $900,000 her family received from German homeowner
A federal jury finds that Angelyn Olson used unrestricted access to Andreas von Hirsch’s accounts to spend more than $4.5 million between 2013 and 2020 to pay herself and care for his property and boat.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Sexual harassment complaint against former Maine judge dismissed
Samantha Pike and Natasha Irving sued former District Judge Charles Budd last fall, accusing him of making sexual advances toward them at a conference in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Sentencing for Lebanon man who stormed U.S. Capitol moved to July
Kyle Fitzsimons, 39, was found guilty last year of assaulting at least three law enforcement officers while storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News, Politics
Maine steps up use of yellow flag law to seize weapons from those in crisis
The law went into effect in 2020, but it wasn’t widely used until the state signed a contract to make the necessary medical opinions available via telehealth.
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Maine moves closer to ending criminal charges for prostitution
While the bill sponsored by Rep. Lois Galgay Reckitt, D-South Portland, would remove criminal charges for sex workers, customers would still be prosecuted, which is a sticking point for some engaged in consensual sex work.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Moody’s boosts Maine’s credit rating
Moody’s Investors Services listed Maine’s credit as ‘positive,’ an upgrade from the previous ‘stable’ outlook.
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Former Maine governor candidate Eliot Cutler reports to jail
The former Maine gubernatorial candidate will serve 9 months behind bars after pleading guilty to 4 counts of possessing child pornography.