Mark Cardilli Jr., who admitted to shooting his sister’s boyfriend, 22-year-old Isahak Muse, in 2019, was freed on $20,000 cash bail Friday and will get a new trial if the state’s appeal to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court is rejected.
John Terhune
Staff Writer
As a member of METLN's quick strike investigations team, John writes about everything from gun legislation to housing. He previously spent a year on a deep-dive investigation of the Lewiston mass shooting as part of the Press Herald's collaboration with Frontline and Maine Public. A Waterville native, John has degrees from Middlebury College and Boston University and spends his free time going to the movies, practicing the guitar and defusing arguments at men's league soccer games.
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Bomb threats disrupt Walgreens stores across Maine
The threats were quickly deemed not credible, according to police in Portland and Windham.
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Judge vacates manslaughter conviction of Portland man who killed sister’s boyfriend
Mark Cardilli Jr., who confessed to shooting 22-year-old Isahak Muse in 2019, will get a new trial after a judge ruled Tuesday that Cardilli’s attorneys failed to properly make a self-defense argument.
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Lobsterman discovers body in ocean off Addison
A Jonesport lobsterman on Monday spotted the body about 7 miles from where Tylar Michaud, 18, disappeared last month.
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Passenger in fatal Castine crash pleads not guilty to ‘co-conspirator’ charges
At her arraignment Thursday morning, Noelle Tavares, 21, of Falmouth, Massachusetts, denied responsibility for the December 2022 crash that killed 4 of her Maine Maritime Academy classmates.
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Bath native, AI entrepreneur accused of swindling investors
Michael Brackett was arrested Tuesday on wire and securities fraud charges after he allegedly lied to investors about the financial health of his tech startup, Centricity Inc.
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Body found on residential street in Bucksport
Police have not shared the identity or the cause of death of a Bucksport man whose body was discovered on Hinks Road early Tuesday morning.
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Man accused of killing Westbrook couple also shot at their son, indictment says
A Cumberland County grand jury indicted Marcel LaGrange Jr., 24, on six charges, including two counts of murder and one count of aggravated attempted murder.
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Heavy rains flooding roads in southern, central Maine
The National Weather Services has warned of flash flooding potential from York County to Skowhegan.
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Former Maine doctor accused of violating federal Controlled Substances Act
Federal investigators say Douglas Jorgensen allowed another person to use his credentials to fill more than 300 prescriptions for highly controlled drugs while Jorgensen was traveling abroad.