The 4 plaintiffs claim chronic harassment and assault at the hands of a transgender prisoner.
Mark LaFlamme
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Mark LaFlamme is a Sun Journal reporter and weekly columnist. He's been on the nighttime police beat since 1994, which is just grand because he doesn't like getting out of bed before noon. Mark is the author of eight published novels and rides a dual sport motorcycle everywhere he goes. Unless it's winter, in which case he just sulks a lot.
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Teens charged in Turner cannabis store break-ins after car chase in Waterville
The teens, 13 and 15 years old, were charged following a high-speed car chase that started in Waldo County and ended in Waterville early Monday.
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Posted inCommunity, Maine Crime
Lewiston police say ‘broken’ juvenile court system plays key role in city’s wave of shootings
‘The system is broken… The juvenile justice system right now is a revolving door,’ Chief Carly Conley said Wednesday.
Posted inNews
Missing girls found in Mexico
Investigators said the girls had run into the woods near Mountain Valley Community School about 2:15 p.m.
Posted inCommunity, News
U.K. teen sentenced after walking from Quebec into Maine illegally to work
Ali Mohammed Ali Abdullah told immigration officials he had come to Maine hoping to find work.
Posted inCommunity, Maine, News
Inmate at women’s prison files suit over housing of transgender prisoner
The suit by Katie Mountain claims she faced regular harassment and assault, and was punished by prison staff for complaining.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News, Politics
Feds investigating Maine’s practice of placing transgender inmates in women’s prison
The U.S. Justice Department says it will also investigate the practice in California, citing reports of sexual harassment and assault by transgender inmates in both states.
Posted inMaine, News
Former Sun Journal journalists receive Yankee Quill Awards
Judy Meyer and Rex Rhoades were honored for their commitment to journalism and for their defense of the First Amendment
Posted inMaine, News
Town says George Stanley’s junkyard in Greene will be cleaned up. Eventually.
Stanley, a longtime thorn in Greene’s side, is living elsewhere now, but the town said it will still proceed carefully with plans to address his Route 202 property.
Posted inMaine, News
Lewiston health care provider raided by federal agents
More than a dozen agents were seen Tuesday entering the offices of Bright Future Healthier You at 95 Park St.