The jury is set to begin deliberations Wednesday in the trial of Noah Gaston, who is charged with murder and manslaughter in his wife’s 2016 shooting death.
Megan Gray
Staff Writer
Megan Gray is an arts and culture reporter at the Portland Press Herald. A Midwest native, she moved to Maine in 2016. She has written about presidential politics and local government, jury trials and jails. Her current beat is her favorite yet, and she loves the stories that take her to behind the scenes to an artist studio or theater backstage. Outside of work, she likes to explore Maine’s hiking trails and coastal islands with her husband, and she definitely wants to pet your dog.
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Attorneys reconstruct Windham woman’s fatal shooting, including the staircase where it happened
The prosecution and defense use a wooden staircase erected in the courtroom to argue their versions of the shooting in which Noah Gaston is charged with murder in his wife’s death.
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Jurors hear daughter’s interview, detectives’ testimony in Windham man’s murder trial
Hours after Noah Gaston shot Alicia Gaston on Jan. 14, 2016, the girl told police, ‘I think my mom screamed like right before the bullet hit her.’
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Medical examiner testifies in murder trial, with no mention of earlier mistrial
A wording change in an autopsy report that disrupted Noah Gaston’s first trial was not contentious when introduced in his second.
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Murder trial opens for Windham man who shot and killed his wife
Noah Gaston, charged with murders, says he thought his wife, Alicia, was an intruder in their home when he shot her.
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Second murder trial begins for Windham man who shot his wife in their home
Noah Gaston has said he thought his wife was an intruder when he shot her, but prosecutors have argued he intended to or at least knew he would kill Alicia Gaston.
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Cape Elizabeth to appeal ruling on suspension of student who posted notes saying ‘there’s a rapist’
Aela Mansmann and her mother are challenging her suspension for posting a sticky note in a school bathroom that said, ‘There’s a rapist in the school and you know who it is.’
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Buxton man charged with arson is jailed after pleading guilty to lesser crime
Donovan Sanborn’s deal calls for four months of jail time and two years of probation.
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Portland police investigate report of armed robbery in Old Port
The reported crime took place on Monday afternoon on Commercial Street.
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Maine public schools, groups weigh in on lawsuit over religious school tuition
The case is pending in a federal appeals court in Boston.