Monday’s ruling on the issue of jurisdiction favors Paul Kendrick and comes nearly a year after he lost in the federal lawsuit brought against him by the American founder of a Haitian orphanage.
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Public-record panel not set to review Maine Warden Service’s handling of requests
The Right to Know Advisory Committee has not included the issue on its June 22 schedule, but may take it up later, members say.
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Massachusetts man sentenced to 4 years in Sebago child porn possession case
William Duffy, 58, also faces a separate case in which he is accused of raping a mentally disabled woman at his family’s camp in Sebago.
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Portland man indicted on 110 child pornography charges
Glenn Strout, 53, had initially been arrest last December on a single felony count and was released on bail.
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Man pleads not guilty to felony murder in Wells woman’s fatal heart attack
Carlton L. Young, 24, of Sanford, is accused of causing the death of 62-year-old Connie Loucks during an attempted burglary last year.
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Police say Limington man used machete to kill neighbor
Bruce Akers, 57, is charged with murder in the death of Douglas Flint, whom he had accused of stealing a six-pack of beer in the latest of what police say was a series of run-ins between the men.
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Maine defendant who lost his right to an attorney appeals to U.S. Supreme Court
If the court takes up the case of convicted robber Joshua Nisbet, it could become a national test case on the constitutional right to legal counsel in criminal cases.
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Proving that attempted burglary led to woman’s cardiac death no easy task
A person is guilty of felony murder if the victim dies, even if never touched, and it’s ‘a reasonably foreseeable consequence’ of the crime, says Maine law.
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Wardens chief: Undercover operations stopped; ‘no intention’ of investigating misconduct claims
Col. Joel Wilkinson testifies during a State House inquiry into hunters’ accusations that a warden gave them alcohol, shot a deer himself and encouraged them to commit crimes.
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Portland murder trial postponed after seating of jury falls short
Not enough jurors are identified from a pool of about 125 candidates in a case with factors that led to many disqualifications.