Adam Mack, 39, is sentenced to 13 months in prison and three years of supervised release for his part in a scheme to allow women from Russia and Ukraine to stay in the U.S. illegally.
Cops & Courts
Police, crime and court news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Court to hear appeal of man convicted of pushing wife off Maine cliff
Charles Black was sentenced to 10 years in prison after a jury found him guilty of attempted murder.
City woman who hid cocaine inside her body takes plea deal
Sarah Pearl can avoid two felony-level drug convictions is she stays out of trouble for the next 18 months, the district attorney says.
Police say Lyman man accused of impersonating officer used dead father’s badge
Gary Mariner, 57, of Lyman is accused of showing a prostitute the badge and a gun to convince the 25-year-old woman that he was an undercover police officer.
Litchfield man convicted of illegally collecting welfare benefits
Philip J. Fitzherbert will be sentenced in November in Augusta after fraudulently collecting more than $27,000.
Somerset County court
Closed cases for April 6-10, 2015, in Somerset County Superior Court and Skowhegan District Court.
Waterville District Court
Closed cases for April 27-May 1, 2015.
Maine man sentenced to six months for death threats against European commissioner
Dushko Vanelinov Vulchev, 38, of Houlton, used a neighbor’s wireless account to threaten a leader of the European Union.
Federal authorities arrest members of violent gang with Bangor connection
The crackdown on a New Haven-based offshoot of the Bloods street gang was in connection with six murders and four attempted murders.
Waterville District Court
Closed cases for April 20-24, 2015.