The man and his son had been charged with breaking into a Salem Township residence last November, stealing guns and ammunition.
Cops & Courts
Police, crime and court news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Maine woman who hid marriage to keep Social Security benefits gets 3 years of probation
Marie Angel Michaud, 43, of Standish, also is ordered to pay more than $20,000 in restitution and fees.
Augusta woman pleads guilty to operating under the influence following May crash
Investigators later determined that while Heidi Everson, 42, had no alcohol in her system, she told police she had taken central nervous system depressants, and those were detected in a urine test.
Waterville purse-snatcher sentenced
Jesse J. Peterson, 28, was ordered to serve a split sentence of an initial 60 days in jail followed by two years of probation.
Maine drug smuggler tracked by police GPS device pleads guilty
Adam Hill of Sanford had a device planted on his car when he drove to Massachusetts and returned with 43 grams of heroin and 20 grams of cocaine.
Maine UPS driver pleads guilty to stealing veterans’ pills
Jeffrey P. Wheeler Jr., 31, of Sebago faces up to three years in federal prison and a fine of as much as $250,000 for theft from interstate shipments.
Former Kittery woman sentenced to federal prison for bankruptcy fraud
Rana J. Clarizio, 46, who now lives in Illinois, failed to disclose $70,000 worth of property and tried to conceal $125,000 more last year.
Maine Drug Enforcement Agency gets $389,000 to fight opiate trafficking
The money is not to be used for prosecution or for treatment.
Somerset County courts
Closed cases for March 16-20, 2015, in Skowhegan District Court and Somerset County Superior Court.
Death of man found in Caribou house after fire ruled a homicide
Authorities work to identify the victim and seek the public’s help as they investigate the crime.