Police reported finding more than 16 grams of heroin in woman’s purse, loaded handgun in glove box.
Cops & Courts
Police, crime and court news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Somerset County court for April 2-6, 2018
Closed cases from Skowhegan District Court and Somerset County Superior Court.
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New Vineyard man pleads to federal drug trafficking, gun charges
Officers initially discovered cocaine, heroin, fentanyl and oxycodone in Jordan Richard’s Rangeley home in 2016 during an investigation of a shooting that left one man dead.
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Waterville man jailed for back-to-back assaults on different women
Tyheem Walker, 33 was ordered to serve three years in prison and then start a new probation in connection with the assaults in 2017.
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Morning Sentinel June 28 police log
Waterville area police reports for June 28, 2018.
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DNA links man to Oakland pharmacy robbery 11 years later
The attorney for Michael Algiere says the defense is challenging the government’s extension of the statute of limitations for the 2007 robbery.
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Rockland health club director accused of fraud
A federal court complaint accuses Michael Morrison of submitting false claims for $177,000 in physical therapy services to Medicare, MaineCare, the VA and an insurance company from 2005 to 2016.
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Augusta man pleads no contest to sexual assault on child
A four-day jury trial of Derek Sterling was to start Tuesday, but the man instead was found guilty and was sentenced to 14 months of time already served in jail.
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Days before his death, deputy pulled over car in which slaying suspect was riding
John D. Williams was a passenger in his own car when it was pulled over by Cpl. Eugene Cole in a traffic stop that led to the car being towed and the arrest of Williams’ girlfriend.
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Mainers part of federal prescription opioid sting against medical professionals
The Justice Department hasn’t identified those who were targeted in the sting, a nationwide effort that involved 601 defendants.