Michael Geilenfeld has accused Freeport resident Paul Kendrick of wrongful imprisonment for false allegations that he sexually abused orphans.

After the district attorney says a clerical mistake led him to announce incorrect charges against the driver, the Portland Press Herald’s request for a copy is denied.

William E. Dowling of Augusta had sought $900,000 in back wages, benefits and loan repayment from his former employer, developer Kevin Mattson, but no details of the settlement were made public.

No one is hurt but some neighbors are traumatized as police responded to a bogus report of a shooting, the third ‘swatting’ incident this month.

Families and friends gather to come to grips with two suicides and two murders in one week.