Police Chief William Labombarde says police arrested 27-year-old Jeffrey Moran of Washington after his 1999 GMC Yukon hit and killed 31-year-old Jessie Hayden.
Cops & Courts
Police, crime and court news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Teenage girl injured in hit-and-run in Limington
Sheriff’s deputies are looking for the vehicle that hit the girl and threw her into a ditch.
Jury finds ex-Maine pastor guilty of Medicaid fraud
Ronald Petersen, a former associate pastor in Limerick, is convicted of a single count of theft for fraudulently billing MaineCare for as much as $400,000 in false counseling services.
Prosecutors wrap up case against ex-pastor charged with defrauding MaineCare
Ronald Petersen of Bridgton is accused of billing the state’s Medicaid program for substance abuse counseling services he did not provide.
Electronic monitoring in domestic violence cases to expand in Maine
Two pilot programs will be funded, one rural, one urban.
For ending a life and a dream, Anthony Pratt Jr. gets 42 years in prison
The 21-year-old is sentenced for the Portland shooting of his lover, Margarita Fisenko Scott, 29, who had emigrated from Kazakhstan ‘filled with hope.’
Sheriff’s office finds death of Long Island lobsterman ‘suspicious’
Detectives investigate around the home of Steven ‘Mike’ Hanson, 59, after the ‘heartbreaking’ discovery of his body in his driveway.
Former Maine resident pleads guilty to welfare fraud
Colin Chisholm III, who grew up in Cape Elizabeth and went by ‘Lord Chisholm,’ is facing 21 months in jail in Minnesota.
Falmouth teenager charged in break-ins was high on drugs, records say
Logan Valle overdosed on what could have been ‘bath salts’ and suffered frostbite in the incident Saturday night, according to court documents.