Among the items lost were an announcement declaring the election of George Washington and maps showing the boundaries of the early U.S. that ended at the Mississippi River.
Cops & Courts
Police, crime and court news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
At Cosby trial, experts disagree on how drugs affected woman
The conflicting testimony comes from two toxicologists, one called by each side in the disgraced comedian’s sex assault retrial.
Wilton woman found not criminally responsible of charges involving teen
Chrystal Rose had entered the home of a 13-year-old girl posing as a public servant and was charged with several crimes including visual sexual aggression.
Video: Franklin County man to spend at least 6 years in prison for drug-involved shooting
Timothy Danforth fatally shot Michael Reis nearly 2 years ago outside Danforth’s father’s mobile home in Wilton in a dispute that involved a $200 marijuana debt.
Police arrest suspect in Unity Pharmacy robbery
After leading Waldo County deputies on a short foot chase through a wooded area in Brooks, Andrew Sousa was arrested for allegedly forcing a store employee to give him prescription drugs.
Augusta woman charged with unlawful sexual contact with child
Jessica Lynn Dube, 36, was arrested Sunday and released on bail Tuesday.
Man arrested at Bangor airport wanted in North Carolina homicide probe
The Brewer man is wanted on a charge of obstructing justice.
Truck driver convicted in deaths of 2 from Knox County files appeal
Randall Junior Weddle was found guilty of manslaughter and other charges in the deaths of Christina Torres-York of Warren and Paul Fowles of Owls Head.
Clinton wants Buddy McIntyre’s appeal of an order to tear down his house dismissed
McIntyre has appealed for more time to combat the order, but the town argues he has run out of time to appeal and the dangerous building must be demolished.
Two decades later, the sting of Gorham teen’s unsolved slaying endures
Robert Joyal died in a Portland stabbing in 1998, and his family is still pleading for answers.