Counterfeiting is just one of the ways motorists are getting around Maine’s safety inspection laws. The state is fighting back.

The case before the Maine Supreme Judicial Court highlights the political debate over both immigration and welfare programs.

Edwin Chester testifies that he was unaware a key eyewitness had vision problems, but a note from a talk with her caretaker contains a reference to cocaine use and a detached retina.

Retired detective Daniel Young denies that he ever attempted to entice Jerry Larrivee to say Anthony Sanborn admitted to killing Jessica Briggs in 1989.

John T. Havlin was being transported to jail by a sheriff’s deputy when he fled on foot onto the roadway.