Todd Rasberry, 35, was arrested and charged last year after federal agents seized 51 grams of heroin from a motel room in Scarborough.
Cops & Courts
Police, crime and court news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Authorities investigate death at Androscoggin County Jail
A 52-year-old man died one day after being booked into the jail on drug-related charges, according to the Androscoggin County sheriff.
Augusta robbery, Sidney burglary among December indictments
A Kennebec County grand jury handed up a number of indictments Thursday at the Capital Judicial Center.
Lewiston man charged with shooting in apartment
Police arrest 29-year-old Jose Pena after a 33-year-old man is shot in the arm inside a Pine Street apartment before 5 a.m. Friday.
In his own words: Gregory Nisbet’s pre-sentencing statement
‘I myself cry and mourn daily the loss of those young lives,’ says the owner of the building in Portland where a fire killed six people.
Jury selection underway in double killing in Oakfield
Matthew Davis is accused of shooting a couple to death, then setting their home on fire in 2013.
Fairfield woman charged in newborn’s death discusses plea possibilities
Kayla Stewart pleaded not guilty in March to murder and manslaughter.
Landlord in deadly Portland fire gets 90 days for code violation
It’s believed to be the first jail sentence in Maine for a landlord’s ‘knowing’ inattention to a safety issue, putting others on notice after a blaze in Gregory Nisbet’s building on Noyes Street.
Portland man, 65, gets more than 16 years for bank robberies
Neil West Sr. was the getaway driver in robberies in Portland and Lewiston in 2015.
Somerset County court for Sept. 19-23, 2016
Closed cases from Skowhegan District Court and Somerset County Superior Court.