Christopher Ellis Williams, 27, of Augusta, is held in lieu of $100,000 cash bail after being charged in connection with two robberies in two days.
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Suspect in Auburn historic home arson denies setting fire near high school
Other fires that have occurred near where Justin Knight lives are being investigated.
Augusta woman pleads guilty to drug trafficking charge
Audra L. Purington also admitted violating probation on a robbery conviction.
New Yorker arrested in Augusta to serve 10 years for drug conspiracy
Denton Worrell was one of 16 people named as co-defendants.
Waterville bank robbery suspect leads indictment list in Kennbec County
A number of people were indicted Thursday by a grand jury sitting in Kennebec County.
Waterville sex offender sentenced on new sexual assault charge
David Louis Woodard was ordered to spend an initial three years behind bars for assaulting a woman sexually in Benton.
Prosecutor says Scott Bubar placed shotgun, keys under dead dad after Belgrade shootout with police
The nonjury trial resumes with closing arguments on Oct. 1.
Cushing captain to admit guilt in deaths of 2 crew members
Christopher A. Hutchinson is charged with seaman’s manslaughter in the 2014 boat sinking.
Man who obtained woman’s deleted nude photos from her phone gets 90-day sentence
The judge advised Kevin Rennie, 32, who cooperated with police and admitted what he did, not to return to Maine after his sentence ends.
Waterville man seeks $250,000 from General Mills in lawsuit over measuring spoons
Gregory Paul Violette, of Waterville, says Betty Crocker emblems fell off the spoons while he was cooking and made him sick.