Kerry Bridges was accused of stealing painkillers and writing bogus medication orders.
Cops & Courts
Police, crime and court news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Maine high court rejects appeal by Merrill Kimball in bee farm killing
The 73-year-old lobsterman from Yarmouth was convicted last year of murder in the shooting death of Leon Kelley at Brown’s Bee Farm in North Yarmouth.
Boston man gets 30 years for sex trafficking in Portland
Raymond Jeffreys, 28, trafficked women and girls through 14 states, including in Maine, where he was arrested in 2014; set free were 20 victims, some of whom were from Maine.
Veteran charged in Shapleigh standoff ordered held without bail
Robert W. Ferrera III, a former Army Ranger who served in Afghanistan, is accused of endangering his father with a gun and firing 18 rounds from a semiautomatic weapon.
Ex-Army Ranger surrenders after tense standoff in Shapleigh
The 26-year-old man, described as ‘out of control,’ had been randomly firing his AK-47 semi-automatic assault rifle, the York County sheriff says.
Somerset County courts April 4-10, 2016
Closed cases for Skowhegan District Court and Somerset County Superior Court.
Franklin County grand jury hands up 23 indictments
Michael Crandall, 54, of Strong was indicted on two counts of sexual abuse of a minor.
Westbrook police find missing teenager
Police say the 19-year-old left a group home around midnight Thursday and was found in Windham on Friday.
Man broke into Berwick apartments to shower and drink beer, police say
Todd LeGrand, 53, of New Hampshire also is accused of letting several horses out of a barn.
Police release video in search for man who went on rampage at Portland restaurant
Detectives are seeking the man who threw furniture off a patio onto the sidewalk at Elevation Burger after being told it was too late to order food.