State police say 34-year-old Joseph Eaton of Bowdoin has been charged with murder. Investigators are still processing multiple crime scenes in southern Maine.
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Two youths charged with terrorizing after school threat
Interim Waterville police Chief Bill Bonney said Saturday that the youths will have a court date but will first see a juvenile community corrections officer.
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Phillips man indicted on arson charges connected to 2017 Falls General Store fire
Kurt D. Searles, 35, is charged with arson and conspiracy to commit arson.
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Livermore Falls woman indicted on manslaughter charge in fatal 2022 crash in North Jay
Gaylene Rich, 69, of Livermore died in the head-on crash July 20, 2022, on state Route 4.
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Man arrested in Portland on charges of threatening New Hampshire high school
Kyle Hendrickson is accused of showing a gun in front Portsmouth High School and threatening to ‘shoot up the school.’
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Arkansas man sentenced for beating Colorado man at the Farmington Motel
John M. Murphy, 53, pleaded guilty April 5 to a felony charge of aggravated assault at a Farmington court and was sentenced to 10 months in prison.
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Maine woman accused of buying dozens of guns for California gang
Two of the guns that the U.S. Attorney’s Office says Jennifer Scruggs, 35, of Turner, illegally sold in California were recovered by Los Angeles police.
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Eliot Cutler to change his plea in child porn case
The former Maine gubernatorial candidate is expected to plead to 4 counts of possession of images depicting child sexual abuse and prosecutors say the agreement will include “a period of incarceration.”
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Farmington woman accused of smoking crack, endangering child in Wilton
Michelle M. Belanger, 33, was arrested on two counts of endangering a child, unlawful possession of crack cocaine and refusal to submit to arrest or detention.
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‘Radio silence’ from investigators frustrates family of Edgecomb toddler killed on Christmas morning
More than three months after police ruled 3-year-old Makinzlee Handrahan’s death a homicide, family members continue to wait for charges to be filed.