Family members of the late Barbara Maxim-Hendsbee, Rosalyn Jean and Vada-Leigh Peaslee say they are seeking justice and a change to how manslaughter charges are brought in Maine.
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Judge slaps $693,000 lien on Union company accused of defrauding elderly couple
The lawyer for the business denies the allegations, saying his clients are still in the process of flipping the houses with the borrowed money and will repay the couple.
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Inmate dies at Bolduc Correctional Facility in Warren
Christopher Wilson, 49, who was serving a 10-year sentence for aggravated drug trafficking, died Monday.
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Defense lawyers want murder indictments dismissed because Maine State Police heard confidential calls
The lawyers for Bobby Nightingale and Jaquile Coleman seek to have the charges thrown out because of alleged attorney-client privilege violations.
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Augusta police officers, and a firefighter, who died in the line of duty memorialized with new signs
The emergency responders have been recognized with memorial signs erected at the Augusta locations where they were killed serving the community.
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Four charged with vandalism, including hate graffiti, at Rockland high school
Vandals caused extensive damage to an outbuilding and the surrounding property at Oceanside High School last month.
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Prosecutor says Wells teen who fatally shot niece meant to kill brother
York County Superior Court Justice Richard Mulhern must decide whether to continue denying bail to Andrew Huber Young, 19, basing the decision on whether there’s probable cause the defendant intended to kill someone.
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Police: 3 arrested at Augusta camper after drug bust nets cocaine, guns, money
Law enforcement officers who included city police and agents from the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency made the arrests Thursday at a camper on Blair Road.
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Aroostook County woman charged with manslaughter in death of 1-year-old boy
State police release few details about the child’s death in Easton in March, including his relationship to Mariah Dobbins, 28, who was indicted on July 14.
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Sidney man enters insanity plea in second trial on decade-old sexual assault charges against a child
Eric Bard, 32, faces a second trial after his previous conviction was overturned by the Maine Supreme Judicial Court because the district court judge who presided over the first trial improperly met with the prosecution without a lawyer for the defense present.