District Attorney Maeghan Maloney says new evidence came to light this week that prompted her office to refrain from prosecuting the water district’s former superintendent and its former foreman.
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Somerset County Sheriff’s Office: $4,000 worth of drugs and drug paraphernalia seized in Skowhegan search
Police seized a variety of illegal substances during a Skowhegan drug bust Wednesday, according to a news release from the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office.
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Gun used in Alaska cold case murder could have belonged to Auburn man, expert says
A ballistics expert testified in the murder and rape trial of Steven H. Downs that his and millions of other guns could have fired the fatal bullet.
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Turner man pleads insanity defense in slayings of Troy and Dulsie Varney
A judge said he expects to commit the defendant to the Department of Health and Human Services for psychiatric care.
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Analyst says Auburn man’s DNA matched that found in Alaska murder victim
Steven H. Downs is on trial for the murder and sexual assault of an Alaska woman in 1993.
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Driver pleads guilty to federal charges in crash that killed 3 in Acadia
Praneeth Manubolu, who lived in New Jersey at the time of the crash, will be sentenced later.
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Lewiston man to get at least 17 years in prison for fatal stabbing at Auburn McDonald’s
Trai Larue pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the case of stabbing a Masachusetts man in 2020.
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Farmington man pleads guilty to terrorizing, gun, OUI charges
Nathaniel Everett, 24, entered pleas Monday at Farmington District Court.
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Cab driver pulls gun on Waterville Public Works employee, police say
Alfred Gervais, 63, of Waterville is accused of brandishing a handgun during Saturday’s snowstorm after being told not to remove barricades placed in the road to protect workers cleaning up after an automobile crash.
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Augusta man indicted for allegedly assaulting woman, trying to steer her vehicle off road
Christopher M. Good, 56, indicted on several charges as part of indictments handed up by a Kennebec County grand jury.