Some inmates refuse meals at Androscoggin County Jail while issuing a letter outlining more than a dozen complaints to administrators.
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Waterville man charged with multiple offenses after chase, manhunt Saturday morning
Christian Grenier, 22, of Waterville faces several driving and drug related charges and remains in Kennebec County jail.
Winthrop man sentenced to 15 years for firearm
Jonathan Bowers, a convicted felon, pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to unlawfully possessing a firearm.
China woman thought she was bailing out a relative. It was an $18,000 scam.
Police say a small, clean-cut man in a black Cadillac Escalade with New York plates picked the cash up from the woman.
Mother convicted of murdering 10-year-old daughter seeks new trial
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in the appeal by Sharon Kennedy, who was convicted of killing Marissa Kennedy in 2018.
Police say Mexico man failed sobriety test, appeared to be affected by drugs after bicyclist killed
Alger Aleck is expected to enter an initial plea at his arraignment scheduled for the last week of January.
Limington man sentenced to 38 years for neighbor’s murder
Bruce Akers was convicted of killing Douglas Flint with a machete and trying to hide his body.
Bangor woman charged with threatening to kill Sen. Collins
Katrina F. Preble left threatening voicemails at two of Collins’ offices after the election, at one point threatening to shoot and decapitate her, federal authorities say.
Man charged with robbery of Augusta McDonald’s, stopped by bystanders
Eric Connor Michael Bachand demanded cash at the Bangor Street McDonald’s and sought to flee, but was stopped and held by two teenagers outside the restaurant until police arrived.
South Portland man accused of brandishing pistol outside Old Port bar
Nicholas Whitman, 25, was arrested on charges of displaying a handgun in a ‘threatening and reckless manner.’