The charges stem from an investigation by the Maine Marine Patrol following a complaint by a Stockton Springs harvester that his traps were being cut.
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Riverview patient who killed Troy man in 2009 seeks move to Glenburn group home
Karen McCaul was found not criminally responsible for killing Richard Howe on Christmas Eve in 2009 and was committed to state custody.
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Augusta man pleads guilty to possessing unregistered, homemade silencer
Ryan D. Merrill, according to federal authorities, was firing a rifle he had equipped with a silencer he made out of an oil filter, at a fox and propane tanks in Augusta.
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Gardiner convenience store robbed early Wednesday
Police say the robber, who displayed a weapon, fled on foot into a wooded area behind the Cumberland Farms store on Bridge Street.
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Inmate expected to get drug treatment in jail as court order stands, at least for now
Aroostook County officials sought to delay the order that they provide Brenda Smith with Suboxone while they appealed it over concerns about administering the drug in the jail.
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Four men charged with cutting dozens of rival lobsterman’s traps
The Maine Marine Patrol found that the targeted lobsterman lost more than 70 traps.
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Maine Supreme Judicial Court rejects Luc Tieman murder appeal
Luc Tieman, 35, appealed to the Law Court through his attorney, Clifford Strike, challenging emails and Facebook messages that were used as evidence against him in Somerset County Superior Court.
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Jury deliberates fate of former prison guard accused of sexually assaulting inmate
Explicit text messages between Joshua Dall-Leighton and the alleged victim could play a key role in the case.
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Ex-lawmaker who defrauded elderly widows out of $3 million gets 10 years in prison
Robert Kenneth Lindell was sentenced Tuesday in what authorities call one of Maine’s worst cases of elder financial abuse.
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State seeks to try Lewiston teen as adult on manslaughter charge
A judge rules that the 17-year-old boy charged in the June 12, 2018, Knox Street melee will remain in custody.