Detective Jeremy Leal has received training in skills that are required to investigate sexual assaults against children.
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Jury to continue deliberations Thursday in David Marble murder trial
Marble, also known as ‘D-Money,’ is accused of shooting to death Eric Williams and Bonnie Royer on Christmas Day 2015 in Manchester.
Former Bath bus driver pleads not guilty to taking photos up students’ skirts
Timothy McGowan is charged with violation of privacy for allegedly taking photos of girls that were posted on the web.
Knife-wielding Winthrop man arrested after allegedly attacking child, woman
Brian Diaz, 23, was taken to jail after the Monday morning encounter, while the boy and the woman were taken to the hospital.
Judge impounds documents detailing killing of Lewiston woman as suspect is held without bail
Albert Flick did not enter a plea during his first court appearance in the slaying of Kimberly Dobbie, 48, in front of her two boys outside a downtown laundromat.
Police say Lewiston stabbing victim didn’t report being stalked by accused killer
They urge people who believe they are being stalked to record specific details of what happened and report them to police.
Man, woman arrested in York County fentanyl bust
Freddy Michel Peguero-Matos, 27, of Boston and Laurie A. Fantasia, 45, of Nashua, N.H., had about 350 grams of the powerful drug in their possession when arrested in Springvale, the sheriff says.
Court upholds conviction of Troy woman in baby’s death
Miranda Hopkins was found to have drunk shots of liquor and smoked marijuana on the night her infant son died as a result of head injuries.
Alleged Maine child sex offender found in Pennsylvania
David Freeman, 58, of Palmyra, is charged with sexually assaulting 9-year-old girl.
A judge decided Albert Flick was too old to pose a threat. At 76, he’s now charged with murder.
He could have been sentenced to additional prison time in 2010 for an attack on a Portland woman, and the judge had been warned that his history of violence showed no signs of abating.