Christopher C. Cates, 48 and a convicted sex offender, was arrested Monday on charges he assaulted the two girls earlier this year, according to the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office.
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Jury begins deliberating whether Pittsfield woman sexually assaulted teenage minor
A Skowhegan jury could decide as early as Wednesday whether Davina Petchonka, 39, of Pittsfield, committed the sexual assault offenses last year.
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Suspect in 2022 fatal on Route 4 charged again with criminal speeding
Jacob Diaz is already facing a charge of manslaughter in connection with the Dec. 11 crash that claimed the life of 79-year-old Carol Ivers of Fayette.
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Massachusetts man pleads guilty to possessing firearm stolen from Waterville pawn shop
Jadin Andino of West Springfield, Massachusetts, entered his plea Monday in federal court in Bangor and federal prosecutors say the handgun he had was one of the 15 firearms taken last year from J.R.’s Trading & Pawn in downtown Waterville.
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Farmington man accused of attempting to strangle, sexually assaulting woman
Richard D. Simpson, 36, was arrested on charges of aggravated domestic violence assault, gross sexual assault, domestic violence threatening and obstructing report of crime or injury. He also is charged with domestic violence assault.
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Chelsea woman charged with helping boyfriend evade arrest before police fatally shot him
Police say Annie McKechnie, 22, helped Frank Foss Jr. avoid arrest weeks before his death.
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Augusta murder suspect allegedly shot man after plan to scare him went wrong
Andrew Redmond, 34, of Augusta is accused of murdering Tyler Robinson, who was found dead on the side of Old Belgrade Road.
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Two charged after multiple stolen vehicles found at St. Albans property, police say
Steven Dumont, 41, and Shania Tripp, 25, both of St. Albans, were arrested Wednesday and charged with receiving stolen property after deputies from the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office recovered three stolen vehicles at a St. Albans residence this week.
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Man sentenced to 7 years in prison for shooting at Portland’s Riverton Park
Abdihamit Ali, 23, was sentenced Friday for the September 2022 shooting that left 1 woman injured and bullet holes in a child’s bedroom.
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New York man sentenced to two years in prison after drugs, guns, cash seized from camper in Augusta
An Augusta woman was also charged and sentenced in the case involving a police raid of a camper on Blair Road.