This is not the first time the Augusta courthouse has experienced the major technical failure, which prevented proceedings from being electronically recorded and blocked lawyers’ ability to show evidence on monitors, says Superior Court Justice Michaela Murphy, who is calling for the system to be replaced.
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Victim testifies he thought he was going to die after Gardiner shooting
Caleb Trudeau testified Tuesday that Dylan Ketcham, who is on trial for murder and attempted murder, shot their friend Jordan Johnson then attacked him with machete in January of 2020.
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Lewiston man arrested, charged with sexually assaulting girl younger than age 12 in Wilton
A family member reported the assault to the Wilton Police Department.
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Oakland man arrested on kidnapping and other charges after high-speed chase
Brian Charette, 43, of Oakland, was being held Saturday in Kennebec County jail in Augusta, awaiting arraignment by a judge on Monday, according to Waterville interim police Chief Bill Bonney.
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Drugs seized, Anson man arrested following police chase into Madison
Somerset County Sheriff Dale Lancaster said a sheriff’s detective suffered minor injuries Thursday when Cody Mosher, 28, fled in his car as authorities attempted to take him into custody in Skowhegan.
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Former Waterville couple arrested on sexual assault charges involving children
Davina Petchonka and Charles H. Frost, believed to now be residents of Pittsfield, were arrested Dec. 1 and continue to be incarcerated at the Somerset County Jail in East Madison.
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Court vacates Peru man’s two life sentences in Paris murders
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court confirms Mark D. Penley’s two murder convictions, but overturns his sentences on appeal.
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Two men arrested following high-speed pursuit that ended in Sidney
An Augusta man and a Fairfield man were taken into custody over the weekend following a chase that began in Augusta, continued into Oakland and then concluded in Sidney, Maine State Police said Thursday.
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Former Rockport man denies defrauding woman out of $3 million
Mark X. Haley II’s former romantic partner, Rachel Klotz, has filed a lawsuit accusing him of inducing her to transfer large amounts of money to him on the belief that he could get better returns on her investments.
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Greenwood man accused of assaulting officers held on cash bail
Chance M. Bellanceau is seeking to transfer to a mental health hospital pending trial.