Benjamin Conroy, 33, worked at Ocean Avenue Elementary School in Portland before he was arrested last fall.
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Bowdoin man indicted in hit-and-run collision in Madison that seriously injured Cornville couple
A Somerset County grand jury last week indicted Edward McGuire, 62, on several counts following the collision that occurred in May.
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Former director of Skowhegan Regional Chamber of Commerce charged with theft, forgery
Jason Gayne pleaded not guilty Monday to several charges that accuse him of taking nearly $200,000 from the chamber and another organization he led, Hospice Volunteers of Somerset County.
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State drops murder charge against Limington man whose conviction was thrown out
The state cites a lack of sufficient evidence to retry Bruce Akers, 64, who until recently had been incarcerated since his 2016 arrest in connection with the slaying of his neighbor, Douglas Flint.
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Man sentenced to life in prison for triple killings Down East
A fourth shooting victim survived the attack and spoke during Friday’s sentencing.
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Two teens charged with aggravated assault after 14-year-old beaten at Fairfield park
Police said the assault Friday at Mill Island Park was watched by about a half-dozen other juveniles, some of whom recorded video of the attack.
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Woman charged with starting massive blaze that consumed Pittston residence
Sharon Nichols, 67, has been charged with failing to extinguish a fire following a Maine Forest Service investigation into the April 25 blaze.
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Massachusetts man found guilty of shooting relative in 2020 in Dallas Plantation
Jesse W. Duval, 47, of Westminster, sentenced to 60 days in jail.
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Palmyra man arrested following Winslow armed robbery
Dustin Smith, 30, allegedly pointed a handgun at a man on Abbott Road in Winslow, ordered him out of a car, told him to take off his clothes, fired a gun, assaulted him and robbed him, Winslow police Chief Leonard Macdaid said Wednesday.
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Man in longstanding dispute with Readfield charged for allegedly harassing town manager, family
Robert Bittar, 81, allegedly violated a protection order by harassing Town Manager Eric Dyer, but the resident’s lawyer says the matter is ‘a classic example of government overreach attempting to crush the voice of the little guy.’