Jared Jandreau was found guilty on 22 counts for getting a woman to take and send him sexually explicit images of a 6-year-old girl and one for solicitation of gross sexual assault.
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Portland man who belonged to neo-Nazi group pleads guilty to child porn charge
Andrew Hazelton was charged with possessing child pornography shortly after his employer notified police about troubling behavior.
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Maine justices uphold 40-year sentence for man who brutally murdered his roommate
An autopsy revealed that 65-year-old William Popplewell of Old Orchard Beach suffered multiple broken bones and had been stabbed as many as 30 times.
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Bail set at $10,000 for Farmington man charged in standoff
Matthew Allen, accused of threatening to shoot police, held on $10,000 cash.
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Mother of Standish woman killed in June accuses boyfriend of slaying
In court papers seeking a protection-from-abuse order, the mother of 30-year-old Amanda Brown says Brown’s boyfriend shot her and is claiming self-defense.
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Augusta woman says man repeatedly asked her to take, send sexually explicit images of girl
Jared Jandreau, formerly of China, is on trial on 23 counts of sexual crimes involving children.
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Police seize 4 pounds of cocaine disguised as a cake in stop on I-295 in Gardiner
Police say the cocaine has an estimated street value of $200,000.
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Prosecutor says texts show former China man repeatedly sought sexually explicit images
Defense attorneys argue that emoji, in text messages between Jared Jandreau and Jessica Cox, that were not preserved by state computer crimes experts mean the intent of the texters can’t be fully determined.
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Harmony man charged in gunfire-related domestic violence incident
Justin L. Reber, 37, faces several charges after police were dispatched to Trafton Road in Harmony on Monday responding to a domestic violence incident involving a gunshot being fired.
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Police search for victim, suspect in reported stabbing in Canaan
The victim and the individual alleged to have stabbed them have not yet been identified, although police say they have been looking at several different leads.