A roundup of cases closed April 11-17, 2019, at courts in Augusta and Waterville.
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Police didn’t coerce confession from suspect in officer’s killing, judge rules, so it can be used at trial
The judge did suppress a videotaped re-enactment of the shooting of Cpl. Eugene Cole, saying the defendant, John Williams, was too tired to make rational statements at that point.
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Two Biddeford residents arrested on drug trafficking charges
The man and woman were captured Thursday morning following a hit-and-run crash in Scarborough.
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Connecticut man faces up to 30 years in federal prison for bank fraud
Mark Pignatello, 54, pleaded guilty this week in U.S. District Court in Bangor to bank fraud, Social Security number fraud, and aggravated identity theft.
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Gardiner police release security images of suspect in convenience store robbery
Police continue to look for the suspect who they say robbed the Cumberland Farms and fled into a wooded area behind the store.
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Winslow woman sentenced to prison for bringing drugs into jail
Kelli A. Johnson, one of two inmates charged with trafficking in prison contraband at the Kennebec County jail, was sentenced to 20 months in prison.
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Waterville bank robber who dropped cash, gun in front of officer sentenced to five years
Jason M. Mackenrodt pleaded guilty to robbery and theft charges on Thursday.
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15-year-old charged with terrorizing after alleged threats against Mount View High School
The suspect was “immediately isolate(d)” on Monday, according to the Waldo County Sheriff’s Office.
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Jury acquits former Maine prison guard of sexually assaulting inmate
Joshua Dall-Leighton’s lawyer told the jury that the accuser fabricated the story to benefit herself financially.
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Human remains found in Augusta prove to be those of local woman, missing since 2017
Police say evidence at the site where the remains were recovered indicates that they had been there since the time of Megan Gregory’s disappearance in 2017.