Supporters say Sen. Susan Deschambault’s bill would promote transparency, but critics raise concerns about how much it would cost and whether it could lead to invasion of privacy.
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Police, crime and courts news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Somerset County to receive nearly $10,000 in drug forfeiture money
The cash comes from two separate drug busts in Somerset County in 2018, but the transfer must still be approved by a judge.
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Morning Sentinel March 6 police log
Waterville area police reports for Wednesday, March 6, 2019.
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Hope woman pleads guilty to charges from crash that killed Woolwich couple
Danielle Ward was charged with two counts of manslaughter in the deaths of Robert and Carolyn Martin in January 2017.
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South Portland 8th-grader charged with threatening school and students
While there is no indication that Mahoney Middle School or its students were ever in imminent danger, the threats prompted a few students to stay home from school, police said.
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Officials investigate dead body found in Palmyra motel
Somerset County Sheriff’s officials and state police arrived at Lovley’s Motel after 9 a.m. Wednesday where a woman who appeared to be distraught was later taken away in an ambulance.
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Second conviction upheld for double shooting in Bangor
Robert Hansley of New York City loses his appeal in the killing of one man and wounding of another in 2015.
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Retired Rockland lawyer indicted on charges that she stole from elderly women
Anita Volpe, who denied the accusations when she forfeited her law license in 2016, is accused of stealing more than $10,000 from ‘vulnerable’ clients between 2012 and 2018.
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Woman indicted on murder charge in Owls Head bludgeoning death
Sarah Richards, 37, is accused of killing 83-year-old Helen Carver, who had hired Richards to shovel snow.
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Victim’s Facebook messages at issue in appeal of man convicted of killing his wife
A lawyer for Luc Tieman argues that the messages should not have been admitted in court, but supreme court justices point out that there was plenty of other evidence pointing to his client’s guilt.