Augusta area police reports for Dec. 17, 2018.
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Jay man accused of pointing gun at woman in Walmart parking lot
Andrew Deering was being held on $1,000 cash bail at the Franklin County jail.
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Farmington man charged after ex-girlfriend’s SUV rammed several times in Walmart parking lot
Joshua Norton, 39, drove “extremely erratically” throughout the parking lot as he was chasing the victim with his minivan, Farmington police said.
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Seeking answers, mother of Ayla Reynolds sues father of missing toddler
The girl disappeared seven years ago while in her father’s care in Waterville, and is presumed dead. Her mother’s lawyer says, ‘Justice will be finding out where Ayla was killed, how she was killed and why she was killed.’
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Attorney files motion for contempt against Maine DHHS commissioner
Sarah Branch says her mentally ill client’s ordeal of having to spend nearly a month in jail before receiving court-ordered treatment is an example of a larger problem.
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Kennebec Journal police log for Dec. 16
Augusta area police reports for Sunday, Dec. 16, 2018.
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Watch: Four injured after high-speed chase in Raymond
Dale Tucker, 29, of Casco crashed his car into two vehicles Sunday after trying to avoid a spike mat, the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office says.
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Morning Sentinel police log for Dec. 16
Waterville area police reports for Sunday, Dec. 16, 2018
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Kennebec County courts Dec. 6-12, 2018
A roundup of cases closed Dec. 6-12, 2018, at courts in Augusta and Waterville.
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Maine State Police identify couple found dead in Richmond
The bodies of Kirk Alexander Jr., 46, and his longtime girlfriend, Niomi Mello, 37, were discovered by her 11-year-old son in the kitchen of their mobile home, a spokesman says.