Arnold Nash, serving a 45-year sentence for murder and robbery, escaped from the Mountain View Correctional Facility in Charleston on Thursday night.
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Lobsterman sentenced to 45 days for ramming a skiff
The 32-year-old also gets a concurrent term for domestic violence.
Norridgewock man indicted on two separate domestic violence charges
A Somerset County grand jury handed up indictments on charges related to drugs, domestic violence and other criminal activity.
Augusta man sentenced for child sex assault that occurred several years ago
Eric Say, 26, was ordered to serve an initial four years in prison.
Scott Bubar told police he tried to wrestle the guns away from his father in Belgrade standoff
Bubar is on trial on charges he attempted to murder a sheriff’s deputy in May 2017 in Belgrade.
Grand jury indicts Skowhegan man in armed robbery of bank
Dustin L. Everett, 34, is charged with felony robbery and theft in the holdup of Skowhegan Savings Bank in Norridgewock.
Escaped murderer had broken out of prison twice before, triggered manhunt
Arnold Nash, serving a 45-year sentence for murder and robbery, escaped from the Mountain View Correctional Facility in Charleston on Thursday night.
Some Mainers report having fake unemployment claims filed in their names
Some say they were told that the scams are connected to last year’s Equifax hack, but state officials say that they know of no such link, and that fraudulent unemployment claims haven’t been higher than usual.
Rumford man pleads guilty to Social Security fraud
Raymond J. Brenneis, 59, received benefits from 2011 to 2017 for which he was ineligible, and faces up to five years in prison.
Oregon man won’t serve prison time for assaulting boys in Maine
The judge declares a plea deal in the cases, dating to the 1980s, to be ‘unsatisfactory,’ but accepts it.