Leigh Saufley questions why the state has few options other than detention at Long Creek for youths who resist rehabilitation.
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Lewiston police probing park melee that left a man critically injured
Police have instituted a curfew that prohibits people from congregating in the park after 9 p.m.
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Bowdoin man gets 2 years for failing to register as sex offender
David Forrest Noel, 40, was convicted in Massachusetts in 2010 of indecent assault and battery on a child.
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Exeter man charged with criminal speeding in chase on U.S. Route 2
Jesse P. Hensley was clocked on radar going 87 mph in a 55-mph zone on a Yamaha motorcycle.
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Kennebec Journal June 12-13 police log
Augusta area police reports for June 12-13, 2018.
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Defense in Maine child abuse murder case asks high court to remove prosecutors
Attorneys for Sharon Carrillo, who is charged in the beating death of her daughter, Marissa Kennedy, said the prosecution obtained Carrillo’s mental health records improperly.
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Man pleads guilty to leading drug ring from Massachusetts to central Maine
Police said Jaime “Uncle” Brea, 51, was behind a conspiracy to bring drugs to the Augusta area and sell in Maine.
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Suspect in killing of Maine sheriff’s deputy pleads not guilty
The 29-year-old Madison man is charged with murder in the fatal shooting of Cpl. Eugene Cole of the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office in late April.
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Two town offices burglarized in Penobscot County
Electronics equipment and an undisclosed amount of cash were stolen in Enfield and Maxfield, the sheriff’s office says.
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Maine State Prison inmate dies in hospital
Darrell Crosby, 59, was serving a sentence for unlawful sexual contact, according to Corrections Commissioner Joseph Fitzpatrick.