Paul Cote is charged with criminal attempt to commit insurance deception and two other offenses.
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Former Maine DHHS employee pleads guilty to dangerous driving charge
Joan M. Smyrski successfully completed her part in the deferred sentencing agreement and withdrew a guilty plea on an OUI.
Farmington man gets three years for dealing in heroin
Mark Barrett will serve three years of an eight-year sentence after entering an Alford plea.
Self-proclaimed ‘Hillbilly’ drug trafficker ID’d by tattoo of his name
Gerard Boynton, of Monmouth, was sentenced to an initial three years in prison Tuesday at the Capital Judicial Center.
Teenage driver charged with manslaughter in crash that killed her passenger
Police say Kelsey Campbell’s blood alcohol was more than twice the legal limit.
Anger over YMCA dropoff caused Acton man’s violent outburst, police say
Emanuel Slobada allegedly brandished a knife and threatened his mother and sisters.
Portland woman’s death leaves neighbors in Riverton at a loss
They heard gunfire before Sokha Khuon, 36, was found dead in the home on Dorothy Street that she shared with her family.
Wiscasset woman, 41, charged with sex offenses against minors
Police say Sarah Riggens committed the crimes in a private home but they decline to reveal the number of victims or their ages.
Lincoln County deputy fired after internal investigation of sexual abuse allegations
Kenneth Hatch went on trial in November on 22 charges, including child sex abuse, and was found not guilty of two.
State police find bodies of husband, wife in Temple
Troopers arrived at the home of the couple after a 911 call was received from the man, who was threatening to shoot himself.