Authorities became aware of the scheme when Apolonio Montes Garcia of Haverhill used another person’s Social Security card to gain entrance to the Portland Naval Shipyard.
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Franklin County court for July 24-Aug. 4, 2017
Closed cases from Franklin County Superior Court and Farmington District Court.
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Waterville man, 28, jailed for unlawful sexual contact
Kevin Easler was sentenced recently at the Capital Judicial Center to serve nine months and a day behind bars for sexually assaulting two girls.
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Couple shot in Millinocket home invasion still hospitalized
Diem Lapierre is recovering but her husband, Wayne Lapierre, remains in serious condition, police say.
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Retired Maine state trooper charged with trafficking in fentanyl and cocaine
Jeffrey Linscott, 51, of Buxton, who was with the state police for 22 years, was caught delivering the powerful – and deadly – opioid in Gorham, drug agents say.
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Attorney alleges racial profiling by state police in Portland traffic stop
In federal court, the lawyer for a Honduran man seeks a dismissal, but a state trooper defends his actions in stopping a van with a cracked windshield on I-295.
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Bullet fragments used to solve year-old shooting in Waterboro
Zachary Jordan of Sanford is arrested after police match the fragments to a pistol he owns.
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Fatal blaze in Lebanon was arson, police say
A man’s body was found Wednesday inside the 2-story home.
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Retrial decision expected in January on deputy accused of sex crimes
A Kennebec County Superior Court jury deadlocked in November in the trial of Kenneth Hatch, a Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office deputy accused of sexually assaulting three girls.
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Trail of calls, text messages lead to Winslow pair’s arrest in pit bull case
Danielle Jones and Brandon Ross were charged Wednesday with not complying with a dangerous-dog court order after police alleged the couple arranged to have the dogs hidden — possibly in New Jersey.