The 11-year-old passenger died at the scene after the vehicle hit a tree.
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
State placed 4-year-old girl in home of woman now charged with her murder
A police affidavit doesn’t say why the state oversaw the youth, who suffered a fatal blow to her abdomen and showed signs of past abuse.
Robert Burton sentenced to 55 years in prison for murder of Stephanie Gebo
A jury found Burton guilty of murder in October for fatally shooting his former girlfriend in the Parkman home they had shared.
Portland elver trafficker caught in sting gets jail, another Mainer pleads guilty
A Portland seafood dealer is sentenced to 6 months in jail and a Maine fisherman pleads guilty to trafficking more than $250,000 worth of illegally harvested elvers
Windham man sentenced for lying about Old Port shooting in 2016
Jason McGoldrick will spend one year and a day in prison for lying to investigators about the identity of a man he was with when another man shot at them.
Wiscasset woman charged with murder in death of 4-year-old
An autopsy report showed the young girl died from blunt force trauma.
Three New Hampshire fugitives caught in York County
Two men were wanted on drug charges and a woman with them was wanted for obstruction.
Morning Sentinel Dec. 14 police log
Waterville area police reports for Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017.
Kennebec Journal Dec. 14 police log
Augusta area police reports for Dec. 14, 2017.
Portland driver, 82, who hit pedestrian in parking lot had suspended license
Robert Carson’s Toyota Highlander hit Mary Anthoine in the parking lot of Pratt Abbott dry cleaners on Forest Avenue.