Micheal Cochran was murdered in February 1981 in Dedham; Leola Cochran believes the investigation was mishandled from the start.
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Central Maine Dec. 2 police logs
Augusta and Waterville area police reports for Dec. 2, 2017.
Jay man pleads guilty in road-rage incident
As part of a plea bargain, Jacob Couture had all jail time suspended.
As James Talbot answers to sex charges, man who accused him years ago is in the courtroom
The allegations of Michael Doherty, formerly of Freeport, nearly two decades ago got Talbot fired from Cheverus High School and led more victims to come forward.
Two ex-Saco employees accused of computer crime
The former parks and recreation staff members are charged with criminal invasion of computer privacy, police say.
Somerset County Sheriff’s Office charges two Anson men in drug bust
Darrin Whipple and Christopher Gifford were arrested and charged after a search discovered heroin, fentanyl and cocaine, some in the bureau of a child.
Police arrest three from New York on drug charges in Waterville, Augusta
One woman turned over 115 bags of fentanyl and 63 bags of crack cocaine that she had on her, authorities say.
Dresden man to serve 10 months in federal prison over drug charges
Daniel Pallis pleaded guilty previously to conspiracy to distribute heroin and cocaine base in central Maine.
Kennebec Journal Dec. 1 police log
Augusta area police reports for Dec. 1, 2017.
Ex-priest with long history as a sex offender pleads not guilty to new charges in Maine
James Talbot, 80, will face as much as 25 years in prison if convicted of sexually assaulting a 9-year-old boy in a Freeport church nearly two decades ago.