This is a roundup of cases closed July 20-26, 2017, at courts in Augusta and Waterville.
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Brunswick bicyclist in critical condition after hit-and-run crash
Police arrest a Brunswick woman and charge her with operating under the influence, leaving the scene and other violations.
Kennebec Journal July 29 police log
Augusta area police reports for July 29, 2017.
After crash, Augusta man charged with drunken driving, leaving scene of accident
Police said Shane Cater, 23, walked away from the crash at the intersection of Bolton Hill Road and North Belfast Avenue.
Waterville man allegedly threatened a man with a knife over stolen weed
John C. Wray, III, 42, was charged with criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon.
Morning Sentinel July 29 police log
Waterville area police reports for July 29, 2017.
Daughter of Fairfield woman missing for 41 years searches for justice after killer’s death
‘I want people to realize he did do this to her,’ says Honey Rourke, who believes Albert P. Cochran killed her mother, Pauline Rourke, in 1976.
Parents of man slain in Manchester seek compensation from victims’ fund for funeral, counseling
Eric Williams was one of two people killed Dec. 25, 2015, in Manchester not far from his Augusta home.
Waterville man allegedly threatened other with a knife over stolen weed
John C. Wray, III, 42, was charged with criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon.
Lawyer for Madison man charged with manslaughter seeks dismissal of charge
Jonathan Cayford was the driver in a November 2015 crash in Starks that killed Clint J. Briggs.