An attorney for Anthony Sanborn, whose post-conviction review is scheduled for next week, is arguing that Jessica Briggs’ murder was the work of a serial killer, but prosecutors say that argument is speculation.
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Waldoboro police arrest Newcastle man and charge him with bank robbery
Police say Carroll Demmons, 46, has been charged with felony burglary and theft for robbing the Camden National Bank.
Dixmont man sentenced for scheme to sell oxycodone
Adam Hamilton was among several people who bought the drug in Connecticut and sold it in central Maine, according to court records.
Augusta man charged with terrorizing after allegedly saying he wanted to ‘fillet bad people’ in Hallowell alley
Christopher Knapp, 38, also was charged with refusing to submit to arrest and reckless conduct Saturday night when the city was packed for Old Hallowell Day.
Child pornographer Wade Hoover loses bid to lower 60-year sentence for sexually assaulting boys
The former Augusta man is serving a 40-year federal term for producing and possessing child pornography.
Daylong standoff in Lincoln ends peacefully
Police had gone to a home to interview a man who is charged with sexual abuse of a minor.
Midcoast Youth Theater co-founder pleads not guilty to latest sexual abuse charges
Henry A. Eichman, a former employee at St. John’s Catholic School in Brunswick, faces a total of 20 counts of child sexual abuse in two counties.
South Paris woman who bought gun used by felon in shootout leaves jail
Stephanie Knightly faced a possible 10-year sentence, but her lawyer says she had no idea what Steven R. Piirainen, who died in the shootout, planned to do with the weapon.
Waterville car burglar takes firearm from unlocked car
Police urge people to keep doors locked and valuables inside.
911 calls in Madison shootings reveal state of mind of gunman
According to Dustin Tuttle’s girlfriend, Carroll Tuttle Jr. said he was going to kill himself.