This is a roundup of cases closed Jan. 19-25, 2017, at courts in Augusta and Waterville.
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Kennebec Journal Jan. 29 police log
Augusta area police reports for Jan. 29, 2017.
Somerset County court for Dec. 19-23, 2016
Closed cases from Skowhegan District Court and Somerset County Superior Court.
Morning Sentinel Jan. 29 police log
Waterville area police reports for Jan. 29, 2017.
A violent offender’s last act, a lesson for law enforcement
Norman J. Strobel Jr.’s deadly shootout in Maine last fall ended a lifelong pattern of abuse against women, a history that often managed to fly under the radar of successive investigators.
Morning Sentinel Jan. 28 police log
Waterville area police reports for Jan. 28, 2017.
Kennebec Journal Jan. 28 police log
Augusta area police reports for Jan. 28, 2017.
Bonny Eagle cheerleading coach accused of having sexual relationship with student
Nicholas Perry, 21, of Standish is released on $5,000 cash bail after his arrest by Cumberland County sheriff’s deputies.
Bail in Waterville stabbing case set at $500,000
The victim remains in critical condition, a prosecutor said Friday.
Troy woman charged with murder in infant son’s death seeks release on bail
Miranda Hopkins, 32, remains at Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset awaiting a bail hearing in February, and her lawyers say their client has an ‘exceptional case’ to be released on bail.