Officials may vote this week on forming a local committee to make recommendations to councilors on how to spend the city’s share of Maine’s $230 million settlement with pharmaceutical companies.
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Six months in, Maine’s first public defenders’ office talks strategy
‘I think we are fighting a cultural battle here,’ the head of the office says.
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Arsonist, shooting suspect killed by police was out on bail, say police
Leein Amos Hinkley, 42, was shot and killed Saturday morning during a standoff stemming from an overnight assault and arson, said local and state police Saturday afternoon.
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Shots fired, houses burning and gunman holding police at bay in Auburn
Leein Amos Hinkley, 43, was shot dead by police during the hourslong standoff on Russell Avenue in Auburn early Saturday morning.
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Jay man arrested after late-night car chase through central Maine towns
Zacheriah Adams, 33, of Jay, was arrested after police laid down spike mats, causing the pickup truck he was driving to stop.
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Jury convicts Skowhegan man in robbery of Madison Big Apple store
Raymond Ellis, 35, of Skowhegan, was convicted Thursday on charges of robbery, criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon, and theft by unauthorized taking in connection with the Aug. 5, 2023, robbery of the Madison convenience store.
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Benton man who allegedly ‘tortured’ woman withdraws pleas after judge rejects deal
Christopher S. Groves, 28, withdrew a no-contest plea to domestic violence charges after a judge rejected a proposed plea bargain resulting in 90 days behind bars.
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Chelsea man sentenced for 2023 machete attack in Augusta
Elias M. Rodriguez, 25, was sentenced to a six-year prison sentence, with all but 18 months of that time suspended, and two years of probation, after pleading guilty to a Class B charge of aggravated assault.
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Family of man shot in Portland confronts his killer in court
Damion Butterfield, 24, was sentenced to 35 years in prison for Derald Coffin’s death in 2022.
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Jury trial begins for Skowhegan man charged with robbing Madison Big Apple store
During the first day of the scheduled three-day trial, the defense attorney for Raymond Ellis, 35, focused on the lack of credibility of two other suspects who admitted to the robbery and authorities’ investigation of the case.