Former Augusta man gets seven years behind bars for store burglary spree

Maine Crime

Published
June 21, 2018

Former Augusta man gets seven years behind bars for store burglary spree

Michael J. Gagne, 41, burglarized some businesses twice in 2015 across Kennebec County, while causing damages and fear among local clerks.
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June 21, 2018

Readfield woman to serve five years behind bars for shooting husband last year

Sally Ann Earl-Costello apologized, and both she and the victim told the judge they wanted contact with each other.
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June 21, 2018

Overnight police standoff in Windsor ends peacefully with man leaving house

Staff Sgt. Frank Hatch, at the Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office, said charges are pending against the man, who is being evaluated at a hospital.
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June 21, 2018

Morning Sentinel June 21 police log

Waterville area police reports for June 21, 2018.
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June 21, 2018

At I-95 checkpoint, Border Patrol agents question drivers and passengers about citizenship

Agents based in Houlton arrest a Haitian national and make nine drug seizures during the 11 hours they stopped southbound traffic on the interstate in Penobscot County.
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June 21, 2018

Maine high court rejects appeal of woman guilty of molesting boy

Sarah Conway, 28, formerly of Oakland, has admitted the sexual assault occurred between December 2014-March 2015.
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June 21, 2018

Westbrook police charge 2 in fatal fentanyl overdose

The charges are in connection with the March 7 death of Steven Reali Jr., 30, of Hollis, who was found unresponsive at a house in Westbrook.
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June 21, 2018

York man gets 4 years in prison for defrauding investment clients

William Bischoff, 76, pleaded guilty in March to a multimillion-dollar fraud scheme and failure to pay federal income taxes.
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June 21, 2018

White House announces revamp of federal government, including merging Labor and Education departments

Republicans have long wanted to eliminate the Education Department since it was created by President Jimmy Carter in 1980.
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June 21, 2018

Kennebec Journal June 21 police log

Augusta area police reports for June 21, 2018.