Prosecutors say Carine Reeves became angry over insults from Sally Shaw while they were driving in Cherryfield in 2017, and he shot her in the head.
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Bail reduced in Augusta child sex assault case
Suspect Adamel D. Rosario Jr. of Lewiston has been in jail, unable to make bail and without being convicted of a crime, for 17 months.
Waterville police search for man who robbed Walgreens
The suspect in the Feb. 11 robbery is described as white, about 5 feet 10 inches tall and between 50 and 60 years old.
Residents, officials tell police problems prompting calls for reform in Maine too
Central Maine residents, police chiefs and other officials discuss policing in a wide-ranging virtual town hall session.
Somerset County courts for Feb. 17-21, 2020
Closed cases from Skowhegan District Court and Somerset County Superior Court.
Ellsworth child left in car suffers frostbite; mother charged
The child was taken to a local hospital for treatment of hypothermia and frostbite.
Bronx man gets time-served for Maine Home Depot fraud scheme
Jeremy Francisco Pinales-Diaz involved in incident in Auburn store in 2019.
Ripley man facing drug charge after traffic stop in St. Albans
Bernie W. Buker, 46, of Ripley faces an unlawful possession of scheduled drugs charge following a traffic stop on Thursday.
Candlelit baths and tarantulas: Accused Casco burglar has a strange criminal history
Sean Schoonmaker was charged last year with keeping more than 50 spiders and scorpions in a Norway motel room.
Judge orders mental examinations for suspect in Turner slayings
Patrick J. Maher, 24, appeared Wednesday via video in a Lewiston courtroom, charged with the murders of Troy and Dulsie Varney. All affidavits for the case have been sealed for one month at the request of Maher’s lawyer.