Rock Varnum also allegedly attacked another woman with a knife on Friday, according to Maine State Police.
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Police, crime and courts news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Yarmouth police investigate racial slur painted on road
Someone scrawled a racial slur for Black people, lewd images and the word ‘trump’ on the pavement on Talbot Road sometime between Saturday evening and Sunday morning.
Lawsuit against Maine State Police troopers can go forward, appeals court says
The lawsuit says police failed to protect a woman from her former boyfriend Anthony Lord, who in 2015 went on a shooting rampage that killed 2 people after she reported that he raped her.
Extradition delayed for suspect in 2016 Portland shooting death
Aristotle Stilley, 22, who is charged with murder in the case, will serve a 240-day sentence in a California jail for drug possession before he is sent back to Maine.
Political vandalism continues at Bowdoin home
A homeowner who had a Trump sign destroyed by a vehicle in front of his property last week found his new fence spray-painted with graffiti Tuesday morning.
Auburn man charged with Lewiston murder held without bail
Abdikadir A. Nur, 20, is accused of shooting Hassan Hassan, 18, Saturday night.
Police: Richmond man found dead in apartment with woman died by self-inflicted gunshot
State Police spokesperson Katy England said Dana Shulman, 49, shot himself and the circumstances around the death Robin Bowler, 47, are still being investigated.
Auburn man charged with murder in Saturday’s fatal shooting in Lewiston
The murder charge is a result of an extensive investigation by federal, state and local authorities, according to Maine State Police.
State’s high court upholds murder conviction of man who killed Somerset County Deputy Sheriff
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court upheld the convictions and sentences for John D. Williams, who shot and killed Somerset County Deputy Sheriff Cpl. Eugene Cole, and of Kandee Weyland, who killed her ex-husband in front of their two children.
Former Unity College employee pleads guilty to taking almost $517,000
Beth Bing, 49, of Waterville faces up to 20 years in prison for unauthorized use of the college’s credit card.