Shawn Batchelder, 36, was convicted of gross sexual assault in May 2012.
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Maine Crime, News
Pandemic, shortage of judges, and social distancing slow wheels of justice
Augusta’s Capital Judicial Center the site of the state’s first trial since the coronavirus pandemic halted trials in March.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, Maine Crime
Randolph man charged with home repair fraud
Jason Alec Pratt, 43, is accused of scamming an elderly Sabattus woman by accepting a down payment for home repairs he never performed.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Maine’s first mid-pandemic jury trial postponed because of possible COVID-19 exposure
The young child of a key witness developed a virus symptom, and the OUI case – the state’s first jury trial since March – has been delayed until spring.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Top court will decide whether Acton woman could withdraw guilty plea to murder
Kandee Collind pleaded guilty to murdering her husband and a judge did not allow her to withdraw the plea.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Maine Crime
Augusta, New York men charged with drug trafficking
Augusta police searched a Stone Street apartment where they said they found cocaine and a mix of fentanyl and heroin.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
State’s top court hears appeal in murder of sheriff’s deputy
John Williams has appealed his conviction and his life sentence for the murder of Cpl. Eugene Cole in 2018.
Posted inMaine Crime, News
Maine man sentenced for operating a methamphetamine lab
Douglas Theriault, 39, of Biddeford was sentenced to serve 9 months and one day of a five-year sentence.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Spruce Head man, 84, charged with threatening couple for not wearing masks
George D. Kibitz, who police say displayed a gun and told the couple that he might shoot people not wearing face coverings, is charged with criminal threatening.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Defendant in killing Down East must wear mask at trial, over his objection
A judge rejects the argument by Carine Reeves, who is Black, that a face mask could prejudice jurors against him.