Gavin T. Loabe faced an aggravated assault charge in court Monday, as testimony alleged that Loabe and an unnamed accomplice were involved in a shooting that mistakenly injured a 7-year-old girl inside a Summer Street home.
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Augusta man, 45, charged with setting fire inside his apartment
The fire at 23 Western Ave. forced the evacuation of nine other tenants.
Citing then-Gov. LePage’s racist remark, hate crimes defendant said he expected acquittal
Closing arguments are expected Tuesday in the trial of Maurice Diggins, who is charged in racially motivated attacks on two black men in Biddeford.
Plea hearing set for Bowdoinham teen charged in grandmother’s death
Dominic Sylvester was 16 when his grandmother and guardian, Beulah ‘Marie’ Sylvester, 55, was found unconscious in the mobile home they shared.
Athens man charged with arson after footprints tracked in snow
Dwayne Weese, 52, was charged by state fire marshals after authorities tracked a trail of footprints in the snow from where a house fire started Athens.
Somerset County courts for Oct. 21-25, 2019
Closed cases from Skowhegan District Court and Somerset County Superior Court.
Somerset County courts for Oct. 15-18, 2019
Closed cases from Skowhegan District Court and Somerset County Superior Court.
Buxton man accused of trying to set fire to his house with family inside
Danny Bridges, 49, was arrested and charged with arson, police say.
Somerset County courts for Oct. 7-11, 2019
Closed cases from Skowhegan District Court and Somerset County Superior Court.
Federal hate crime trial opens with victim recounting assault in Biddeford
“I probably would have lost my life that night,” Daimon McCollum says of the night in 2018 when he fled men accused of attacking him and breaking his jaw.