The state medical examiner, Dr. Mark Flomenbaum, details 10-year-old Marissa Kennedy’s many injuries in testimony in the murder trial of her mother, Sharon Carrillo.
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Newest scam in Livermore Falls is from person claiming to be a hitman
Officer Troy Reed said the scammer texted a person and sent a photo of the victim pulled from his social media account.
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Three people arrested after crack cocaine, suspected heroin found at Jay apartment
A drug agent applied for a search warrant for Apartment 2 at 11 Church St. after conducting a bail check.
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Jay man accused of swinging handle at officer’s head, slapping family member
Jay police responded to a report of an uncle who wanted to fight a family member while intoxicated, according to an affidavit.
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Buxton church to be tested for meth lab toxins and possibly tainted toys
The nephew of a church trustee is charged with operating a methamphetamine lab in a playroom at the Buxton United Methodist Church, where worship services and Christmas programming have been disrupted.
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Hammer-wielding man robs Old Orchard Beach store
Police say the suspect forced a clerk to lie on the floor during the robbery Tuesday night.
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Father of Portland man charged with murder didn’t realize son’s gun was real
‘I thought you were just trying to scare him,’ Mark Cardilli Sr. is heard telling his son on police surveillance footage played in court during the second day of Mark Cardilli Jr.’s trial in the death of Isahak Muse.
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Augusta man said to be out for revenge pleads guilty to assault, driving to endanger
Glenn Morin charged with ramming his truck into a car driven by another Augusta man, Jarody, whom police allege had earlier assaulted Morin’s girlfriend.
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Gardiner man sentenced after 8th OUI, eluding police on an ATV
Robert E. Purington III, 47, was sentenced Tuesday to a total of five years in prison.
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Maine’s top court upholds conviction of Jay man who killed his girlfriend
James Sweeney was sentenced to 38 years in prison for beating Wendy Douglas with a baseball bat while she slept.