Indictments include charges for domestic violence, assaults on corrections and police officers, drug trafficking and burglaries in Somerset County.
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Acton woman who murdered ex-husband gets 32-year sentence in plea deal
Kandee Collind, 49, who stabbed Scott Weyland in front of their children in 2017, gets the maximum penalty allowed by her plea agreement, at a hearing in which their 11-year-old son’s frantic 911 call is played.
Farmington man, 20, charged with burglary, theft at medical marijuana store
Store owner Jacob Roberts estimated the loss at between $20,000 and $30,000, according to police.
Lebanon man charged with arson and assault on family member
Police say Dominic Romero burned a family member’s belongings in the driveway of a Lebanon home during domestic dispute.
In first month, Maine’s hands-free law drives tickets
Police officers wrote 232 tickets under the new ban on using devices while behind the wheel.
Morning Sentinel Oct. 20 police log
Waterville area police log for Oct. 20, 2019.
Kennebec Journal Oct. 20 police log
Augusta area police log for Oct. 20, 2019.
Dixfield man arrested after high-speed dirt bike chase
Bryce Wilson, 18, is being held without bail at the Oxford County Jail.
Former UMF student indicted on sexual contact charge
Ashton Heald, 19, of Madison is charged in a campus incident April 2.
Jay woman, Winthrop man indicted in fatal overdoses
A woman from Farmington and a man from Strong died in March.