James Pak shot 3 tenants he had allegedly threatened just minutes after police officers left his apartment building in 2012.
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Maine video store owner convicted of selling 48,000 pirated DVDs
Douglas Gordon, 52, of Mattawamkeag was found guilty Wednesday of mail fraud and 2 counts of copyright infringement for illegally copying and selling more than 48,000 movie DVDs from an online store.
Augusta man pleads guilty to 4 city store robberies
Barry Grant Jr., 38, robbed one store in February, and another three in July, in Augusta.
Accounting firm sentenced and fined $15,000 in connection with pot bust
An accounting firm was sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court in Portland for failure to file cash transaction forms related to an illegal marijuana growing operation.
Man wanted in domestic violence assault turns himself in
Timothy Harmon, who allegedly choked a victim in Scarborough before fleeing on Oct. 12, is scheduled to be in court Wednesday.
Dresden man pleads guilty to Richmond assault
Jay Underwood was one of two men arrested at a New Year’s Eve party where two men were beaten.
Maine man wanted in kidnapping and rape arrested in Medway
Terran Morrow, 44, of Millinocket was wanted by authorities in Oklahoma on charges of kidnapping and forcible rape.
Victim identified in Lewiston hit and run on Sunday
LEWISTON — Police are seeking information on a hit-and-run accident that sent a local man to the hospital with significant injuries Sunday morning. Jason Stratton, 31, was discovered under the Alfred Plourde Parkway overpass on Lisbon Street before 1:49 a.m. Sunday. Police received a call reporting a man with “significant” injuries “clearly caused by being […]
Augusta man pleads guilty to threatening neighbor by throwing ax through window
Gardner Scott Stover, 59, pleads guilty to criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon and aggravated criminal mischief.
Portland man pleads not guilty to murder in neighbor’s death
Police arrested Everett Meserve, 62, in August after finding Rodney Cleveland severely beaten in his apartment. Cleveland later died of his injuries.