An adult in Waterville was charged with accompanying a motor vehicle permittee while impaired and the 15-year-old driver was charged with driving without a license.
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Suspect who told police they wouldn’t find him is arrested
Sumner Knowles was wanted by police for allegedly strangling another man.
Stepfather gets 55 years for murdering girl, in abuse case that exposed flaws in child protection system
Julio Carrillo had pleaded guilty to what the judge called the ‘formalized and repeatedly ritual torture’ of 10-year-old Marissa Kennedy. His family members asked the judge for mercy during an emotional sentencing hearing.
Maine man sentenced in boating death of granddaughter, girlfriend
John Wickman of Eliot pleaded guilty to causing the fatal accident.
Westbrook police warn residents about driveway paving scam
Police urge residents to ignore anyone who offers to pave their driveway with leftover asphalt.
DNA evidence leads to arrest and conviction of Oakland pharmacy robber
Michael E. Algiere, 33, of Oakland, was sentenced to seven years in prison and three years of supervised release.
Former Bath school bus driver sentenced to jail for taking ‘upskirt’ photos of children
Timothy McGowan, 52, will serve 364 days at the Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset followed by 2 years of probation.
S.C. man will remain in custody in Maine awaiting kidnapping trial
The alleged victim said Dustin Beach drove her from South Carolina to Maine against her will and repeatedly physically and sexually assaulted her during the journey.
Railway investigation into Oakland man struck by train does not yield answers
Drew Roy, 37, of Oakland is in “good condition” after being critically injured Aug. 10., according to a nurse at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston.
Fayette man accused of leaving head-on collision scene drove off without a wheel
A pickup truck involved in a head-on collision drove off without one wheel, police said.