A prosecutor’s statements biased the jury against a man charged with unlawful sexual touching, the Maine supreme court ruled Tuesday.
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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String of business break-ins goes on, but Portland police say some still aren’t locking up
Two more burglaries, reported early Tuesday, prompt police to step up patrols of businesses. One of the 14 victims says, ‘It’s not your typical smash and grab.’
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Livermore Falls man accused of selling crack cocaine in Wilton
Boothby is known to MDEA as “a trafficker in heroin, fentanyl and cocaine base,” according to an affidavit for an arrest warrant filed by an MDEA agent in a Farmington court Aug. 6.
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Police never asked landlord who killed 2 teenagers if he had a gun, court records reveal
Biddeford is asking a judge to end lawsuits filed against city police in the murders of Derrick Thompson and Alivia Welch by James Pak, who had threatened to shoot one of his tenants.
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Burglaries at Portland businesses seem similar, but may not be related, police say
Investigators say it is too early to determine if the 12 break-ins were committed by the same person or people.
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Augusta man charged in assault allegedly recorded police interview of victim
Robert William Elston, 29, of Augusta, was arrested Saturday night.
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Madrid Township man arrested after bear baiting dispute
A. Clifford Brown was charged with criminal threatening with a handgun.
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Rash of burglaries hits Portland restaurants, stores
Police don’t yet know whether the break-ins – at least six in the past three weeks – are connected.
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Central Maine Sunday Aug. 17 police log
Augusta and Waterville area police reports for Aug. 17, 2019.
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Alaska judge keeps bail at $1 million for Auburn man
Steven Downs is charged with murder and sexual assault of a university student in Fairbanks in 1993.