William Blanchard, 19, is charged with manslaughter in the September 2018 crash that killed a 20-year-old man from Wilton.
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Portland police close street after finding meth-making chemicals in car
A section of Somerset Street was closed Thursday night while police conducted a drug investigation.
Buxton man indicted on arson charges
Donovan C. Sanborn, 25, is charged with setting fire to a vehicle and some woods in May.
Lewiston man arrested after altercation at Falmouth home
Donald Murphy, who is facing several charges, was restrained by police after he started an altercation with 2 residents of the house, police say.
Portland police arrest man charged with child rape in Pennsylvania
Jeremiah L. Gleason, 42, faces an extradition warrant on 7 felony charges brought by a police department near Harrisburg, according to police.
Bronx man sentenced to 26 years for sex trafficking, drug dealing
Vincent Graham, 35, pleaded guilty in federal court earlier this year to selling drugs and coercing a Biddeford woman into prostitution.
‘Not a gun control problem:’ Son of man shot to death at Auburn Walmart defends right to carry
Justin Karcher, 19, was in the parking lot with his father, Jean Donald Fournier, on July 27 when an argument ended with the fatal shooting.
Man who hid drugs in his underwear pleads guilty to possession
Sean Anderson of Peabody, Massachusetts, is facing up to 40 years in prison after pleading guilty in Portland to possession with intent to distribute fentanyl.
Defense seeks return of cellphones found in Carrillo home where girl was killed
Julio Carrillo pleaded guilty last month to murder, and his wife Sharon Carrillo wants a judge to dismiss the charges against her in the death of her daughter Marissa Kennedy.
Sanford suspect on run for 24 days pleads guilty to drug crimes
Joshua Patrick Weldon failed to show up at a sober house in October 2018 after his arrest on a drug charge in August.