Gage Dalphonse told police Jean Fournier punched him and threatened to kill him before Dalphonse took out his gun and shot Fournier. Witnesses at the scene told police they didn’t see or hear that happen.
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Farmingdale man arrested on unlawful sexual contact charge
Kennebec County Sheriff’s deputies arrested 44-year-old Eric S. Estes on Thursday.
Agents arrest Fairfield man, Madison woman on multiple drug charges in Waterville
A team of Maine Drug Enforcement agents charged Christian Rowden with seven offenses and Angelica Brown with six after a tip led them to their room in a Waterville hotel Tuesday.
Police charge Auburn man, 21, with murder in shooting at Walmart
Officials said the encounter Saturday was not random, and an autopsy confirmed Jean Fournier, 41, died of gunshot wounds.
Teen charged with manslaughter in 2018 Lewiston melee to be released from jail
Emmanuel Nkurunziza will be under house arrest with electronic monitoring by the Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Department.
New Jersey man charged in multi-vehicle New Vineyard crash
A New Jersey man was issued a summons on a violation of failing to stop at a stop sign.
Police detective identifies rock thrower in street brawl as Lewiston teen
The rock struck Donald Giusti, 38, who died 3 days later from injuries he suffered during the street fight in June 2018.
Massachusetts man to serve 14 years on drug charges from Newport area
Myron Crosby “Templer” Jr. was sentenced to 14 years in prison with five years of supervised release.
Maine drug trafficking suspect escapes capture by swimming Aroostook River
Alan Raymond Jr. also got help from his father, police say, and both are being sought by authorities.
Eight from Mexico arrested in human smuggling effort in Aroostook County
Police pulled over a vehicle containing 7 undocumented immigrants who illegally crossed the border into Maine last week, and an eighth man who was paid to drive them to New York, authorities say.