Mark Cardilli Jr. was arrested Friday in the killing of Isahak Muse in Portland’s Riverton neighborhood March 16. Muse’s family says it’s ‘only the first step in ensuring justice for him.’
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Maine’s legal defense for the poor lacks safeguards, study says
The study commissioned by the Legislature says the state’s system for providing attorneys for people who can’t afford them doesn’t ensure adequate representation.
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Augusta man arrested on a charge of gross sexual assault
Timothy Boothby was arrested after an investigation into a sexual assault that was alleged to have taken place in September 2018.
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Westbrook police charge 2 with dealing meth, fentanyl near school
Westbrook police and the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency arrest 2 people at a Saco Street apartment Thursday night.
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Defense lawyers question grandfather’s treatment of girl who died from abuse
Stephen Hood testifies in the murder trial of his fiancee that the DHHS checked in on the child, Kendall Chick, just once in the three years she was placed in their home.
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Police charge Bucksport woman with murder in the death of girl, 2
State and Bucksport police arrest 21-year-old Savannah Smith at a motel in Bucksport on Thursday night, charging her with murder in the death of 2-year-old Kloe Hawksley.
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Jail workers administer Narcan to woman
Workers at the Cumberland County Jail gave a 28-year-old Limington woman a dose of Narcan after she overdosed while she was being booked Thursday afternoon.
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Milford man to serve more than 12 years in prison for robbery
Richard Moloney was sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court in Bangor for robbing the County Road Market in Milford and the Bangor Savings Branch in Orono.
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Lawyer argues for separate trials for Maine couple charged in girl’s beating death
Sharon Carrillo’s defense will focus on her alleged abuse and that of her daughter, 10-year-old Marissa Kennedy, at the hands of Julio Carrillo.
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New York man involved in 2016 ‘shoot-out’ outside Augusta Walmart sentenced on federal drug conspiracy charge
Frankie Dejesus, 29, who pleaded guilty to a federal drug conspiracy charge for distributing drugs in central Maine, was sentenced to more than 10 years in prison.