Danielle Ward was charged with two counts of manslaughter in the deaths of Robert and Carolyn Martin in January 2017.
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South Portland 8th-grader charged with threatening school and students
While there is no indication that Mahoney Middle School or its students were ever in imminent danger, the threats prompted a few students to stay home from school, police said.
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Officials investigate dead body found in Palmyra motel
Somerset County Sheriff’s officials and state police arrived at Lovley’s Motel after 9 a.m. Wednesday where a woman who appeared to be distraught was later taken away in an ambulance.
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Second conviction upheld for double shooting in Bangor
Robert Hansley of New York City loses his appeal in the killing of one man and wounding of another in 2015.
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Retired Rockland lawyer indicted on charges that she stole from elderly women
Anita Volpe, who denied the accusations when she forfeited her law license in 2016, is accused of stealing more than $10,000 from ‘vulnerable’ clients between 2012 and 2018.
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Woman indicted on murder charge in Owls Head bludgeoning death
Sarah Richards, 37, is accused of killing 83-year-old Helen Carver, who had hired Richards to shovel snow.
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Victim’s Facebook messages at issue in appeal of man convicted of killing his wife
A lawyer for Luc Tieman argues that the messages should not have been admitted in court, but supreme court justices point out that there was plenty of other evidence pointing to his client’s guilt.
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Bonny Eagle High School student charged with threatening student, school resource officer
The threat on Snapchat, where the student allegedly appeared with a firearm, follows a similar incident in SAD 6 that saw two middle school students charged last week.
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New Sharon woman wanted for failing to serve jail sentence in animal cruelty case
Carol Ann Murphy, 74, was also convicted of using a stun gun on a Maine State Police trooper who tried to arrest her.
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Waterville police seize drugs, make arrests in two separate busts over weekend
Police arrested four people at a local hotel Friday and Saturday, seizing fentanyl and crack and handing two 17-year-old girls from out-of-state over to DHHS to be sent home to their parents.