Four Maine legislators are pursuing bills to clear some convictions for marijuana possession that today would be legal.
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Police charge Rumford man accused of scamming would-be guests at Hotel Harris
Complaints have been filed about James Adinolfi’s operation in the historic building, but he says he’s ‘getting bullied and harassed.’
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Man pleads guilty in fatal shooting of Maine medical marijuana grower
Tony Locklear is one of 3 people charged in a home invasion in Millinocket.
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Camden charter boat captain acquitted in unusual manslaughter case
The federal judge, acting on a defense motion that the seaman’s manslaughter statute didn’t apply, ends the trial of Rick Smith, 66, before it gets to a jury.
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Maine police officer involved in fatal shooting returns to work
Details about the shooting of Adrian Bunker, of New Hampshire, still have not been released.
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Morning Sentinel Jan. 9 police log
Waterville area police reports for Jan. 9, 2019.
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Kennebec Journal Jan. 9 police log
Augusta area police reports for Jan. 9, 2019.
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Witnesses in murder trial recount defendant’s jealousy leading up to slaying
James ‘Ted’ Sweeney is accused of killing longtime girlfriend, Wendy Douglass, with a bat at the home they shared in Jay.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Inmate from Portland dies at Maine State Prison
Raymond Leavitt, 56, was serving a 10-year sentence for robbery.
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Lewiston man who offered to pimp for undercover cop charged
Police say Martin Gerding, 36, boasted to an undercover cop posing as a prostitute that he provides protection for some of the prostitutes in the area.