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.
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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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.
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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.
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Portland man sent to prison for running gambling operation worth millions says, ‘I was out of control’
Stephen Mardigan, 62, delivers a tearful statement during his sentencing hearing and describes his addiction to gambling in a letter to the judge.
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Second man charged in Maine woman’s overdose death
Police say the men provided fentanyl to the 34-year-old woman, who died in August.
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Former Monmouth man sentenced for having sexually explicit material of child
Arthur D. Howe, 49, was sentenced to six months imprisonment, two years probation and will have to register as a sex offender for 10 years.