Andrew Balcer, who feared gender identity repercussions and a recurrence of alleged sex abuse by mom, now faces 25 to 55 years in prison.
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Cushing captain to admit guilt in deaths of 2 crew members
Christopher A. Hutchinson is charged with seaman’s manslaughter in the 2014 boat sinking.
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Greene man found not guilty of sexually abusing girl, 9
Roger Hamel Jr. denied the allegations and his attorney said the girl was coached by her mother, Hamel’s ex-girlfriend.
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Man who obtained woman’s deleted nude photos from her phone gets 90-day sentence
The judge advised Kevin Rennie, 32, who cooperated with police and admitted what he did, not to return to Maine after his sentence ends.
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Testimony at Brunswick man’s attempted cop-killing trial involves shotgun shells, DNA
Scott Bubar is accused of aggravated attempted murder of a Kennebec County sheriff’s deputy during a 2017 shootout in Belgrade.
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Portland teen pleads not guilty to murder charge in Bayside shooting
Tyrese Collins, 19, says little else during a court hearing in the slaying of Jack Wilson, 45, during an argument on a street corner in June.
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Owner of Brunswick senior housing complex pleads not guilty to stealing from residents
Amy McLellan, 61, is charged with felony counts of theft and misuse of entrusted property of a vulnerable person.
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Convicted murderer who escaped Maine prison is recaptured
Arnold Nash was found walking along a major road in Dover-Foxcroft, leading to speculation he wanted to be caught.
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New Yorker charged with conspiring to distribute large amounts of heroin, cocaine
Andre Fields is serving time in state prison for drug offense in Vassalboro.
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Waterville man charged with manslaughter in fatal head-on collision
Patrick Shorey was arrested Friday and faces several charges in connection with the death of a Connecticut woman killed in a Dresden accident in June 2017.