Closed cases from Skowhegan District Court and Somerset County Superior Court.
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Kennebec County courts July 12-18, 2018
A roundup of cases closed July 12-18, 2018, at courts in Augusta and Waterville.
Central Maine July 21 police log
Augusta and Waterville area police logs for July 21, 2018.
Judge urges review of cases involving former Rockland officer, citing a ‘pattern of dishonesty’
Justice Daniel Billings says ‘former Officer (Jacob) Shirey has exhibited an ongoing pattern of dishonesty that raises questions about the outcome of any matter where his credibility was material to the outcome.’
Kennebec Journal July 20 police log
Augusta area police reports for July 20, 2018.
Police arrest man who allegedly hit woman with cast-iron frying pan
James Nields rented a room from the victim, and the attack apparently stemmed from a disagreement over a dog in the house.
Man from China jailed following police stand-off, assault report
Kevin Poulin faces an aggravated assault charge as well as numerous domestic violence charges after he allegedly beat a woman over the head with a laptop, threatened to shoot her and attempted to strangle her.
New York woman who struck officer with car fleeing drug bust sentenced
Chamara Cox was arrested in Waldoboro in April and found guilty of trafficking drugs and reckless conduct.
Cushing man pleads guilty to threatening high school
The length of Thomas E. Sawyer’s sentence will depend on his conduct over the next year.
Nevada man sentenced for interstate stalking of his wife in Maine
Donald Cain receives the maximum of five years in prison from U.S. District Court Judge John A. Woodcock Jr., who says he says he had ‘never before seen a stalking crime of such length, intensity, vulgarity, scope, sophistication and impact.’