Blaine S. Baker pleaded guilty Monday after officers doing a probation checks found child pornography images on his cellphone.
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Man found not guilty of Biddeford murder stays in jail to face new charge
Timothy Ortiz agrees to remain in jail pending a trial on charges that he illegally possessed a gun.
Sheriff warns of scam against sex offenders
Scammers are calling registered Maine sex offenders, claiming to be law enforcement and demanding they pay a fine using a gift card.
Clinton man sentenced to 90 days in jail over pickup truck arson
Brandon Dunton told investigators he was upset over problems with his bicycle and nonpayment for jobs, so he set a truck on fire at a towing business.
Morning Sentinel July 3 police log
Waterville area police reports for July 3, 2018.
One of 3 suspects in series of statewide burglaries pleads guilty
The group targeted businesses, and the total value of stolen items and damage exceeds $200,000, police say.
Waterville men charged with drug trafficking after agents intercept shipments
Authorities said state drug enforcement agents intercepted two unrelated shipments of drugs over the weekend, resulting in the arrests of four people.
Maine supreme court won’t remove prosecutors from case of woman charged in daughter’s beating death
Sharon Carrillo, who is accused along with her husband, Julio, of beating to death her 10-year-old daughter, Marissa Kennedy, wanted the Maine Attorney General’s Office removed from the case.
Skowhegan BB-shooting victim ‘stable’ but could have brain damage
Charles Quimby, 19, was shot in the head and the BB is lodged in his brain, according to his father.
Lewiston police investigate bloody downtown assault
Police had a description of the suspect who allegedly assaulted a man and left the road bloody.