An attorney is seeking a new trial for Sarah Conway, convicted of assaulting a sleeping boy, 3, in Oakland, on the grounds that jurors received confusing instructions about ‘duress’ the woman suffered then.
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Woman arrested after racking up $60 bill at Winslow eatery and leaving, police say
Amy Jean Hudson of Waterville, described as ‘highly intoxicated,’ was arrested seven minutes later and taken to jail.
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Lewiston brawl victim clings to life as police enforce curfew at park
The man who was badly beaten near Kennedy Park has undergone surgery and is in guarded condition.
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Maine chief justice sees failings in state’s handling of troubled juveniles
Leigh Saufley questions why the state has few options other than detention at Long Creek for youths who resist rehabilitation.
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Lewiston police probing park melee that left a man critically injured
Police have instituted a curfew that prohibits people from congregating in the park after 9 p.m.
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Bowdoin man gets 2 years for failing to register as sex offender
David Forrest Noel, 40, was convicted in Massachusetts in 2010 of indecent assault and battery on a child.
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Exeter man charged with criminal speeding in chase on U.S. Route 2
Jesse P. Hensley was clocked on radar going 87 mph in a 55-mph zone on a Yamaha motorcycle.
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Kennebec Journal June 12-13 police log
Augusta area police reports for June 12-13, 2018.
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Defense in Maine child abuse murder case asks high court to remove prosecutors
Attorneys for Sharon Carrillo, who is charged in the beating death of her daughter, Marissa Kennedy, said the prosecution obtained Carrillo’s mental health records improperly.
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Man pleads guilty to leading drug ring from Massachusetts to central Maine
Police said Jaime “Uncle” Brea, 51, was behind a conspiracy to bring drugs to the Augusta area and sell in Maine.