Closed cases from Franklin County Superior Court and Farmington District Court.
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Maine customers warned of power bill scam
Callers posing as power company employees demand customers give them prepaid debit card numbers to avoid having their power disconnected.
Portland police say man stole father’s vehicle and crashed into cars on Congress Street
Police say the suspect is in custody and that numerous people were taken to a hospital with injuries that were not considered life-threatening.
Former Topsham youth theater director sentenced to 10 years for sexually abusing children
Henry A. Eichman, who also was a drama teacher at a Catholic school in Brunswick, pleads guilty to abusing 8 children and is sent to state prison.
Portland man facing welfare fraud charges is back in jail
Abdulkareem Daham surrendered his bail a week before the start of his federal trial on charges of scamming various food assistance programs.
Kennebec Journal Jan. 3 police log
Augusta area police reports for Jan. 3, 2018.
Waterville women charged with beating woman, stealing $100 from her
The victim told police the attack and theft might have been payback for something she or her ex-boyfriend might have done.
Man who planted spy cameras in York rental home gets 30 days in jail
The Massachusetts man placed 4 cameras in Glade air fresheners that each had a motion sensor and a small hole for the camera lens.
Lewiston police charge girl, 16, with assaulting and robbing boy, 17
The girl was taken to Long Creek Youth Development Center in South Portland and detained.
Lewiston High School student charged after school closed by hoax
The student is accused of posting on social media that a friend would be ‘shooting up the school.’