Nearly half the homicide victims from 2006 to 2015 in Maine were killed by an intimate partner or family member.
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Maine justices ask man sentenced for serial OUIs: ‘Why are you here?’
Andrew Bean got 5 years in prison for his 10th and 11th OUI convictions. One justice tells him ‘the sentence can only get worse.’
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Winner of $1 million teaching prize accused of stealing $28 leash
Nancie Atwell admitted to stealing the leash from a Wiscasset hardware store, police say, and it could affect her plea agreement in a previous shoplifting case.
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In case review, Sanborn attorney goes after lead detective’s credibility
Amy Fairfield hopes to show investigator James Daniels withheld material before the 1992 murder trial that would have helped her client’s case, violating a constitutional principle established in 1963.
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New Hampshire man died of gunshot to head at Saco home, police say
The man who shot Michael Burns, 53, has not been taken into custody or charged.
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Fight between brothers in Augusta courthouse lands both in jail
A ‘shouting, pushing and shoving’ match at the Kennebec County District Attorney’s Office in Augusta led to charges for both men.
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Judge sets trial date for Maine concert promoter charged with assault
Alexander Gray, who founded Waterfront Concerts, allegedly knocked down his longtime girlfriend, choked her and hit her head on the floor.
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Subject of standoff at Portland motel is found, arrested
Vincent Teruel, 40, of Hollis had been wanted in connection with a domestic violence assault.
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Suspect in slaying of Maine man on Pennsylvania highway is extradited for trial
John Strawser Jr., already facing a life term for killing his ex-girlfriend in West Virginia, is accused of shooting Timothy ‘Asti’ Davison of Poland, Maine, in a case of mistaken identity.
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First day of Sanborn conviction review focuses on woman who testified she saw the murder, then recanted
The opposing sides offer alternate views on Hope Cady’s accounts in the brutal 1989 slaying of Jessica Briggs, including one in 2015 in which she largely stuck by her original story.