Michael Liberty, sentenced to four months for campaign finance law violations, was to have reported to prison on Friday.
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Former union official at Bath Iron Works pleads guilty to embezzling $280,000 from local
Ryan Jones of Bath faces as much five years in prison and a $10,000 fine, and likely will be ordered to make full restitution to the union.
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Winslow woman sentenced for embezzling money from veterans group
Cara Bird received an 18-month suspended sentence and was ordered to pay back $4,389 that she stole over three years as treasurer of the Winslow VFW Auxiliary.
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Pittsfield man charged with sexually assaulting underage girl
Michael Towle, 44, facing three Class A felony charges, remains held on $50,000 cash.
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Parents of slain Augusta man drop appeal to have victims’ fund pay funeral costs
Eric Williams was killed on Christmas Day in 2015 by a single gunshot to the head after authorities say he burglarized the apartment of David W. Marble Jr., who is charged in the killing.
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Brunswick man charged in attempt to rob armored truck in Camden
Jon Baribeau, who was arrested Tuesday, tried to get into the armored truck while wearing a hazmat suit, officials say.
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French citizen sentenced for illegally crossing border to Maine
Philippe Maurice rode a bicycle along dirt roads to cross the border.
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Sanborn lawyers: Witness may have seen victim alive 2 hours after last known sighting
Attorneys find records of the man’s claims in documents stored for years at the lead investigator’s home.
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Farmingdale home fire led to painful loss of pets, arrest
Matthew P. Woodcock says he tried to help firefighters rescue the family’s animals from the burning mobile home; police say he was arrested because his ‘behavior put multiple people at risk.’
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Man charged in stabbing at Augusta Quick Mart
Bail for Bradford Buck was set at $5,000 on Tuesday after he was charged with aggravated assault in an attack that sent a South China man to the hospital with injuries to his face and ear.