An Oct. 10 hearing is pending for Anthony Sanborn, who was freed in April after his lawyers questioned evidence in the Portland police investigation of the 1989 murder of Jessica Briggs.
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Lewiston man gets 5 years in prison for credit union robbery
Brent Roaix had pleaded guilty to robbing a Rainbow Federal Credit Union branch in January.
Maine man charged with killing 2 cats agrees to fine, counseling
Michael Hermann of Greene says his daughter is allergic to the felines.
Waterville man to serve 20 months for cocaine possession
Ruben Rincon was sentenced Thursday at the Capital Judicial Center.
Juvenile charged with terrorizing at Thorndike school complex
A threatening note found in a student bathroom led to the lockdown of the Mount View school complex earlier this month.
Judge hears request to legally declare Ayla Reynolds dead
The missing child’s mother asksMaine for the court order, which would open the door to a wrongful death lawsuit against Ayla’s father.
‘Hoax’ call of officer down in Fairfield came from a police radio, chief says
Police plan to charge the caller but so far have no suspects in an unusual case highlighting the vulnerability of Maine’s public safety dispatching.
Judge to release some court records in quadruple slaying case
The records were impounded after Orion Krause of Rockport was arraigned in the Sept. 8 killings in Groton, Mass.
Gray man sentenced to 15 months for gun possession
Matthew Feehan, 30, was prohibited from owning firearms because of a prior felony theft conviction.
Ex-Mountie who smuggled narwhal tusks into Maine going to prison
Prosecutors say Gregory Logan and two others smuggled about 300 tusks worth at least $1.5 million into the U.S. at Calais.