The Somerset County grand jury brought charges against 24 people.
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Kennebunk man sentenced to 2½ years for illegally possessing firearms
Justin Riggall, 37, was prohibited from having guns because of a 2012 domestic violence conviction in Maine.
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Lincoln County deputy’s trial set for November in Augusta
Kenneth L. Hatch III faces 22 charges involving sexual abuse of girls and furnishing marijuana.
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Maine Supreme Judicial Court upholds denial of murderer’s request for release from Riverview
Justices ruled that Mark I. Gessner, 53, of Waldoboro, ‘had not acknowledged his mental illness or participated meaningfully in treatment’ and therefore was not ready to be released.
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Driver in deadly May 12 crash in Mount Vernon told police he ‘was the most sober’ of his group
Tyler Goucher, 21, of Wayne, faces manslaughter, aggravated assault, drunken driving charges after the death of Ethan J. Russell, 19, of Wayne.
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Vassalboro woman charged after Augusta single-vehicle accident
Police say Melissa Ann Hunt, 27, crashed her truck Monday afternoon on Cross Hill Road and left the scene.
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Five years ago, another trooper stopped a wrong-way driver, and recorded it
The incident occurred in Portland on June 29, 2012.
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Bangor woman arrested after car chase through Scarborough, South Portland
Crystal Wells, 35, faces several charges after being stopped for a seat belt violation, police say.
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Maine boat captain gets jail, fine for shooting seal off Acadia National Park
Key evidence was footage from a video camera that was mounted on Joseph Martin’s own fishing vessel, the FV Sunlight.
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District attorney files felony charges against juvenile in Skowhegan arson case
A 15-year-old Skowhegan boy is charged with four counts of felony arson in connection with the June 12 fires outside the Family Circle apartment complex.