The board expects to begin revising its budget at its June 27 meeting.
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Massachusetts man pleads guilty to embezzling from Maine boatyard
Steven Nygren, 50, wrote unauthorized checks to himself totaling $732,000 and made an additional $62,000 in unauthorized charges to company credit cards of Brooklin Boat Yard, federal prosecutors say.
Fairfield police believe bombmaker’s intent not malicious
Wayne Hargrove, 25, was found in possession of a homemade explosive device over the weekend but was apparently planning to detonate it in a field outside of Fairfield.
Law Court rejects Augusta man’s argument that ‘excessive friendliness’ compelled him to talk to police
Andrew Seamon, who was convicted of sexually assaulting an 8-year-old boy, had argued that his statements to police should have been kept out of his trial.
Maine State Police seek information in Newport teacher’s 1975 unsolved homicide
Robert McKee was killed while working a night shift at McNally’s Texaco Station in Newport.
Wayne man avoids conviction in officer impersonation, firearm case
Charges against Caleb Jackson, of Wayne, were dismissed Tuesday at the Capital Judicial Center.
Gardiner man pleads to drunken driving in car-splitting crash
Andrew P. Lufkin was sentenced to 30 days in jail on Tuesday during a hearing at the Capital Judicial Center.
Law license of former York County probate judge suspended for 2 years
The state’s highest court again sanctions Robert Nadeau, now a Biddeford attorney, for multiple violations of Maine’s code of judicial conduct.
Sebago woman accused of faking cancer pleads not guilty of theft
Hillary McLellan, 25, allegedly told friends for more than a year that she had been diagnosed with cancer, leading them to raise money for her treatment.
Florida man pleads guilty to using stolen credit card numbers in Maine
Yaisder Herrera Gargallo, 24, of Miami faces up to seven years in federal prison, the U.S. Attorney’s Office says.