Derek Sterling is being held in lieu of $25,000 bail, according to an indictment unsealed this week at the Capital Judicial Center.
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Augusta man to serve six months behind bars on child pornography conviction
A judge suspended the remainder of Randy Marquis’ three-year term.
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Prominent South Portland dermatologist sentenced to 2 years in prison
Joel Sabean’s punishment for tax evasion and writing illegal prescriptions comes after a trial that included allegations he sexually abused a family member for years.
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Mother ‘lost for words’ after former Chelsea woman jailed in child’s death leaves prison
Sally Ann Schofield was released this week after serving about 15 years in prison for killing 5-year-old Logan Marr by wrapping her in duct tape and leaving her alone in a basement.
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South Portland prostitution arrest helps build case against interstate sex ring
The 2015 arrest of a Chinese immigrant at a Main Street hotel led to the indictments of three New York City residents on federal sex trafficking charges.
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Standish man sentenced for health care fraud
Paulo Braga will serve a year and a day in prison and pay nearly $90,000 in restitution for billing MaineCare using false information.
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South African man sentenced to 25 years in Maine child porn case
Authorities say Denver Carolissen took sexually explicit photographs of a girl and sent them to undercover agents in Maine.
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Maine woman who killed 5-year-old foster child is released from prison
Sally Schofield, who was convicted of manslaughter in the suffocation death of Logan Marr, left prison Tuesday.
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Westbrook brothers charged with plotting welfare fraud at Portland store
Officials say the men schemed to divert tens of thousands of federal benefit dollars at Ahram Halal Market, a small store on Forest Avenue.
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Winslow man sentenced to 10 years for possessing child pornography
Darrin Cates, 47, had hundreds of images and videos of young girls on his computer that a judge called “disturbing” and “abhorrent.”