Augusta area police reports for Feb. 4, 2017.
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Police, crime and courts news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Morning Sentinel Feb. 4 police log
Waterville area police reports for Feb. 4, 2017.
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Convicted in machete attack in Pittston, Daniel Fortune seeks appeal ruling
Fortune, who had been a star athlete at Gardiner Area High School, was sentenced to life in prison for the attack, which severely injured a 10-year-old girl and her father.
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Man found not criminally responsible for Vassalboro blaze
It was the second time in 13 years that Scott Audet, who has a history of mental illness, set fire to a home he owned.
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New Yorker to spend 18 months behind bars for cocaine trafficking
Peter Hernandez was arrested in December 2014 in Augusta after police said they found a plastic bag on him ‘with 9 grams of cocaine base divided into retail doses’ as well as cash.
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Maine Republicans accuse Portland schools chief of politicizing alleged hate crime
The criticism of Superintendent Xavier Botana comes on the day police arrest Jamie Hoffman and charge him with accosting four ninth-graders.
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Franklin County court for Jan. 2-6, 2016
Closed cases from Franklin County Superior Court and Farmington District Court.
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Morning Sentinel Feb. 3 police log
Waterville area police reports for Feb. 3, 2017.
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St. Albans nonprofit employee charged with stealing prescription drugs from client
Police are accusing Tina Corliss, 41, of Palmyra, of stealing prescription painkillers from a 38-year-old man with intellectual disabilities.
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State seeks to prosecute Winthrop teen as adult in killing of parents
Police say Andrew Balcer called 911 from the family’s Pine Knoll Road home about 1:45 a.m. Oct. 31, 2016, to say he had stabbed his mother, his father and the family dog.