Andrew Balcer, who is being held in a juvenile center in South Portland, was in an Augusta court for a brief hearing Thursday.
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Kennebec jail inmate charges mistreatment, assault by nurse
Brandee Lewis is suing the county, the jail, the commissioners and the nurse in federal court.
Clinton man gets 71 months in prison for Newport pharmacy robbery
The term was the maximum available to the judge under the federal sentencing guideline.
Waterville police announce substance abuse treatment program
The new program, dubbed Operation HOPE, will be implemented just after the new year begins.
Kennebec Journal Nov. 16 police log
Augusta area police reports for Nov. 16, 2016.
Winslow woman arrested after police find her passed out in car with needle in her arm
Kathryn Hopkins, 26, was charged with two misdemeanors after police found her and her toddler in the car.
Kennebec Journal Nov. 15 police log
Augusta area police reports for Nov. 15, 2016.
Riverview patient accused of damaging security doors
A doctor says the actions of Charles D. Miles, who was found not criminally responsible for a 1999 fire that burned down the Skowhegan State Fairgrounds, did not appear to be related to psychosis.
Heroin trafficking in Augusta nets New Yorker 30 months behind bars
Police say the sales took place in the back bedroom of an apartment on Middle Street.
Two Farmington women arrested on drug charges during traffic stop
Sherice Pillsbury, 27, and Sarah Copeland, 30, were arrested on Route 27 in Carrabassett Valley for allegedly having prescription pills that didn’t belong to them.