Augusta area police reports for Aug. 20, 2016.
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Cameras in downtown Skowhegan installed to improve traffic light system
Cameras will not be equipped to catch motor vehicle violators, as they have been in other states, town officials say.
Morning Sentinel Aug. 20 police log
Waterville area police reports for Aug. 20, 2016.
Former Oakland woman faces more child sexual assault charges
Sarah B. Conway was indicted again Friday by a grand jury in Kennebec County, among several indictments handed up Friday by the same grand jury in separate cases.
Franklin County grand jury hands up 36 indictments
A former Waterville man and a Kingfield man were indicted on charges related to an incident in May when they allegedly provided two teenage girls with alcohol and marijuana.
Child rapist from Augusta seeks reduction in 60-year sentence
A hearing in Wade R. Hoover’s bid to reduce his 60-year prison sentence is set for Wednesday at the Capital Judicial Center in Augusta.
Girlfriend of Industry man convicted in fatal New Year’s Day hit-and-run indicted
Nakita Tolman, 27, of Kingfield, is charged with hindering apprehension or prosecution and false public report for allegedly trying to help her boyfriend, Tommy Clark, conceal that he hit and killed pedestrian Taylor Gaboury in Farmington.
Kennebec Journal Aug. 19 police log
Augusta area police reports for Aug. 19, 2016.
Augusta, Waterville courthouses to be open extra half-hour
Closing times will be 4:30 p.m. beginning Sept. 6 for most of the state’s 36 courthouses.
Anson revenues increase following Viles’ departure, leading to big tax rate drop
Town tax bills are down about 5 percent following the departure of former Tax Collector Claudia Viles, who was convicted of stealing more than $500,000 in excise tax money from the municipal coffers.