Closing arguments are expected Tuesday in the trial of Maurice Diggins, who is charged in racially motivated attacks on two black men in Biddeford.
Maine Crime
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Plea hearing set for Bowdoinham teen charged in grandmother’s death
Dominic Sylvester was 16 when his grandmother and guardian, Beulah ‘Marie’ Sylvester, 55, was found unconscious in the mobile home they shared.
Athens man charged with arson after footprints tracked in snow
Dwayne Weese, 52, was charged by state fire marshals after authorities tracked a trail of footprints in the snow from where a house fire started Athens.
Somerset County courts for Oct. 21-25, 2019
Closed cases from Skowhegan District Court and Somerset County Superior Court.
Somerset County courts for Oct. 15-18, 2019
Closed cases from Skowhegan District Court and Somerset County Superior Court.
Buxton man accused of trying to set fire to his house with family inside
Danny Bridges, 49, was arrested and charged with arson, police say.
Somerset County courts for Oct. 7-11, 2019
Closed cases from Skowhegan District Court and Somerset County Superior Court.
Federal hate crime trial opens with victim recounting assault in Biddeford
“I probably would have lost my life that night,” Daimon McCollum says of the night in 2018 when he fled men accused of attacking him and breaking his jaw.
Three arrested in Waterville robbery, beating case
Police say a 63-year-old man who was being extorted by people living at the same apartment building was taken to the hospital Tuesday after being beaten and robbed of his wallet.
Augusta man arrested in connection to purse snatching
Dylan McMahon, 23, was arrested Thursday after allegedly stealing a purse on Riverton Street on Feb. 26.