A roundup of cases closed at courts in Augusta and Waterville.
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Bogus $100 bills case bounces in Knox County court
A West Gardiner man is found not guilty of forgery after prosecutors are unable to prove he used fake $100 bills at a pair of Maine convenience stores.
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Man ‘gravely injured’ in Vassalboro car crash, officials suspect intoxicated driving involved
Vassalboro Police Chief Mark Brown was first to the scene just after 11 a.m. Saturday on Nelson Road.
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Vassalboro man arrested in connection to Augusta CVS robbery
Police arrest Daniel Cooley, 32, after executing a search warrant at his home in Vassalboro.
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Maine police seize 5 trucks from Rhode Island company that owes $75,000 in turnpike tolls
Commodity Haulers Express of North Kingston faces felony theft-of-services charges for failing to pay tolls racked up over 3 years, say Maine State Police.
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Buxton man had meth lab in church’s playroom for children, police charge
Police were called to the Buxton United Methodist Church on Thursday morning to investigate suspicious activity.
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Former Cumberland County corrections officer sentenced on drug charges
Davis Glazener will serve 10 1/2 months in prison, and his conviction has prompted the sheriff’s department to change its hiring policy as it pertains to a candidate’s former drug use.
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Woman robbed while making night deposit at Waterville bank
A woman making a deposit at Kennebec Savings Bank on Main Street at 7:48 p.m. Thursday reported being grabbed from behind by a white male who took the money bag and ran, according to Waterville Deputy police Chief Bill Bonney.
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Punishments ‘got out of hand’ before 10-year-old girl died, prosecutor tells jurors
Sharon Carrillo, who is being tried on a murder charge in the death of Marissa Kennedy, participated in the killing to which her husband, Julio Carrillo, has pleaded guilty, prosecutors said in opening statements.
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Yarmouth man charged with manslaughter in crash that killed passenger
Brannon McRae, 29, was driving the car that crashed into a rock ledge on Interstate 295 in Falmouth in June, killing a passenger and injuring her brother.