Augusta area police reports for Dec. 1, 2017.
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Ex-priest with long history as a sex offender pleads not guilty to new charges in Maine
James Talbot, 80, will face as much as 25 years in prison if convicted of sexually assaulting a 9-year-old boy in a Freeport church nearly two decades ago.
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Connecticut man pleads guilty to robberies in Bangor
Seth J. Blewitt was charged with robbing a TD Bank branch and a Dollar Tree store.
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Oxford County commissioners, attorney to discuss sex claims against Sheriff Gallant
They say they have no plans to meet with Sheriff Wayne Gallant about allegations of sexual harassment.
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Commissioners, attorney to discuss sex claims against Oxford County sheriff
They say they have no plans to meet with Sheriff Wayne Gallant about the sexual harassment allegations.
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Fryeburg man arrested after SUV ‘launched’ into garage
Police say Nelson Brown’s truck hit the parked vehicle so hard it knocked a garage off its foundation.
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Suspect in mistaken identity killing of Mainer is back in Pennsylvania
John Wayne Strawser is accused of chasing a Poland man and shooting him on an interstate.
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Clinton man’s cancer diagnosis prompts delay of prison sentence
Edward Domasinsky, who pleaded guilty to criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon, shot himself in the face with a rifle after firing a shotgun at his then-girlfriend.
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Oxford County sheriff denies sexual harassment allegations
The attorney for Wayne Gallant says the sheriff ‘absolutely’ denies the accusations that he solicited employees for sex, and is not considering stepping down from office.
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Maine gets federal grant to target opioid trafficking
The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency must use the money to target the illegal opioid trade.