Finding interpreters has been a challenge as cases against several people charged in connection with busts of grow houses proceed to trial.
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Police, crime and courts news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Maine public defense agency announces new director
Frayla Tarpinian is being promoted after leading the state’s first brick-and-mortar public defense office in Augusta for 2 years.
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Capitol police chief, accused of assaulting Hallowell officer, resigns
Matthew Clancy, who is facing a criminal charge of assault, resigned Oct. 8.
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Border Patrol SUV involved in alleged Chicago vehicle ramming, shooting reportedly driven to Maine
A U.S. Border Patrol agent shot a woman accused of ramming an agency vehicle earlier this month. The woman’s attorney says the SUV is now in Maine.
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Former staffer sentenced to 3 years for stealing $225,000 from 2020 US Senate candidate
Matthew McDonald told Max Linn that he would invest the money in cryptocurrency, court documents say.
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Portland parent deported after ICE arrest near Talbot school
Denis Omar Rivera Martinez was not able to appear in court on a domestic violence charge after immigration officials removed him from the country.
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State’s top court hears appeal of NY man’s Augusta drug conviction
Donte Johnson’s lawyer argues the prosecution’s delays in providing information should result in Johnson’s conviction being overturned and charges dismissed.
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Belfast man found not criminally responsible for killing wife, attacking mother in Readfield
Family members of Margaux Whittemore, whom Samuel Whittemore killed with a fire poker, said he should be sent to prison for the rest of his life, not a hospital.
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Palmyra murder suspect arrested by FBI in New York
Kareem Quattlebaum is accused of killing Jaquan Humphries in March.
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Augusta man found not criminally responsible for shooting his mother
Samuel C. Bell will be placed in the custody of the commissioner of the State Department of Health and Human Services and be hospitalized for mental health treatment.