Christopher Wilson, 49, who was serving a 10-year sentence for aggravated drug trafficking, died Monday.
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Defense lawyers want murder indictments dismissed because Maine State Police heard confidential calls
The lawyers for Bobby Nightingale and Jaquile Coleman seek to have the charges thrown out because of alleged attorney-client privilege violations.
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Augusta police officers, and a firefighter, who died in the line of duty memorialized with new signs
The emergency responders have been recognized with memorial signs erected at the Augusta locations where they were killed serving the community.
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Four charged with vandalism, including hate graffiti, at Rockland high school
Vandals caused extensive damage to an outbuilding and the surrounding property at Oceanside High School last month.
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Prosecutor says Wells teen who fatally shot niece meant to kill brother
York County Superior Court Justice Richard Mulhern must decide whether to continue denying bail to Andrew Huber Young, 19, basing the decision on whether there’s probable cause the defendant intended to kill someone.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Maine Crime
Police: 3 arrested at Augusta camper after drug bust nets cocaine, guns, money
Law enforcement officers who included city police and agents from the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency made the arrests Thursday at a camper on Blair Road.
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Aroostook County woman charged with manslaughter in death of 1-year-old boy
State police release few details about the child’s death in Easton in March, including his relationship to Mariah Dobbins, 28, who was indicted on July 14.
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Sidney man enters insanity plea in second trial on decade-old sexual assault charges against a child
Eric Bard, 32, faces a second trial after his previous conviction was overturned by the Maine Supreme Judicial Court because the district court judge who presided over the first trial improperly met with the prosecution without a lawyer for the defense present.
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Fairfield man caught once again with child pornography sentenced to 7 years in prison, admonished by judge
Jeffrey C. White was on probation on previous child pornography charges and in sex offender counseling when police discovered he shared videos of children being sexually exploited, which a district court judge described as “real children being tortured.”
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Waterville contractor who scammed elderly customers pleads guilty to felony theft charge
Tony J. Glidden, owner of Mainely Roofing and Siding, took deposits for work he never did for more than 20 customers, stealing a total of $115,000 in what the court judge described as a “scheme to prey on some of the most vulnerable people in our society.”