Francis R. Wozniak, 39, has kept his driver’s license despite being charged with operating under the influence in Portland in 2020.
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Police, crime and courts news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Auburn man’s DNA not found in sample on Alaska victim’s body, expert says
Crime lab official says markers found on woman’s breast didn’t match Steven H. Downs profile.
Man arrested in Mercer on 17 outstanding warrants
Michael Allan McGregor, 28, was arrested Thursday after authorities say he attempted to elude a state trooper.
Alternative suspect denies involvement in Alaska murder case against Auburn man
One of three alternative suspects in the murder and sexual assault trial of Steven H. Downs of Auburn testified Thursday in Fairbanks Superior Court.
Verdict upheld in pandemic-delayed murder trial in Maine
Carine Reeves argued that he should been tried within 120 days of his extradition, but the Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled the timeframe outlined by an interstate compact can be paused if a trial cannot be held.
Theft charges dropped against former managers of the Anson-Madison Water District
District Attorney Maeghan Maloney says new evidence came to light this week that prompted her office to refrain from prosecuting the water district’s former superintendent and its former foreman.
Somerset County Sheriff’s Office: $4,000 worth of drugs and drug paraphernalia seized in Skowhegan search
Police seized a variety of illegal substances during a Skowhegan drug bust Wednesday, according to a news release from the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office.
Gun used in Alaska cold case murder could have belonged to Auburn man, expert says
A ballistics expert testified in the murder and rape trial of Steven H. Downs that his and millions of other guns could have fired the fatal bullet.
Turner man pleads insanity defense in slayings of Troy and Dulsie Varney
A judge said he expects to commit the defendant to the Department of Health and Human Services for psychiatric care.
Analyst says Auburn man’s DNA matched that found in Alaska murder victim
Steven H. Downs is on trial for the murder and sexual assault of an Alaska woman in 1993.