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Buxton church to be tested for meth lab toxins and possibly tainted toys

by Robert Lowell The American Journal December 11, 2019December 13, 2019

The nephew of a church trustee is charged with operating a methamphetamine lab in a playroom at the Buxton United Methodist Church, where worship services and Christmas programming have been disrupted.

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Hammer-wielding man robs Old Orchard Beach store

by Gillian Graham December 11, 2019December 11, 2019

Police say the suspect forced a clerk to lie on the floor during the robbery Tuesday night.

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Father of Portland man charged with murder didn’t realize son’s gun was real

by Megan Gray December 10, 2019December 11, 2019

‘I thought you were just trying to scare him,’ Mark Cardilli Sr. is heard telling his son on police surveillance footage played in court during the second day of Mark Cardilli Jr.’s trial in the death of Isahak Muse.

Kennebec Journal, Maine Crime

Augusta man said to be out for revenge pleads guilty to assault, driving to endanger

by Keith Edwards December 10, 2019December 11, 2019

Glenn Morin charged with ramming his truck into a car driven by another Augusta man, Jarody, whom police allege had earlier assaulted Morin’s girlfriend.

Kennebec Journal, Maine, Maine Crime

Gardiner man sentenced after 8th OUI, eluding police on an ATV

by Keith Edwards December 10, 2019December 10, 2019

Robert E. Purington III, 47, was sentenced Tuesday to a total of five years in prison.

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Maine’s top court upholds conviction of Jay man who killed his girlfriend

by Associated Press December 10, 2019December 10, 2019

James Sweeney was sentenced to 38 years in prison for beating Wendy Douglas with a baseball bat while she slept.

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New Vineyard brawl sends 2 to hospital, lands 1 in jail

by Donna M. Perry December 10, 2019December 10, 2019

A woman reported that her husband was attacking her father at their Route 27 residence.

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‘I should have stopped’: Sharon Carrillo told police she beat her daughter for months

by Kevin Miller December 10, 2019December 10, 2019

Jurors in Sharon Carrillo’s murder trial hear recordings in which she admits to participating with her husband in the abuse that killed 10-year-old Marissa Kennedy.