Defense expert witness says William Smith, one of three teens charged in the April 2018 death of Kimberly Mironovas, started to choke her but stopped because he couldn’t go through with it.
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Police, crime and courts news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Closing arguments postponed 1 day in murder trial of John D. Williams
The defense is considering calling a final witness, who would try to rebut the state’s reconstruction of the shooting that killed Cpl. Eugene Cole last year.
Maine prisoner charged with trying to kill fellow inmate
Paul Andrews is serving time in the Maine State Prison in Warren for sexually assaulting a child and now faces an attempted murder charge.
Closing arguments pushed back a day in murder trial of John D. Williams
The defense is considering calling a final witness, who would try to rebut the state’s reconstruction of the shooting that killed Cpl. Eugene Cole last year.
State pays $500,000 to settle lawsuit alleging abuse at juvenile facility
Matthew Keene of Standish was held at the Maine Youth Center, now called Long Creek Youth Development Center, from 1995 to 1999.
Video: Auburn police pluck alleged fugitive from river
Lewiston Police Sgt. Wayne Clifford said that a Lewiston man who attempted to evade arrest by jumping into the Androscoggin River was caught shortly after.
Kennebec Journal June 16 police log
Augusta area police reports for June 16, 2019.
Jury convicts Lewiston woman for health care fraud
Nancy Ludwig, 65, faces up to 10 years in federal prison.
He was high when he killed a sheriff’s deputy. Jury will decide whether it was murder.
Experts trade testimony about how drugs affected John D. Williams’ state of mind at the time he shot Cpl. Eugene Cole. The defendant says he will not testify.
Bail increased to $50,000 for NY man arrested on drug trafficking charges in Augusta
Corey Leak, 34, of Manhattan, has multiple prior drug convictions from out of state on his record, according to state prosecutor.