A roundup of cases closed Dec. 6-12, 2018, at courts in Augusta and Waterville.
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Maine State Police identify couple found dead in Richmond
The bodies of Kirk Alexander Jr., 46, and his longtime girlfriend, Niomi Mello, 37, were discovered by her 11-year-old son in the kitchen of their mobile home, a spokesman says.
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Mother of Ayla Reynolds to file wrongful death lawsuit 7 years after child’s disappearance
Seven years after the toddler was reported missing from a Waterville home, Trista Reynolds plans to file a civil suit against Ayla’s father, Justin DiPietro, alleging he caused the child’s death.
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Reporter’s Notebook: The disappearance of Ayla Reynolds in Waterville
The first several days of the search for the 20-month-old girl who was reported missing by her father Dec. 17, 2011.
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Central Maine Sunday police logs for Dec. 15
Waterville and Augusta area police reports for Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018
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Man, woman busted in South Portland on heroin, fentanyl charges
The Lowell, Mass., residents were arrested Thursday night in a parking lot and charged with aggravated trafficking in the drugs, authorities said Saturday.
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Randolph man, woman arrested on heroin, cocaine, fentanyl charges
Eric Colbert, 33, and Teresa Merrill, 50, were arrested after a bust Thursday at a Kinderhook Street residence.
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Arrest made in killing of woman from Chebeague Island family
Emily Todd, 25, was found shot to death in Bridgeport, Conn., before her alleged killer fled to Ohio.
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Chebeague shocked by killing of woman from longtime island family
Emily Todd, 25, was found shot to death in Bridgeport, Connecticut, on Sunday morning. Her slaying is reverberating throughout the small island community.
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Chinese nationals charged with sex trafficking in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont
An indictment says the husband-and-wife team recruited women in China and coerced them into prostitution after they arrived in the U.S.