The judge announced the move Friday after the defense said pretrial publicity for the man nicknamed ‘Dee Money’ would make it too difficult to get an impartial jury in Kennebec County.
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Video: Anthony Sanborn Jr. reflects on his years in prison, and release on bail
‘I just thought, wow, the truth is there, justice is really coming.’
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Cornish man accused of operating meth lab in his home
Police say probation officers who were checking on James Wildes discovered the lab and notified drug agents.
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Hiram man charged with 7 crimes in fatal crash faces new drug trafficking charge
State police say they found drugs, guns and cash during a bail check on Philip Macri at his home.
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Skowhegan man accused of slicing another man with a scalpel
Charles Fairley told police that the other man yelled racial epithets at him before the alleged attack occurred Wednesday on North Avenue.
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Pillsbury’s attorneys say that ‘green-eyed monster’ remark biased jurors in murder trial
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court heard the appeal for a new trial in the November 2013 killing of Jillian Jones.
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New York man arrested in Waterville on warrant, drug trafficking charges
Kendu Watts, 19, was arrested Wednesday on First Rangeway during an orchestrated traffic stop that police said netted 43.5 grams of crack cocaine and 14.3 grams of heroin.
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Man convicted of 1989 Portland murder granted bail after star witness recants
The unprecedented decision comes after a legally blind witness from Anthony Sanborn’s 1992 murder trial says detectives ‘basically told me what to say’ on the stand.
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Bucksport man charged with 7th drunken-driving offense, police say
Joseph A. Nally, 58, was arrested after allegedly striking a pedestrian in a crosswalk in Gloucester, Massachusetts.
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Peruvian man charged with dealing heroin in Hancock County
Police say Pedro Lezama Agaz was selling the drug out of a motel room.