Robert Wayne Lonardo, found guilty of the murder of Marianne Pembrook in 1995, argues that his lawyer then did not ‘properly communicate’ a plea offer made at the time.
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Augusta man convicted of sexually assaulting child argues police used ‘excessive friendliness’ during questioning
Andrew Seamon, 50, of Augusta, is telling the Maine Supreme Judicial Court that his statements to a detective should have been suppressed because he was vulnerable.
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Riverview patient committed for 1969 killing in Portland seeks release
In arguments Tuesday before the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, an attorney for Donald Beauchene, 73, said he hasn’t been violent in nearly 40 years and should be let out of a state psychiatric hospital.
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Judge in review of Sanborn murder case rejects prosecutors’ call to step aside
The state has questioned the impartiality of Justice Joyce Wheeler, but she stays on without making her reasons public.
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Bangor woman pleads guilty to theft of federal benefits
Shirley Reynolds, 60, admitted to stealing Supplemental Security Income benefits between 2009 and October 2016 after falsely representing that she lived alone, the U.S. Attorney’s Office says.
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Bowdoin man charged with stealing truck, driving drunk in Benton
Kelby Hampson, 25, was arrested after he had allegedly been drinking all day and was well over the legal limit.
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Prosecutors ask judge in Sanborn murder case to recuse herself
The Attorney General’s Office says it requested Justice Joyce Wheeler step down from the case because of statements she made at Sanborn’s bail hearing in April.
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Bay State man charged with illegal elver possession
Joseph Starratt, 51, of Middleborough, Mass., was found with 16½ pounds of glass eels last month in Scarborough, authorities say.
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Augusta woman who embezzled $400K from pulp & paper group ordered to keep paying restitution
Wendy L. Gagne, 43, has been ordered to pay $200 a month toward the balance of $352,082, after she was convicted in 2002 of writing hundreds of checks to herself and recorded them as being sent to vendors.
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Driver in fatal Windham hit-and-run will serve 5 years in prison
Devin Brown faced up to 30 years for manslaughter and 10 years for driving drunk in the November crash that killed bicyclist Brandon Dumond.