Primo Tosi was sentenced to almost 3 years in prison for possessing a firearm while subject to a protection order against him.
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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At student’s request, DA drops sex charges against former Bonny Eagle coach
District Attorney Stephanie Anderson says a factor in her decision was that former cheerleading coach Nicholas Perry and the 18-year-old student ‘had a relationship that pre-dated his becoming a coach.’
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Augusta man arrested on nine charges after high-speed chase ends in highway crash
Buddy Burton, 36, was apprehended in a ditch at mile 133 in Waterville after veering off Interstate 95, following a police chase prompted by reports that he was suspected of theft at Wal-Mart in Palmyra.
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Acton woman indicted on murder charge
Kandee Weyland is accused of stabbing her ex-husband in front of their children.
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St. Albans man charged in uncle’s death to face murder trial in November
Jeremy Erving, 25, has pleaded both not guilty and not criminally responsible by reason of insanity in the April 2016 shooting death of his uncle, Randy Erving, 53.
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South Paris woman pleads to buying gun for felon who died in shootout
The firearm that Stephanie Knightly, 50, bought in August 2014 was used the next day in the shootout with police in which Steven Piirainen was killed.
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Pittston machete attack convict loses appeal
Daniel Fortune was sentenced to life in prison for the 2008 attack, which left a 10-year-old girl and her father severely injured.
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Westbrook tax collector who stole $118,000 is sentenced to 6 months
Ann Marie Williams, 52, of Falmouth was also ordered to repay the $118,000 in cash payments she skimmed from city coffers.
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Portland responds to 8 suspected overdoses in about 24 hours
None of the overdoses were fatal, police said.
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Bipartisan bill seeks rights for the victims of violent crime in Maine
The bill was inspired by the family of a murdered child who encountered the man charged in her death out in public.