Sally Ann Schofield was released this week after serving about 15 years in prison for killing 5-year-old Logan Marr by wrapping her in duct tape and leaving her alone in a basement.
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South Portland prostitution arrest helps build case against interstate sex ring
The 2015 arrest of a Chinese immigrant at a Main Street hotel led to the indictments of three New York City residents on federal sex trafficking charges.
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Standish man sentenced for health care fraud
Paulo Braga will serve a year and a day in prison and pay nearly $90,000 in restitution for billing MaineCare using false information.
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South African man sentenced to 25 years in Maine child porn case
Authorities say Denver Carolissen took sexually explicit photographs of a girl and sent them to undercover agents in Maine.
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Maine woman who killed 5-year-old foster child is released from prison
Sally Schofield, who was convicted of manslaughter in the suffocation death of Logan Marr, left prison Tuesday.
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Westbrook brothers charged with plotting welfare fraud at Portland store
Officials say the men schemed to divert tens of thousands of federal benefit dollars at Ahram Halal Market, a small store on Forest Avenue.
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Winslow man sentenced to 10 years for possessing child pornography
Darrin Cates, 47, had hundreds of images and videos of young girls on his computer that a judge called “disturbing” and “abhorrent.”
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Maine police looking for driver who rammed cruiser, ran off
State police say 49-year-old Michael S. Irving fled a traffic stop in Lyman on Sunday.
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State supreme court rejects appeal of Palmyra man convicted of murder
The court upheld the jury conviction of Jason Cote, who was sentenced to 45 years for the murder of Ricky Cole in 2013 in Detroit.
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Glenburn man faces potentially long sentence after firearms plea
Officials found Jonathan Gardner, who was previously convicted for burglary, assault and drug trafficking, in possession of a shotgun and pistol.