Jason Cote was sentenced last year to 45 years in prison for the slaying of Ricky Cole in 2013, but he says there was sufficient evidence to believe he acted in self-defense.
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Police, crime and courts news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Kennebec Journal Feb. 5 police log
Augusta area police reports for Feb. 5, 2017.
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Somerset County court for Jan. 9-13, 2017
Closed cases from Skowhegan District Court and Somerset County Superior Court.
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Morning Sentinel Feb. 5 police log
Waterville area police reports for Feb. 5, 2017.
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Kennebec Journal Feb. 4 police log
Augusta area police reports for Feb. 4, 2017.
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Morning Sentinel Feb. 4 police log
Waterville area police reports for Feb. 4, 2017.
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Convicted in machete attack in Pittston, Daniel Fortune seeks appeal ruling
Fortune, who had been a star athlete at Gardiner Area High School, was sentenced to life in prison for the attack, which severely injured a 10-year-old girl and her father.
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Man found not criminally responsible for Vassalboro blaze
It was the second time in 13 years that Scott Audet, who has a history of mental illness, set fire to a home he owned.
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New Yorker to spend 18 months behind bars for cocaine trafficking
Peter Hernandez was arrested in December 2014 in Augusta after police said they found a plastic bag on him ‘with 9 grams of cocaine base divided into retail doses’ as well as cash.
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Maine Republicans accuse Portland schools chief of politicizing alleged hate crime
The criticism of Superintendent Xavier Botana comes on the day police arrest Jamie Hoffman and charge him with accosting four ninth-graders.