When the 17 protesters insist on attending a restorative justice meeting as one group, rather than in two separate sessions, the prosecutor calls off the meeting.
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Jefferson man arrested on child pornography charge
Police say they found ‘hundreds of images of child porn’ on electronic devices owned by Vincent Maltese, 51.
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Police: Men dressed in camouflage invaded Palmyra home, assaulted resident
Two men took cash and prescription medication after assaulting the homeowner Saturday night on Warren Hill Road, and they remain at large.
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Snowmobile fugitive admits to concealing assets, perjury
The former Massachusetts man had rented a snowmobile in Maine and fled to Canada to avoid charges that he concealed assets from is creditors.
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Augusta man headed to jail for Gardiner arson
The blaze destroyed the camper trailer home of a family of five, but no one was home at the time of the fire.
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Augusta man gets 5-year sentence for having baseball-size bag of cocaine
Donald E. Bowden will serve that term after he finishes 40 months for violating probation.
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Somerset County court for Dec. 26-30, 2016
Closed cases from Skowhegan District Court and Somerset County Superior Court.
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Skowhegan woman gets to 6 months in jail for stealing $22,000 from family member
Jaclyn Suezanne Rutherford, 28, pried open a safe with a crowbar and made off with the cash and a one-way ticket to Chicago.
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Record amount of heroin seized in Sanford drug investigation, officials say
Police charge two Maine men with trafficking, and agents also confiscate a large cache of the drug headed to the state from Massachusetts.
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Maine police departments say they’re ready as recreational pot becomes legal
With the voter=approved law now in effect, departments take cues from other states’ legalization of the drug.