Court records show three of those arrested Monday have prior convictions for similar drug offenses.
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Skowhegan man pleads no contest to setting fire to apartment building
Peter Gary is scheduled to be sentenced in September to two years in prison in a plea agreement on an arson charge related to a fire last October that sent a firefighter to the hospital.
Former Riverview patient’s Somerset County hearing postponed again
James Mayo, of Cornville, was to appear in court Wednesday on a bail revocation hearing, but it was postponed for a second time and he remains in jail as state officials try to find him a place to live.
Judge rejects murderer’s proposal for supervised activities outside Riverview
Mark Gessner was convicted of the 1994 killing of a Bath florist and later found not criminally responsible for offenses in prison, and a judge found him unready for re-entry into the community.
Morning Sentinel Aug. 17 police log
Waterville area police reports for Aug. 17, 2016.
Skowhegan man charged in Aug. 8 sexual assault on woman
John Jolly, 50, is charged with two felony counts in Skowhegan’s third sexual abuse arrest in as many weeks.
Waterville woman arrested twice within hours after allegedly assaulting boyfriend
Christine Lynch, 42, allegedly slapped her boyfriend and, after making bail, harassed him with phone calls.
Jefferson shooting that ended in death echoes other domestic violence cases in Maine
Shane Prior, 34, shot the woman in the arm after ‘lying in wait there on the property,’ a state police spokesman said.
Augusta man pleads guilty to burglary, theft of firearms
Jake Lee Foster, 21, who sold the stolen guns for cash and drugs, was sentenced to serve an initial nine months and one day behind bars; and the remainder of the four-year term was suspended.
Farmington heroin trafficking investigation nets third arrest
Chris Crockett, 56, of Farmington, is charged with aggravated drug trafficking and possession of firearms by a prohibited person, making him the third Farmington man arrested in the probe.