Albert Dumas pleaded guilty to abducting and sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in Augusta but now says he wouldn’t have made the guilty plea if he had known about a change in genetic evidence.
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Kennebec Journal July 12 police log
Augusta area police reports for July 12, 2018.
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Posted inMaine, Maine Crime
Waterville robbery suspect told police he was picking berries when caught
GPS tracking devices secreted in the stolen money led police to Kevin Barr, who was ordered held in lieu of $20,000 cash bail in connection with Tuesday’s heist at KeyBank in Waterville.
Posted inMaine, Outdoors
Beetle grubs leaving Augusta grassless
City officials are weighing how to attack the problem, which is affecting parks, cemeteries, major intersections and public grounds.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Former Augusta woman sentenced for drug trafficking
Jaci Beane, of Farmingdale, will spend an initial 18 months behinds bars and then two years on probation.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Public gets a chance to weigh in on insurers’ ACA rate requests for 2019
Two meetings, in Bangor and Portland, will allow residents to ask questions and comment on proposed increases of up to 13.8%.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Defense: Prosecutors challenged by lack of forensics in Manchester double murder
David W. Marble Jr. is charged with killing two people near a gravel pit on Christmas morning 2015.
Posted inCommunity
Maine-ly Harmony to hold benefit yard sale July 14
Annual fundraiser will be held at Palermo’s Hill Gardens.
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Cony Middle School honor roll
Students acknowledged for academic achievement for the fourth quarter.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
LePage veto stands, which means family can’t sue state for selling man’s home, killing his cat
The DHHS had been appointed William Dean’s guardian, and the lawsuit alleges that the agency sold his Owls Head house for below market value, allowed his Rockland home to fall into disrepair and euthanized his cat.