Police said Jonathan Thomas set a car on fire.
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Court orders new trial on 1 charge in man’s bizarre cyanide-suicide case
The former Windham man must still serve a 25-year sentence on other charges after being convicted of causing an English man’s suicide.
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Former Cumberland County corrections officer sentenced on drug charges
Davis Glazener will serve 10 1/2 months in prison, and his conviction has prompted the sheriff’s department to change its hiring policy as it pertains to a candidate’s former drug use.
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Lawsuit alleges racketeering in Down East lobster business
The Maine Lobstering Union says the CEO of Lobster 207 and his parents embarked ‘on a systematic scheme’ to enrich themselves.
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Appeals court rules Standish man’s suit against Waldoboro police can proceed
The panel says the the officers misrepresented and omitted information in securing a search warrant that led to Jordan’s arrest on a felony theft charge.
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Man receives yearlong sentence for firing gun after Old Port fight
Noor Mohamed is sentenced on state charges for firing 3 shots after a fight, but he will be released within days because of time already served.
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Chesterville man pleads guilty to trafficking in crack cocaine
Judge said the court’s decision to accept the plea agreement weighed heavily on the fact the defendant had no criminal record and cooperated.
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Cable companies want judge to pause new Maine law requiring à la carte channel choices
Comcast and other cable broadcasters say First Amendment rights to control their offerings are at stake. ‘It would upend the economics of this industry,’ one lawyer says.
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Rockweed industry adrift after ruling allows landowners to restrict access
The court decision this spring overturned decades of precedent that harvesters relied on to cut the wild seaweed.
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UMaine professor loses appeal in lawsuit contesting union representation
The economics professor at Machias wants to block a union from representing him in contract negotiations and plans to file to have the case heard by the U.S. Supreme Court.