Daniel Safranec apologized for his behavior, which Judge Brent Davis said was the worst he had ever seen as he ordered Safranec to serve 14 days in jail.
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Former Anson selectman faces additional charge of sexual touching
Arnold Luce pleaded not guilty Wednesday to misdemeanor-level charges of assault and unlawful sexual touching.
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Pittsfield church’s former administrator sentenced for $49K embezzlement
Michael Mooney, 54, is to serve at least two years in prison and pay back the amount he admitted to stealing from the Unitarian Universalist Meeting House.
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Somerset County marijuana grow cases stuck in court ‘logjam’
Finding interpreters has been a challenge as cases against several people charged in connection with busts of grow houses proceed to trial.
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Palmyra murder suspect arrested by FBI in New York
Kareem Quattlebaum is accused of killing Jaquan Humphries in March.
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In Bingham, juvenile crime has officials, residents looking for solutions
About 25 people attended a meeting with law enforcement and corrections officials Thursday to discuss an apparent uptick in crime committed by a small group of minors.
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Deputy shoots man twice after pursuit in Turner
After crashing his car into a tree, police say a man aimed his gun at an Androscoggin County deputy who was trying to make an arrest Friday night.
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Police locate human remains in Clinton
A heavy police presence was visible Tuesday outside a home and in a field on Main Street.
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DOJ abandons attempt to restrict crime survivor programs after lawsuit, Maine AG says
Attorney General Aaron Frey announced last week that Maine was joining a multistate legal challenge to the Trump administration’s effort to bar undocumented immigrants from using the support systems.
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A Waterville native and a stolen Picasso | Column
In 1969, a Picasso painting was stolen from a Boston airport and Whitcomb Rummel Jr. relates his family’s role in its theft and return.