Convicted felon Robert Gay, 35, was accused of stealing a rifle from a Scarborough home in which he was doing plumbing work last year.
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Somerset County courts for Jan. 14-18, 2019
Closed cases from Skowhegan District Court and Somerset County Superior Court.
Maine motel owner charged with abusing 3 children
Court documents indicate the Bucksport man accused of abusing three children, bound a 6-year-old girl and hung her upside down from a hook.
Augusta woman charged with 16 counts of criminal mischief for graffiti around the city
Darbe Anagnost, 35, is accused of defacing 20 locations after a police investigation that took “a couple of weeks.”
New York man sentenced to 14 years in prison for conspiracy to sell drugs in central Maine
Andre Fields, 56, of Bronx, New York, conspired with others to distribute more than a kilogram of heroin and 280 grams of crack from central Maine homes and hotel rooms.
Family of roofer who died in fall sues, saying employer discouraged use of safety gear
Alan Loignon’s family makes the claim in a $2.5 million wrongful-death lawsuit against Loignon’s employer – and half-brother – Shawn Purvis.
22 alleged drug traffickers indicted in Augusta
Numerous people, both local and out-of-state residents, were indicted on drug trafficking charges by a Kennebec County grand jury.
Jury rules Augusta officer did not use excessive force in 2015 shooting of man who held knife
Augusta police Officer Laura Drouin, who shot and injured then-Riverview patient Jason Begin in a 2015 confrontation, was cleared Friday in a federal civil lawsuit.
Bar Harbor man found guilty of raping and murdering former classmate
Jalique Keene, 22, testified in his own defense Friday and acknowledged that a security camera showed him carrying the lifeless body of 19-year-old Mikaela Conley in the early morning of June 1, 2018.
Livermore Falls man arrested for alleged child sex assault in Mount Vernon
The incident allegedly took place in 2017 or 2018 and involved a girl younger than age of 12.