Kelli A. Johnson, one of two inmates charged with trafficking in prison contraband at the Kennebec County jail, was sentenced to 20 months in prison.
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Waterville bank robber who dropped cash, gun in front of officer sentenced to five years
Jason M. Mackenrodt pleaded guilty to robbery and theft charges on Thursday.
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Human remains found in Augusta prove to be those of local woman, missing since 2017
Police say evidence at the site where the remains were recovered indicates that they had been there since the time of Megan Gregory’s disappearance in 2017.
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Augusta man pleads guilty to possessing unregistered, homemade silencer
Ryan D. Merrill, according to federal authorities, was firing a rifle he had equipped with a silencer he made out of an oil filter, at a fox and propane tanks in Augusta.
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Gardiner convenience store robbed early Wednesday
Police say the robber, who displayed a weapon, fled on foot into a wooded area behind the Cumberland Farms store on Bridge Street.
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Maine Supreme Judicial Court rejects Luc Tieman murder appeal
Luc Tieman, 35, appealed to the Law Court through his attorney, Clifford Strike, challenging emails and Facebook messages that were used as evidence against him in Somerset County Superior Court.
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Attorneys questioned on second day of Jay Mercier murder appeal in Skowhegan
Mercier was sentenced to 70 years for the murder of Rita St. Peter on July 5, 1980, and has since lost two appeals, one in 2014 and the other in 2016.
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Grand jury indicts alleged Waterville bank robber who slipped, fell in front of officer
Numerous other people were indicted on drug trafficking charges.
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Jay Mercier, convicted in 2012 in one of Maine’s oldest cold case homicides, back in court
Mercier is mounting a third appeal of his conviction for the murder of Rita St. Peter on July 5, 1980, in Anson.
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Kennebec Journal police log for April 21
Augusta area police reports for April 21, 2019.