Police arrested four people at a local hotel Friday and Saturday, seizing fentanyl and crack and handing two 17-year-old girls from out-of-state over to DHHS to be sent home to their parents.
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Kennebec County courts Feb. 21-27, 2019
A roundup of cases closed Feb. 21-27, 2019, at courts in Augusta and Waterville.
Whitefield man accused of murder in 2017 West Gardiner shooting death pleads guilty to manslaughter
Derrick Dupont, accused of murdering James Haskell on June 17, 2017, will be sentenced on a manslaughter charge in May, after state prosecutors agreed to dismiss the murder charge.
Madison man who cut deal with prosecutors in fatal 2015 crash arrested again
Jonathan Cayford, 26, allegedly violated probation this week with a harassment charge and could be sent back to jail
Kennebec Journal police log for Feb. 28
Augusta area police reports for Feb. 28, 2019.
Augusta man arrested on drug trafficking charges
Police: Stanley M. Piper III was found slumped over in his vehicle while holding a glass ‘crack’ pipe.
North Monmouth man sentenced for cocaine robbery
Androscoggin County Superior Court Justice MaryGay Kennedy sentenced Brian Krafton 27, to 10 years in prison, but suspended eight years.
Pittsfield man pleads guilty in federal firearms case
Ethan Rumery, 24, conspired with others to buy guns they said were for themselves; instead, they were intended for people living in another state.
Man found guilty by jury in Gardiner drug bust
Jahneiro Plummer, 27, was among those charged with aggravated trafficking in heroin and cocaine base, or crack, after police searched a Gardiner apartment, acting on a search warrant, July 31, 2018, in Gardiner.
Augusta police probe nighttime robbery at city store
A man threatened to use a weapon Monday night when robbing the Big Apple store on Stone Street Monday night, police said.