SKOWHEGAN — Martin Hainer spoke up Thursday night against domestic violence.

“We all know it’s out there, but you never know how bad it is out there until it happens to you, to someone you love,” Hainer said in a circle of about 35 other people, all holding candles in a vigil against domestic violence. “I want it to stop. My daughter was beaten severely.”

Hainer said he wants to strengthen state law to prevent domestic violence incidents.

His daughter, Jessica Hainer, 28, said she was beaten and strangled in July by her then-boyfriend, Ryan Quimby, 33, of Madison. Quimby currently is on the Somerset County ankle bracelet program for electronic monitoring of people who have been charged but not yet convicted of domestic violence. Quimby was arrested July 21 on charges of domestic violence assault, domestic violence terrorizing and criminal mischief.

His case still is pending.

“The person who brutalized me has an ankle bracelet on. I think that’s the only reason why he stays away from me,” Jessica Hainer said, her voice still scratchy from having been strangled. “He strangled me, he bit me, he slapped me, he kicked me, he pulled my hair and he sprayed Coleman’s tent spray in my eyes. Then he threw a big log at my friend’s car and it snapped off and hit me in the face.”

The Rev. Nathan Richards, pastor of the Norridgewock and Solon Congregational churches, offered the opening and closing prayers for the candlelight vigil, sponsored by the Somerset County Domestic Violence Task Force in Coburn Park in Skowhegan to “remember those who have been hurt” by domestic violence.

Michael Pike, a Somerset County deputy and the domestic violence investigator for the district attorney’s office, then read a list of names of 11 victims who died as a result of domestic violence in Maine in 2017.

With each name, Beth Crowe of the Family Violence Project, sounded a metal bell.

Crowe then read recommendations from the Homicide Review Panel on ways to avoid and deal with potential domestic violence incidents.

“Listen,” Crowe said. “Listen and watch for signs of abuse — control, manipulation, bruising, isolation” and “take threats of suicide very seriously.”

Crowe read the list of seven suggestions before telling the gathering that in the time it took to read the message, someone had committed an act of violence against a family member and a child was left without a safe, happy home.

“A life is changed forever,” she said.

Others spoke quietly about their experiences before Beverly Busque, a Fairfield town councilor and former corrections officer, led the gathering singing “Let There Be Peace on Earth.”

Maeghan Maloney, district attorney for Kennebec and Somerset counties, said this week that the vigil takes place every year and her office and other domestic violence advocates always want to be talking about domestic violence and about how to prevent it in the community.

But this year, she said, with the Robert Burton murder trial resulting in a guilty verdict and the triple domestic violence homicide July 5 in Madison being so recent, “they’re absolutely at the forefront of our minds as we prepare for the vigil.”

Of the 46 people who were victims of homicide in 2014 and 2015 in Maine, the two most recent years included in a 2016 study, 24 were killed by an intimate partner or family member, according to the study.

Perpetrators committed 21 homicides in 2014 — 14 of which the Maine Department of Public Safety categorized as “domestic” homicides. Offenders committed 25 homicides in 2015, 10 of which were categorized as domestic homicides. Together, the 24 domestic violence homicides committed during that two-year period accounted for 52 percent of Maine’s total homicides.

Over the past decade, domestic homicides have accounted for 47 percent, nearly half, of Maine’s total homicides. Domestic violence can take many forms short of murder — stalking, verbal and physical abuse, refusing to allow an intimate partner access to friends, family, finances, even cellphones.

It’s all about power and control, officials say. Friends, family and neighbors — witnesses — should speak up if they see anything out of the ordinary in a relationship, which is what people were doing Thursday night.

Maine ranked ninth-highest in the nation for homicides that men committed against women.

In Maine, 82 percent of domestic violence victims are women, said Crowe, an education director at the Family Violence Project. She said there were 5,857 calls to the project’s hot line from Oct. 1, 2015, through Sept. 30, 2016.

Many who attended the vigil walked down Water Street in Skowhegan with their candles for a quiet group discussion at the Skowhegan Town Office.

On Saturday, starting at 8 a.m. on the campus of Good Will-Hinckley in Fairfield, there will be a 5 kilometer race/walk against domestic violence. The race begins and ends at Prescott Hall. All proceeds will benefit the Family Violence Project, whose mission is to end domestic violence by increasing victim safety, empowering survivors and advocating for social change.

Ken’s Restaurant in Skowhegan also is donating proceeds from the sale of desserts to the Family Violence Project.

Doug Harlow — 612-2367

dharlow@centralmaine.com

Twitter:@Doug_Harlow

AUBURN — A Park Avenue woman was tied up in her home at gunpoint Thursday afternoon by a pair of masked men who made off with her SUV and motorcycle.

Police said the armed men tied up the woman when she interrupted a burglary inside her home at bout 2:30 p.m.

The woman was able to free herself and call for help. She was not hurt.

A Ford Explorer taken during the afternoon burglary and robbery in Auburn. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Police said the Harley-Davidson motorcycle taken in the heist was found in Poland shortly after the robbery was reported. Hours later, the victim’s SUV, a brown Ford Explorer with the plate number 4142 ST, was still missing.

Police in Auburn and surrounding towns Thursday night were searching for the two men, whom they described as armed and dangerous.

Police said a second burglary was reported at another home on Park Avenue earlier in the day. Investigators believe there could be a link between the two.

The home where the attack took place sits back from Park Avenue, mostly shrouded by trees. Auburn police Deputy Chief Jason Moen said the woman, who owns a local business, had come home for lunch when she discovered the two men inside her house.

On Thursday afternoon, police had the end of the driveway cordoned off as detectives examined the home for evidence.

The house is a short distance from Summer Street. Police declined to identify the woman while the suspects remained at large.

Two hours after she was tied up and robbed, the woman remained at her home speaking with investigators.

While searching for the suspects, police were advising people against trying to apprehend the men on their own.

“The suspects are considered armed and dangerous,” Auburn police wrote in an alert. “If you see the vehicle, please call 911 and do not approach it.”

A Madison truck driver was charged with operating under the influence Thursday night after he crashed his flatbed truck in a ditch and snapped a Madison Electric utility pole, according to police.

Norman Seeley, 55, also was charged with operating after suspension and possession of narcotics.

He was taken to Redington-Fairview General Hospital in Skowhegan with injuries that were not considered life-threatening. The truck, owned by Seeley’s employer, Dependable Fence Co., of Somerville, Massachusetts, was damaged heavily, according to James Ross, chief deputy at the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office.

Ross said the Somerset County Communications Center received a report of a Ford F-350 flatbed truck being driven erratically about 10:20 p.m. Thursday, traveling east on Main Street in Madison. The caller said the truck was swerving so much that it was impossible to read the license plate number.

Deputy Lucas Libby found the truck in a ditch near Tower Road and White School House Road, also known as Route 148. Seeley was still seated in the driver’s seat. Libby helped Seeley from the vehicle and called for A&M Ambulance.

Libby was assisted at the scene by Cpl. Ritchie Putnam and Deputy Toby Blodgett, as well as members of the Madison Fire Department. Madison Electric also arrived to replace the broken utility pole.

Doug Harlow — 612-2367

dharlow@centralmaine.com

Twitter:@Doug_Harlow

RUMFORD — The fate of two dogs that killed another dog and injured its owner in Winslow now rests with the justices of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.

Their owner, Danielle Jones, appealed a district court’s order to euthanize pit bulls Bentley and Kole. That order followed a finding that Jones had committed the civil violation of keeping dangerous dogs after the animals escaped from their fenced-in backyard and killed a 10-month-old Boston terrier.

The court, sitting as the Law Court, heard arguments Friday morning from Jones’ attorney, Richard Rosenthal, and from Kennebec County Assistant District Attorney Tracy DeVoll.

Rosenthal hopes the dogs can be spared. DeVoll said they have proved they are too dangerous and the owner cannot control them. She asked the court to affirm the district court’s euthanasia order.

The Law Court, which held its session at Mountain Valley High School in Rumford, issues rulings later in writing.

A ruling in this case will be among the few regarding this civil statute. Rosenthal noted he had to refer to cases from out of state in his brief because there are so few in Maine.

The justices on Friday appeared to adopt the state’s position and said that District Court Judge Eric Walker, who presided at the two-day trial, took a considered, thoughtful approach to the case and his explanation about why he opted for euthanasia for the animals rather than confinement or muzzles.

The Law Court’s ruling will decide the fate of the two dogs, which escaped from their yard Aug. 30, 2016, on Lucille Street to attack 10-month-old Fergie Rose, being walked by owner Sharron Carey.

Rosenthal maintained that this dangerous-dog prosecution is quasi-criminal in nature rather than simply civil because it was “brought by police, prosecuted by the district attorney’s office and it deals with a forfeiture.” He said Jones should have had a jury trial at which the state would have to prove “beyond a reasonable doubt” that the dogs were dangerous.

He also argued that it was unclear which dog actually inflicted the fatal injuries to Fergie Rose.

Associate Justice Andrew Mead noted that Rosenthal had characterized this as “a death penalty case for animals.”

Rosenthal also said that “euthanasia” is the wrong word in this case.

“It is an execution,” he told the court.

Associate Justice Ellen Gorman told him that the Legislature used the term “euthanasia.” She also told him that his arguments might be received well at the Legislature, but wondered about their place at the appellate level.

Mead said the facts were clear and that the Legislature has determined it is a civil statute that governs these types of cases.

“An individual was walking a small dog down the street and attracted the attention apparently of a couple of large pit bull terriers who somehow escape their enclosure, and as we see in the videotape, race across the front lawn and proceeded to attack this little dog. This other individual picked it up and they pulled it out of her arms and inflicted injuries on the dog that eventually killed it and also injured the person walking the dog.”

He said one of the possible outcomes of someone charged as a keeper of a dangerous dog would be to order the dog muzzled, restrained or euthanized.

Associate Justice Jeffrey Hjelm said, “Even your client described the way the two dogs Bently and Kole acted together. There’s plenty of evidence here that both dogs were involved in this fairly brutal attack.”

He also noted that Rosenthal raised a number of issues in the appeal that were never raised at trial and asked how the Law Court could review them.

Rosenthal said they could be reviewed as plain error.

Associate Justice Donald Alexander, who presided at the oral argument session in the absence of Chief Justice Leigh Saufley, referred to a prior incident in which the two dogs had injured another dog. Alexander said the owners “have demonstrated they’re unwilling to keep their dogs locked up away from people.”

Alexander also referred to a separate dangerous-dog case in Waterville that was prosecuted by the Kennebec County District Attorney’s Office, in which a husky, Dakota, won a reprieve from a euthanasia order. Dakota also received a pardon from the governor.

That case also might have headed to the state supreme court if a compromise had not been reached. It also prompted questions about whether the governor’s power of pardon extended to animals and about the appropriate punishment for dogs deemed dangerous.

DeVoll said the euthanasia order should stand.

“This case is about protection,” DeVoll said. “It’s about protecting people — men, women, children, babies — and their pets. It’s about protecting them from the defendant’s two dangerous, deadly dogs.”

Mead asked her if there was a fundamental difference between having a piece of property forfeited, such as a boat or motorcycle, and having a dog killed.

He then answered his own question.

“Dogs are members of the family,” he said.

DeVoll said the animals are considered differently from property under the dangerous-dog statute since they are pets, but that these were ordered euthanized because they are too dangerous to let live.

Jones and Brandon Ross, co-owners of the dogs, attended the arguments in Rumford, sitting in the auditorium behind Rosenthal.

The euthanasia order is on hold pending the appeal, and the animals are being kept at the Humane Society Waterville Area.

It did not appear that Sharron Carey was present for Friday’s oral arguments.

Carey has filed a civil lawsuit in Kennebec County Superior Court against Jones, Ross and Danielle Doyon, of Waterville, owner of the home at 12 Lucille St.

Carey, through attorney Steven Blackwell, said that she suffered injuries to her hands, in particular to her left wrist, when the two dogs dragged her to the ground while tearing Fergie Rose from her arms.

Carey seeks compensation for her injuries and damages as well as medical and veterinary expenses.

The claim is brought under state statutes, one of which permits “reimbursement for damage done by animals.”

Betty Adams — 621-5631

badams@centralmaine.com

Twitter: @betadams

LEWISTON — An Auburn man was arrested Thursday and charged in connection with a shooting last month on Holland Street.

Zachery Paradis, 35, was found at 30 Northern Ave. and arrested on charges of elevated aggravated assault and with being a felon in possession of firearm.

Paradis was arrested after weeks of investigation by local and federal police. He is accused of shooting another man in the midsection the morning of Sept. 25 in the area of 164 Holland St.

When police and rescue crews arrived, they found the victim bleeding in the street. He was taken to Central Maine Medical Center and ultimately survived the shooting.

Lewiston police began an investigation with the help of the U.S. Marshals Service, the Central Maine Violent Crime Task Force and Auburn police.

Paradis, who has a criminal history of drug possession and trafficking, was being held Friday at the Androscoggin County Jail on $100,000 bail.

AUGUSTA

Thursday at 9:06 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Glenridge Drive.

9:08 a.m., a disturbance was reported on Riverside Drive.

10:02 a.m., disorderly conduct was reported on Water Street.

10:08 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Senator Way.

10:43 a.m., a mental health and well-being check was performed on Noyes Court.

12:09 p.m., a mental health and well-being check was performed on Noyes Court.

12:18 p.m., harassment was reported on Western Avenue.

12:39 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Bridge Street.

1:30 p.m., a mental health and well-being check was performed on Noyes Court.

1:59 p.m., shoplifting was reported on Hospital Street.

2:29 p.m., city ordinance violations were reported on Water Street.

2:38 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Water Street.

2:59 p.m., a city ordinance violation was reported on Memorial Circle.

4:02 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Civic Center Drive and Xavier Place.

4:27 p.m., a mental health and well-being check was performed on Water Street.

4:55 p.m., simple assault was reported on Pearl Street.

6:10 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Water Street.

7:22 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Fairbanks Street.

8:35 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on State Street.

9:02 p.m., burglary from a motor vehicle was reported on Civic Center Drive.

11:08 p.m., a protection order violation was reported on Jabee Lane.

11:20 p.m., disorderly conduct was reported on Water and Bridge streets.

11:24 p.m., a well-being check was performed on Xavier Loop.

Friday at 1:03 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Water and Bridge streets.

3:26 a.m., harassment was reported on Court Street.

5:34 a.m., a 911 misdial was reported on Western Avenue.

HALLOWELL

Thursday at 2:32 a.m., city ordinance violations were reported on Second Street.

9:08 p.m., harassment was reported on Water Street.

MONMOUTH

Thursday at 1:53 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Main Street.

RANDOLPH

Thursday at 6:58 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Water Street.

7:30 p.m., a suspicious vehicle was reported on Water Street.

ARRESTS

AUGUSTA

Thursday at 9:10 a.m., Vickylee McInnis, 40, of Somerville, was arrested on a warrant during a traffic stop on Mount Vernon Avenue.

9:27 a.m., Mara L. Hayford, 27, of Gardiner, was arrested on two warrants during a traffic stop on Hospital and Stone streets.

IN BINGHAM, Thursday at 5:45 p.m., theft was reported on River Street.

IN CANAAN, Thursday at 4:42 p.m., trespassing was reported on Salisbury Road.

IN CLINTON, Thursday at 1:38 p.m., harassment was reported on Park Avenue.

3:01 p.m., criminal mischief was reported on Pishon Ferry Road.

3:48 p.m., a report of criminal trespassing led to an arrest on Hinckley Road.

IN EMBDEN, Friday at 8:39 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on New Portland Road.

IN FAIRFIELD, Thursday at 12:05 p.m., a scam was reported on Main Street.

7:14 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Main Street.

IN FARMINGTON, Thursday at 3:21 p.m., a smoke investigation was conducted on Rosewood Drive.

IN HARTLAND, Thursday at 2:01 p.m., a scam was reported on Connell Road.

IN JAY, Thursday at 5:41 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Main Street.

IN MADISON, Friday at 6:58 a.m., vandalism was reported on Oak Street.

IN OAKLAND, Thursday at 2:18 p.m., juvenile offenses were reported on Main Street.

3:34 p.m., a call about a fire was taken on Birch Meadows.

4:18 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Oak Street.

7:02 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Everett Street.

7:22 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Rossignol Avenue.

9:19 p.m., an assault was reported on Center Street.

IN PITTSFIELD, Thursday at 10:02 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Chandler Street.

IN SKOWHEGAN, Thursday at 10:30 a.m., a structure fire was reported on Waterville Road.

11:48 a.m., a brush fire was reported on Main Street.

2:52 p.m., a scam was reported on Family Circle.

10:01 p.m., an odor investigation was conducted on North Avenue.

IN WATERVILLE, Thursday at 6:15 a.m., theft was reported on Grove Street.

7:53 a.m., criminal mischief was reported at Albert S. Hall School.

9:36 a.m., theft was reported at T&B’s Outback Tavern on Jefferson Street.

11:39 a.m., a drug offense was reported on Kennedy Memorial Drive.

12:32 p.m., theft was reported on Nelson Street.

2:56 p.m., a domestic dispute was reported on South Grove Street.

4:47 p.m., harassment was reported on Colby Street.

5:49 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on First Rangeway.

5:58 p.m., threatening was reported on Hillside Avenue.

6 p.m., a domestic dispute was reported on Main Street.

6:27 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Grove Street.

7:07 p.m., sex offenses were reported on Colby Street.

7:25 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Main Street.

IN WILTON, Thursday at 4:51 p.m., harassment was reported on Hammond Road.

IN WINSLOW, Thursday at 2:56 p.m., fraud was reported on Hemlock Street.

4:47 p.m., an unwanted person was reported on Clinton Avenue.

5:46 p.m., theft was reported on Halifax Street.

7 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Halifax Street.

10:47 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Danielson Street.

Friday at 12:12 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Verti Drive.

ARRESTS

IN CLINTON, Thursday at 3:48 p.m., Anthony Smith, 37, of Canaan, was arrested on a charge of criminal trespassing.

IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, Thursday, Austin Clark, 25, of Jay, was arrested on a charge of driving under the influence.

Friday, Fred Chapman, 49, Farmington, was arrested on a charge of violating conditional release.

IN OAKLAND, Thursday at 8:52 a.m., William J. Halley, 45, of Oakland, was arrested on a warrant for unpaid fines.

IN SOMERSET COUNTY, Thursday at 6:12 p.m., Jason Bryant Abbott, 42, of Madison, was arrested on a warrant.

IN WATERVILLE, Thursday at 10:38 a.m., Debra Anne Chessa, 51, of Waterville, was arrested on a charge of driving under the influence with a prior offense.

SUMMONSES

IN OAKLAND, Thursday at 1:02 p.m., Devon L. Meservie, 23, of Canaan, was summoned on a charge of driving to endanger.

IN WATERVILLE, Thursday at 4:52 p.m., Judy Begin, 52, of Waterville, was summoned on a charge of driving with a suspended registration.

IN WINSLOW, Thursday at 5:46 p.m., Nicholas Chauvin, 37, of Winslow, was summoned on a charge of theft.

AUGUSTA — A Waterville man was sentenced to four years in prison after pleading guilty to an aggravated assault charge in which he hit a woman with a metal baseball bat.

Tyheen Shakee Walker, 33, formerly of New York, was ordered to serve an initial five months of that sentence, with the remainder suspended while he spends three years on probation.

At Thursday’s hearing at the Capital Judicial Center, a charge of terrorizing was dismissed in exchange for the plea.

The attack occurred Aug. 9 in Waterville when the woman stepped in between Walker and her boyfriend.

The victim told police she didn’t think Walker, a neighbor, would hurt a woman.

According to an affidavit by Waterville police Officer Tristan Russell, Walker and his girlfriend went to the home of Jamie Gray to look for his girlfriend’s 11-year-old daughter. The girl had been there but left. Gray then told her boyfriend, who was outside, that the girl was missing.

The affidavit said Walker became upset with Gray “for yelling his business through the apartment complex and threatened to assault her.”

Gray and her boyfriend went to talk to Walker and his girlfriend, according to the affidavit, and Walker “had a silver, blue and black baseball bat in his hands.”

The affidavit says Walker swung the bat three times, hitting Gray in the left side and lower back before her boyfriend pulled her back into the apartment.

Conditions of probation prohibit Walker from having contact with Gray.

In a separate hearing also held Thursday, Andrew Michael Bartmann, 34, who is listed as a transient, was sentenced to six months in jail after pleading guilty to criminal mischief in connection with a car fire in the parking lot of Super Shoes, just off Kennedy Memorial Drive in Waterville.

Bartmann, who was born in Iowa, and a co-defendant were accused of driving a vehicle — possibly stolen from a woman in Oregon — and setting it ablaze Aug. 2. The fire was reported shortly after midnight.

No one was injured in the blaze.

In exchange for Bartmann’s plea to criminal mischief, a charge of arson was dismissed.

Also Thursday at the Capital Judicial Center, Brandon R. Darveau was sentenced to eight years in prison for unlawful drug trafficking.He was ordered to serve an initial two years up front and the remainder was suspended while he spends three years on probation.

He also agreed to the forfeiture of $7,802, which will go to the city of Augusta because of the Augusta Police Department’s “substantial” contribution to the investigation, according to the court file.

An affidavit by an Augusta Police Department detective says police were called to a residence at 51 School St. to assist with a probation check of another resident.

During an initial search of the residence, officers found syringes in a bedroom and a spoon with residue on it in the bathroom.

Darveau consented to a search of his room, property and person, according to the affidavit. A detective searched his room and found a backpack on the bed containing a large amount of money. Darveau told the officers the money was his and was a payment from his father for shoveling and plowing snow.

A police dog assisted with the remainder of the search and located a clear plastic bag in the couch that contained a powder that tested positive for heroin. Darveau admitted the heroin was his, the affidavit stated.

In exchange for the plea, a charge of aggravated trafficking in heroin was dismissed.

Betty Adams — 621-5631

badams@centralmaine.com

Twitter: @betadams

The attorney for convicted murderer Anthony Sanborn continued Friday to pick away at the police work of Portland detectives as they built a case against Sanborn 27 years ago.

Amy Fairfield suggested in Cumberland County Superior Court that the detectives ignored the fact that Sanborn didn’t fully match the description of a man seen with Jessica Briggs shortly before she was brutally murdered on the Portland waterfront in May 1989. She also used one detective’s notes to suggest that police didn’t follow up on alternate suspects or fully check out the alibis of some people connected with Briggs.

The deconstruction of the case against Sanborn came during the fourth day of a post-conviction review of Sanborn’s 1992 murder trial. In April, Justice Joyce Wheeler took the rare step in Maine of ordering a review of the murder conviction, and allowed Sanborn bail and a release from prison when a key witness recanted her testimony and alleged that police had coerced her to lie on the stand.

Now, Wheeler is overseeing a full hearing looking at the case and the conduct of the trial against Sanborn to determine whether he should go free for good. The hearing is expected to continue for at least two more weeks.

Sanborn has spent the last 27 years in prison for the grisly stabbing death of Briggs, who was 16 at the time of her murder. Prosecutors alleged that on the day of the murder, Sanborn told others that he was angry with Briggs, said he was looking for the girl and showed an acquaintance a knife that he was carrying.

Sanborn has maintained his innocence and Fairfield has argued his cause, alleging that police focused quickly on him and then coerced witnesses into slanting their testimony against Sanborn. She also said that police didn’t turn over all of the evidence in the case to Sanborn’s lawyers, including evidence that might have cleared him.

The two retired detectives who led the investigation into Briggs murder, James Daniels and Danny Young, have testified this week.

On Friday, Fairfield said that Young’s notes indicated that he interviewed workers at Bath Iron Works, which had a facility on the Maine State Pier at the time, about the night of the murder. The workers said they saw two teenagers together on the waterfront late that night. The girl matched Briggs’ description, but the BIW workers described the boy as having blond hair, while Sanborn is dark-haired.

“People can change their hair color,” Young told Fairfield.

Fairfield had Young pore over his notes, trying to pick out times where he seemingly excluded other potential suspects without fully checking out their stories.

Her level of detail at one point seemed to exasperate Meg Elam, the assistant attorney general representing the state in the hearing, who is trying to preserve Sanborn’s conviction.

“If we’re going to read every note, we’ll be here until the cows come home,” she told Wheeler, and at other times questioned the relevance of Fairfield’s questions.

But Wheeler allowed the close examination of Young’s notes and reports to continue. In most cases, he said that he didn’t remember the interviews he conducted at the time, but insisted his written reports were accurate. He did say that police were trying to rule out potential suspects as they interviewed Briggs’ friends, but said that’s standard in cases where the victim is connected to a large number of other people.

Young is expected to continue to testify when the hearing resumes Monday.

Edward D. Murphy can be contacted at 791-6465 or at:

emurphy@pressherald.com

A New York man was arrested on multiple counts of aggravated forgery and other charges after making nearly $20,000 in fraudulent withdrawals from TD Bank branches in Greater Portland on Thursday, police said.

Darryl I. Morgan, 49, of the Bronx, was arrested as he was leaving the Windham TD Bank branch at 756 Roosevelt Trail after making fraudulent withdrawals at bank branches on Allen Avenue and Forest Avenue in Portland, Main Street in Gorham and Ossipee Trail in Standish, the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office said. It later resent a mugshot of the suspect that listed his name as Darryl Iverson Mangum.

The sheriff’s office said bank employees at the Standish branch reported that Morgan had entered the bank and claimed to be a specific account holder.

They said he produced a photo ID containing the account holder’s name and personal identifying information of the actual account holder. He withdrew $4,700 from the account and left.

Standish branch employees were then alerted by TD Bank’s fraud division that Morgan, who is black, was not the actual account holder, who is white. The bank fraud division determined that Morgan had also made similar withdrawals using other account holders’ information at other branches within the past four hours.

When Morgan tried to withdraw money from the Windham branch, employees reported to Windham police that a man matching Morgan’s description was at their location.

He was arrested before he could complete another withdrawal.

Morgan was taken to the Cumberland County Jail, where he was charged with multiple counts of aggravated forgery, theft by deception, misuse of identification, and failure to provide a correct name and date of birth to police. Bail was set at $150,000 and he was scheduled to appear at Portland Unified Court on Friday.

Police said they are investigating whether Morgan is connected to any other fraud incidents in New England.

None of the victim bank account holders are Maine residents.

Beth Quimby can be contacted at 791-6363 or at:

bquimby@pressherald.com

Twitter: bquimby

IN ATHENS, Friday at 3:56 p.m., a vehicle fire was reported on Main Street.

IN BELGRADE, Saturday at 6:51 a.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on Manchester Road.

IN BENTON, Friday at 5:59 p.m., a fire with wires down was reported on Neck Road.

IN BURNHAM, Friday at 12:46 a.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on Horseback Road.

12:47 a.m., a disturbance was reported on Horseback Road.

IN CANAAN, Friday at 3:20 p.m., a caller from Hill Road reported receiving a bad check.

IN CLINTON, Friday at 5:25 p.m., debris was reported in the road on Interstate 95’s southbound lanes.

IN FAIRFIELD, Friday at 11:08 a.m., trespassing was reported on Main Street.

12:16 p.m., threatening was reported on Crane Drive.

7:07 p.m., a woods, grass or brush fire was reported on Robinson Street.

IN JAY, Friday at 4:29 a.m., a road hazard was reported at Claybrook and Warren Hill roads.

11:27 a.m., a fire service call was requested on Warren Hill Road.

IN FARMINGTON, Saturday at 6:54 a.m., a caller from Main Street reported someone was missing.

IN HARTLAND, Friday at 2:19 p.m., a theft was reported on Pleasant Street.

IN JACKMAN, Friday at 5:17 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Forest Street.

IN MADISON, Friday at 2:07 p.m., a burglary was reported on Preble Avenue.

6:59 p.m., fireworks were reported on Park Street.

Saturday at 7:12 a.m., a burglary was reported on Boardman Road.

IN NORRIDGEWOCK, Friday at 10:23 a.m., trespassing was reported on Oak Hill Road.

2:54 p.m., a theft was reported on Burrill Hill Road.

5:38 p.m., harassment was reported on Clark Street.

7:25 p.m., a theft was reported on Tarbell Hill Road.

Saturday at 7:39 a.m., vandalism was reported on Burrill Hill Road.

IN PLYMOUTH, Friday at 11:12 p.m., a fire and smoke investigation was reported on Lower Detroit Road.

IN SKOWHEGAN, Friday at 3:07 a.m., an intoxicated person was reported on Madison Avenue.

8:58 a.m., debris was reported in the road on Madison Avenue.

9:48 a.m., threatening was reported on Court Street.

11 a.m., harassment was reported on Court Street.

2:01 p.m., an intoxicated person was reported on Water Street.

3:12 p.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on South Factory Street.

4:18 p.m., trespassing was reported on Waterville Road.

5:14 p.m., shots were reported to have been fired on Heselton Street.

7:23 p.m., trespassing was reported on Madison Avenue.

10:23 p.m., loud noise was reported on McClellan Street.

11:02 p.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on Milburn Street.

Saturday at 2:30 a.m., trespassing was reported on McClellan Street.

IN SOLON, Friday at 1:03 p.m., threatening was reported on French Hill Road.

IN STRONG, Friday at 7:35 p.m., a fire with a tree and lines down was reported on Foster Hill Road.

IN VASSALBORO, Saturday at 9:20 a.m., a theft was reported on Oak Grove Road.

IN WATERVILLE, Friday at 9:41 a.m., criminal trespassing was reported at Save-A-Lot on The Concourse.

12:19 p.m., a vehicle burglary was reported on Toward Street.

1:32 p.m., a case involving forgery or fraud was reported on Winter Street.

1:37 p.m., a theft was reported at Jin Yuan Restaurant on Temple Street.

1:44 p.m., a domestic dispute was reported on South Grove Street.

3:21 p.m., a case involving forgery or fraud was reported on Village Green Road.

3:46 p.m., criminal mischief was reported at Your Second Hand Store on Water Street.

4:38 p.m., a theft was reported on Grove Street.

8:22 p.m., a caller from College Avenue reported an unwanted person on the premises.

8:31 p.m., a caller from The Home Depot on Waterville Commons Drive reported an unwanted person on the premises.

9:28 p.m., a noise was reported on Kelsey Street.

9:55 p.m., a fight was reported on College Avenue.

11:32 p.m., a disturbance was reported on College Avenue.

11:43 p.m., a caller from Cancun restaurant on Silver Street reported an unwanted person on the premises.

11:45 p.m., a caller from Wilson Street reported someone was missing.

IN WILTON, Friday at 11:14 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Munson Road.

ARRESTS

IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, Friday, no time given, Kelly Sabin, 49, of Wilton, was arrested and charged with operating after suspension.

Christopher Tracy, 24, of Industry, was arrested and charged with operating after suspension and violation of conditions of release.

Robert Hunter, 48, of Farmington, was arrested and charged with violation of conditions of release and trafficking in scheduled drugs.

Joshua Hine, 24, of Farmington, was arrested and charged with violation of conditions of release.

Saturday, no time given, Victor Banville, 35, of Livermore, was arrested and charged with aggravated criminal mischief.

Nicholas Purdy, 23, of Farmington, was arrested and charged with operating under the influence.

Daniel Migdelany, 51, of Jefferson, Massachusetts, was arrested and charged with OUI.

IN SOMERSET COUNTY, Friday at 12:51 p.m., David Anthony Bowring, 27, of Clinton, was arrested and charged with probation violation.

7:50 p.m., Jonathan Adam Chartier, 34, listed as transient, was arrested on a warrant.

11:37 p.m., Derek Richard Lindsay, 45, of Skowhegan, was arrested and charged with domestic violence assault.

SUMMONSES

IN WATERVILLE, Friday at 7:53 a.m., Edward J. Giguere, 33, of Waterville, was summoned and charged with speeding 30-plus mph over the speed limit.

Saturday at 1:01 a.m., Kelly M. Goards, 34, of Fairfield, was summoned and charged with violating condition of release.

AUGUSTA

Friday at 10:12 a.m., an unidentified person was charged following a report of a disturbance or disorderly conduct from a caller on Noyes Court.

10:32 a.m., one person was summoned following a report of a theft from a Bangor Street caller.

11:08 a.m., a Noyes Court caller reported a disturbance.

12:31 p.m., a Bangor Street caller reported theft.

1:53 p.m., a report of forgery was handled at the Police Department.

2:23 p.m., a New England Road caller reported theft.

5:51 p.m., a Mill Street caller reported a protection order violation.

6:06 p.m., an unspecified offense was reported by an Edison Drive caller.

6:07 p.m., a Hospital Street caller reported a disturbance.

11:35 p.m., a caller from Edison Drive reported suspicious activity.

Saturday at 12:32 a.m., a Water Street caller reported a disturbance or disorderly conduct.

2:23 a.m., a Winthrop Street caller reported a burglary.

HALLOWELL

Friday at 2:38 p.m., a Town Farm Road caller reported theft.

ARRESTS

AUGUSTA

Friday at 7:39 p.m., Nicole A. Taylor, 41, of Farmingdale, was arrested on Edison Drive on a warrant from Sagadahoc County. The arrest followed a report of criminal trespassing.

7:50 p.m., Kenneth Cordwell, 43, of Augusta was arrested on Green Street following a report of a domestic disturbance. He was charged with domestic violence assault and cruelty to animals.

Saturday at 12:35 a.m., Joshua T. Bennett, 31, of Union, was arrested on a warrant as well as on charges of domestic violence assault and obstructing report of a crime. The arrest occurred on Western Avenue following a report of a disturbance or disorderly conduct.

The York County Jail corrections officer who was arrested on drug charges Saturday night and who subsequently resigned his post had not been dealing drugs there for very long, Sheriff William L. King Jr. said Sunday.

King identified the corrections officer as Andre Sims, 24, of Alfred.

It was second time in three years that a corrections officer has been accused of dealing in contraband at the jail in Alfred.

King said that Sims was arrested about 10 p.m. Saturday and charged with one count of unlawful trafficking in Schedule W drugs (suboxone) and one count of trafficking in prison contraband. Suboxone is the trade name of a drug used to treat opiate dependency.

York County sheriff’s deputies and officers from the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency arrested Sims, who was later released on $500 cash bail. Sims, who had worked at the jail for 11 months, is scheduled to appear Dec. 8 at York County Superior Court in Alfred.

“This has not been going on for very long,” King said in a telephone interview Sunday night. “I’m convinced that he just started doing this.”

King declined to elaborate on the circumstances that led to Sims’ arrest.

The sheriff said this was the first incident of a corrections officer smuggling contraband into the jail since 2014. Three years ago, four corrections officers and three former corrections officers were indicted on criminal charges related to smuggling contraband to an inmate.

At a news conference in September 2014, then-York County Sheriff Maurice Ouellette announced that one of the officers had been accused of bringing contraband – including drugs, cigarettes and a cellphone – into the jail in Alfred. He said the other officers were accused of failing to report what they knew were violations. The smuggling came to light after a photo of an inmate, with razor wire visible behind him, was posted on Facebook.

King, who was the county’s deputy chief in 2014, said the cases against the former corrections officers were handed over to the York County District Attorney’s Office for prosecution. Though he was unable to recall all of the details, King said charges were dropped against most of the officers and two of them returned to work at the York County Jail.

Dennis Hoey can be contacted at 791-6365 or at:

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AUGUSTA — This is a roundup of cases closed Oct. 5-11, 2017, in courts in Augusta and Waterville.

Ariana A. Ahearn, 18, of Vassalboro, minor transporting liquor May 11, 2017, in Waterville, dismissed.

Amy Jo Lin Beaudry, 43, of Winslow, protective order from harassment violation Aug. 16, 2017, in Waterville; 30-day jail sentence; violating condition of release Aug. 16, 2017, in Waterville; 30-day jail sentence; protective order from harassment violation April 5, 2017, in Winslow; 30-day jail sentence; protective order from harassment violation March 8, 2017, in Winslow; 364-day jail sentence, all but 60 days suspended, one-year administrative release; protective order from harassment violation March 24, 2017, in Waterville; 30-day jail sentence; protective order from harassment violation May 1, 2017, in Waterville; 30-day jail sentence; violating condition of release May 1, 2017, in Waterville; 30-day jail sentence. Violating condition of release May 10, 2017, in Winslow, dismissed. Protective order from harassment violation May 15, 2017, in Waterville; 30-day jail sentence; violating condition of release May 15, 2017, in Waterville; 30-day jail sentence. Protective order from harassment violation and violating condition of release Sept. 11, 2017, in Waterville, dismissed. Keeping dangerous dog March 25, 2017, in Winslow; $250 fine, $537 restitution; allowing dog to be at large March 25, 2017, in Winslow; $50 fine; keeping unlicensed dog and violation rabies prevention, chapter 720, March 25, 2017, in Winslow, dismissed.

Benjamin Beland, 37, of Sidney, domestic violence assault Aug. 18, 2017, in Augusta; 275-day jail sentence, all but 36 days suspended, two-year probation.

John Bell, 57, of Augusta, protective order from harassment violation April 13, 2017, in Gardiner; $200 fine.

Noah R. Bittner, 28, of Hallowell, operating under the influence June 10, 2017, in Winthrop; $500 fine, 48-hour jail sentence, 150-day license suspension.

Tyler J. Boudreau, 22, of Fairfield, operating under the influence April 23, 2017, in Waterville; $500 fine.

Christy Bush, 40, of Winthrop, operating under the influence Oct. 5, 2017, in Winthrop; $600 fine, 96-hour jail sentence, 275-day license suspension; violating condition of release, same date and town, dismissed.

Adam G. Call, 20, of Lisbon, operating while license suspended or revoked May 25, 2017, in Litchfield; $250 fine; violating condition of release May 25, 2017, in Litchfield; $100 fine.

Steven E. Case, 53, of Lewiston, assault May 23, 2017, in Winthrop; $500 fine. Domestic violence assault, same date and town, dismissed.

James M. Cassidy, 55, of Vassalboro, operating under the influence May 20, 2017, in Winslow; $500 fine, 150-day license suspension.

Jacob Cloutier, 30, of Augusta, disorderly conduct, offensive words, gestures June 19, 2017, in Augusta; 180-day jail sentence, all but 21 days suspended, one-year administrative release; criminal trespass June 19, 2017, in Augusta; 180-day jail sentence, one-year administrative release; refusing to submit to arrest or detention, physical force June 19, 2017, in Augusta; 180-day jail sentence, one-year administrative release. Terrorizing, same date and town, dismissed.

Joshua A. Cloutier, 34, of Augusta, disorderly conduct, offensive words, gestures June 19, 2017, in Augusta; 180-day jail sentence, all but 10 days suspended, one-year administrative release; criminal trespass June 19, 2017, in Augusta; 180-day jail sentence, all but 10 days suspended, one-year administrative release. Refusing to submit to arrest or detention, physical force, same date and town, dismissed.

Chase Coleman, 19, of Freeport, two counts minor possessing liquor May 4, 2017, in Waterville, and May 6, 2017, in Oakland, dismissed.

Tobey L. Cyr, 32, of Waterville, criminal mischief May 30, 2017, in Winslow; $200 fine.

Katie L. Danforth, 28, of Fairfield, operating while license suspended or revoked March 29, 2017, in Waterville, dismissed.

Sherie Fisher, 39, of Waterville, operating under the influence March 5, 2017, in Oakland; $500 fine.

Amber Frost, 36, of Waterville, use of drug paraphernalia April 30, 2017, in Waterville; $300 fine.

Randy L. Gaboury, 38, of Augusta, unlawful possession of scheduled drug July 11, 2017, in Augusta, dismissed.

Gilbert Richard Gagne, 56, of Augusta, operating under the influence July 16, 2017, in Augusta; $600 fine, four-day jail sentence, 150-day license suspension.

George D. Garcia, 26, of Vassalboro, assault July 24, 2016, in Waterville; $300 fine.

Raymond Girouard, 60, of Hallowell, operating under the influence April 6, 2014, in Belgrade; $500 fine, 150-day license suspension.

Nicholas V. Goodwin, 32, of Waterville, theft by unauthorized taking or transfer Nov. 7, 2016, in Waterville; 72-hour jail sentence; theft by unauthorized taking or transfer May 24, 2016, in Waterville; 72-hour jail sentence.

Dustin Graves, 31, of St. Albans, operating while license suspended or revoked April 19, 2016, in Winslow; $250 fine.

David C. Heuerman, 35, of Melbourne, Florida, operating under the influence July 3, 2017, in Waterville; $900 fine, 10-day jail sentence, three-year license suspension.

Sasha J. Letourneau, 22, of Fairfield, operating under the influence May 6, 2017, in Winslow; $500 fine, 150-day license suspension.

Krista Lizak, 46, of Waterville, drinking in public Sept. 7, 2017, in Waterville; 24-hour jail sentence.

Zachary M. Needham, 18, of South China, operating vehicle without license July 22, 2017, in China; $150 fine.

Vaughn S. Orchard, 56, of Waterville, criminal trespass Oct. 4, 2017, in Waterville; 48-hour jail sentence. Criminal trespass, Aug. 5, 2017, in Waterville, dismissed.

Jessica L. Pagliaroli, 28, of Gardiner, unlawful possession of scheduled drug June 20, 2015, in Augusta; $400 fine.

Brendan Palmer Jr., 20, of Waterville, unlawful possession of scheduled drug April 21, 2017, in Waterville; $400 fine.

Kimberly Ann Parlin, 45, of Pittston, operating under the influence April 19, 2017, in Hallowell; $500 fine, 48-hour jail sentence, 150-day license suspension.

Samantha L. Peaslee, 26, of Vassalboro, operating under the influence April 28, 2017, in Winslow; $500 fine, 48-hour jail sentence, 150-day license suspension.

Justin R. Raschack, 29, of Belfast, operating under the influence Feb. 6, 2017, in China; $500 fine, 48-hour jail sentence, 150-day license suspension. Use of drug paraphernalia, same date and town, dismissed.

Bartley J. Ray, 38, of Saco, theft by unauthorized taking or transfer Oct. 8, 2017, in Gardiner; 24-hour jail sentence.

Tracie Roy, 28, of Augusta, habitually truant student Sept. 8, 2016, in Augusta; $250 fine.

Samuel R. Scofield, 20, of Kent, Connecticut, minor consuming liquor May 4, 2017, in Waterville, dismissed.

Gabriel J. Stuart, 51, of Waterville, operating while license suspended or revoked May 8, 2017, in Waterville, dismissed.

Eric D. Tarr, 20, of Waterville, violating condition of release Jan. 6, 2017, in Waterville; $500 fine.

Brittany A. Thompson, 20, of Oakland, operating after registration suspended May 19, 2017, in Winslow, dismissed.

Brett A. Uhler, 33, of China Village, failing to make oral or written accident report April 22, 2017, in Winslow, dismissed.

Regina M. Villacci, 23, of Gardiner, attaching false plates July 26, 2017, in Augusta, dismissed.

Elaine F. Yellen, 73, of Waterville, failure to register vehicle April 20, 2017, in Waterville; $100 fine.

IN CANAAN, Saturday at 7:32 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Chestnut Street.

Sunday at 12:26 a.m., a caller from Walker Hill Road complained of fireworks.

12:41 a.m., fireworks were reported on Walker Hill Road.

IN CLINTON, Saturday at 5:33 p.m., a fire and smoke investigation was reportedly conducted on Hinckley Road.

IN DETROIT, Saturday at 11:58 a.m., a theft was reported on River Road.

5:38 p.m., threatening was reported on River Road.

IN FAIRFIELD, Saturday at 10:09 a.m., a burglary was reported on Norridgewock Road.

3:14 p.m., a theft was reported on Main Street.

7:27 p.m., a brush, woods or grass fire was reported on Water Street.

IN MADISON, Saturday at 9:52 a.m., a burglary was reported on Bagley Road.

12:50 p.m., a vehicle burglary was reported on Adams Road.

2:08 p.m., a vehicle burglary was reported on Foss Road.

2:26 p.m., debris was reported in the road on Heald Street.

8:50 p.m., someone complained of fireworks on Nichols Street.

9:28 p.m., fireworks were reported on Nichols Street.

IN PALMYRA, Saturday at 10:26 a.m., a theft was reported on Raymond Road.

IN PITTSFIELD, Saturday at 11:23 a.m., trespassing was reported on Greeley Street.

IN SKOWHEGAN, Saturday at 2:49 p.m., a theft was reported on Madison Avenue.

7:35 p.m., a structure fire was reported on Waterville Road. Officials cleared the scene at 8:14 p.m., according to the report.

IN WATERVILLE, Saturday at 9:49 a.m., a drug offense was reported on Kimball Street.

11:03 a.m., a fight was reported on Ticonic Street.

12:07 p.m., a vehicle burglary was reported on Fairmont Street.

12:35 p.m., a domestic dispute was reported on Gold Street. A woman was arrested and charged with domestic violence assault, according to the report.

12:42 p.m., harassment was reported at Walmart, at Waterville Commons.

1:08 p.m., harassment was reported on Pleasant Street.

2:05 p.m., a theft was reported at Thompson Volkswagen on Main Street.

3:42 p.m., an assault was reported on King Street.

9:24 p.m., noise was reported at Hathaway Creative Center on Water Street.

Arrests

IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, Sunday, no time given, Joshua Neal, 26, of Wilton, was arrested and charged with operating under the influence.

IN SOMERSET COUNTY, Sunday at 3:54 a.m., Roger W. Bower, 40, of Waterville, was arrested and charged with violation of a protective order.

IN WATERVILLE, Saturday at 1:26 p.m., Jennifer M. Ames, 28, of Waterville, was arrested and charged with domestic violence assault.

10:07 p.m., Ashley Pouliot, 30, of Waterville, was arrested on a warrant.

Sunday at 12:49 a.m., Denise Neal, 34, of Benton, was arrested and charged with OUI.

Summonses

IN WATERVILLE, Saturday at 8:07 a.m., Dylan Michael Lajoie, 25, of Waterville, was summoned and charged with attaching false plates and violating condition of release.

10:50 p.m., Ross Charles Liberty, 24, of Waterville, was summoned and charged with refusing to submit to arrest or detention and refusing to stop.

AUGUSTA

Saturday at 2:18 p.m., two people were reported arrested following a report of shoplifting from a Cony Street caller.

3:33 p.m., a caller from Memorial Circle reported an assault.

4:06 p.m., a 55-year-old Augusta man was issued a summons on Memorial Circle charging him with criminal trespass.

6:38 p.m., an Eastern Avenue caller reported criminal mischief.

6:41 p.m., a caller from Medical Center Parkway reported an assault.

11:14 p.m., a caller from Cony Road reported a disturbance/disorderly conduct.

Sunday at 4:48 a.m., a Crosby Street caller reported a disturbance.

HALLOWELL

Saturday at 9:49 a.m., a Temple Street caller reported criminal mischief.

10:32 p.m., a caller from Orchard Street reported harassment.

ARRESTS

AUGUSTA

Saturday at 6:03 p.m., Patrick W. Shea, 27, of Randolph, was arrested on a probation hold following a probation check/violation on Edison Drive.

9:36 p.m., Michael E. Clark, 21, of Augusta, was arrested following a report of a disturbance/disorderly conduct from a Hancock Street caller. He was charged with domestic violence assault, criminal mischief and unlawful possession of scheduled drug.

10:34 p.m., Dillon L. Bellefleur, 26, of Fairfield, was arrested following a report of a disturbance/disorderly conduct from a Western Avenue caller. He was charged with two counts of assault and one each of criminal mischief, refusing to submit to arrest or detention, disorderly conduct/fighting, and terrorizing.

A Limerick teenager was charged with three counts of burglary after admitting to stealing women’s undergarments from local homes, York County Sheriff William L. King Jr. said Sunday.

King said a woman who spotted someone “peeping” in her windows Saturday notified police.

Deputies located the “peeper,” who lives in the neighborhood, King said. During an interview, the boy “admitted to looking in the house and later admitted to breaking into several homes and stealing underwear,” the sheriff added in a statement.

King said the boy had also broken into three homes on Sept. 30 and stolen women’s undergarments. He led deputies to hiding spots in a wooded area where the officers recovered nearly 70 pieces of stolen underwear.

The victims identified most of their undergarments, King said.

The boy was issued a summons on the burglary charges and will appear in juvenile court Dec. 5.

An attorney for Anthony H. Sanborn Jr. said Portland police did not turn over to the defense during Sanborn’s 1992 murder trial audio recordings between Jessica L. Briggs and a man believed to have been her pimp made several days before her slaying.

But the tape, a portion of which was played in court Monday, was not admitted into evidence at Sanborn’s post-conviction review because the retired Portland police detective who took possession of it after the 1989 killing of Briggs could not remember its contents and authenticate it.

Amy Fairfield, an attorney for Sanborn, played several seconds of the answering machine cassette that was received by then-Detective Daniel Young from Roberto Gonzales, who met Briggs at the Maine Youth Center in South Portland.

Questioning about the tape stopped after Assistant Attorney General Meg Elam argued that the recording should be excluded if Young has no memory of it.

“I still don’t think there is a foundation for the phone message tape (to be included in evidence),” Elam said. “I don’t know how she lays the foundation, I don’t know how she establishes when it was done, and I don’t know how she establishes who was on there.”

Fairfield said the tape was relevant because Gonzales knew Briggs and he was investigated by police.

“He was a prime alternative suspect, was known to be her pimp, and this evidence is absolutely relevant,” Fairfield said. “Mr. Young took the tape in, he signed it, he wrote on it. We have notes of him talking to Roberto on the exact date of the tape being received.”

Superior Court Justice Joyce Wheeler said that without authentication by a witness, the tape cannot go into the pool of evidence that she will consider to determine if Sanborn’s constitutional rights were violated during his trial.

Fairfield said she will have another witness testify to the tape’s authenticity.

The battle over the recording is typical of the five days of hearings held so far in Sanborn’s post-conviction review effort.

Clear, independent recollections by police witnesses – of who said what, when, and to whom – have been rare so far. Detectives Young and James Daniels, the lead investigator in the case who testified last week, have both relied heavily on contemporaneous notes, reports and other documents to refresh their memories.

The testimony is painstaking, and attorneys on both sides are grappling with thousands upon thousands of pages of documents.

On each day, much time has been spent shuffling through papers to find relevant notebook pages or trial transcript excerpts, or giving witnesses a few minutes to read through a report before testifying about it.

So far, Fairfield, who has the burden to prove that no reasonable juror would have convicted Sanborn if given the new information she is presenting, has done the bulk of the questioning. The state will have the chance to cross-examine every witness who testifies.

Fairfield has offered nearly 100 exhibits, ranging from pink “while you were out” phone message slips to typed documents to pages of handwritten notes photocopied from flip-top pads. Some documents contain the handwriting of more than one detective, meaning each would have to testify about the relevant portions.

Young retired from the Portland Police Department in 2005 and later became an investigator with the State Fire Marshal’s Office before retiring in December 2016. He currently works in the private sector doing fire investigations.

For the third day Monday, Young parsed through handwritten notes and reports he authored or co-wrote nearly 30 years ago.

Sanborn, now 45, is attempting to clear his name after mounting a challenge to his 1992 conviction, claiming that police and prosecutors colluded to withhold evidence and coerce witnesses into testifying against him. Both Briggs and Sanborn were 16 years old and living on the streets when Briggs was stabbed and slashed to death on the Maine State Pier. Her body was found May 24, 1989, dumped nearby in Portland Harbor.

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The Cushing captain accused of causing the deaths of two crew members when his lobster boat sank during a gale says his client didn’t consent to a blood test that showed he was under the influence of drugs at the time and the results should be thrown out of court.

Christopher A. Hutchinson, 29, is charged with two counts of seaman’s manslaughter in the deaths of Tom Hammond, 27, of Rockland and 15-year-old Tyler Sawyer, who lived in St. George and Waldoboro. They were crew members aboard Hutchinson’s lobster boat, No Limits, which sank Nov. 1, 2014. The charges carry a prison sentence of up to 10 years.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office is opposing the pretrial motion filed on Hutchinson’s behalf to exclude the test results. The case is being heard in U.S. District Court in Portland.

On the night of the sinking, one of two drug dealers who is alleged to have provided oxycodone to Hutchinson suggested to Travis Sawyer, Tyler Sawyer’s father, that he ask the Coast Guard to test the captain for drugs, according to a court filing by the prosecution. The father contacted the Coast Guard and a blood sample was drawn shortly before Hutchinson was released from Maine Medical Center in Portland.

Hutchinson agreed to the request in the presence of his parents and friends, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office response to the defense’s motion to suppress.

The prosecution maintains that Hutchinson purchased 20 30-milligram oxycodone pills from two separate drug dealers, smoked marijuana with Sawyer’s father and drank a rum and coke at a Rockland restaurant on Halloween, according to the motion filed by the U.S. Attorney’s Office. He then departed for the fishing trip at 1 a.m. Nov. 1 from Linda Bean’s dock in Tenants Harbor as rain began to fall.

The emergency locator signal on the vessel activated at 1:30 p.m. that day, when the vessel sank. A Coast Guard helicopter found Hutchinson in a life raft without a survival suit or life preserver at 4 p.m. The bow of the No Limits was spotted by the helicopter at 5 p.m. with no signs of life. The helicopter left the search for the missing crew members in order to take Hutchinson to the hospital for treatment of exposure and a cut to his head.

The prosecution stated in its court motion that Hutchinson admitted to Travis Sawyer during a Nov. 2 telephone call and in person on Nov. 3 that he was “dirty” at the time of the sinking.

Hutchinson admitted to attorneys for his insurance company on Dec. 11 that he had taken the oxycodone and smoked marijuana. He also told Coast Guard investigators on Jan. 13, 2015, that he knew what the blood test would detect, informing them that he bought the painkillers off the street for back and shoulder pain.

Hutchinson’s attorney, Michael Turndorf of Portland, argued in his motion to suppress that the blood test was taken without a court warrant.

Turndorf said the Coast Guard had no suspicion that Hutchinson was under the influence through its contact with him and that a blood alcohol test showed no alcohol in his system.

The defense attorney also pointed out that the medical staff at Maine Med had refused a request by the Coast Guard to take a blood test. The Coast Guard then contacted a Gorham police officer trained in taking blood samples.

Hutchinson’s mother was in the hospital room and objected to the blood test, but the officer said it was mandatory, according to the defense motion. The defense claims Hutchinson was asleep in a hospital bed when the sample was taken from an existing intravenous line. He never signed a consent form for the test, Turndorf maintains.

Hutchinson’s trial is scheduled for February. The prosecution plans to call 35 to 40 witnesses during the trial, which is expected to last 10 days.

Hutchinson was initially released on bail after being charged in December 2016 with manslaughter, but in April was ordered detained until trial after he admitted to overdosing on heroin March 13 at a residence in Friendship. Two doses of Narcan were administered to revive Hutchinson.

The prosecution noted that Hutchinson was still operating a lobster boat and said he posed a risk to the public.

In a newspaper interview a few days after his boat sank, Hutchinson said the No Limits was returning to the mainland after a day of hauling traps when the seas and winds quickly intensified, causing the 45-foot fiberglass boat to flip.

A weather buoy nearby measured wind gusts of 40 knots and waves of up to 14 feet. The boat overturned several miles west of Matinicus, he said.

In July 2015, Superior Court Justice Daniel Billings ruled that $170,500 in damages should go to Michelle Miete of Washington, personal representative for Hammond’s estate, and the remaining $139,500 of the settlement fund should go to Lisa Chickering and Travis Sawyer, Tyler Sawyer’s parents and personal representatives of his estate.

AUGUSTA

Sunday at 9:03 a.m., a mental health and well-being check was performed on Willow Street.

10:28 a.m., needles were recovered on Myrtle Street.

11:33 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on South Belfast Avenue.

12:25 p.m., harassment was reported on Noyes Court.

4:08 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Civic Center Drive.

4:10 p.m., indecency was reported on Western Avenue.

5:24 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Pierce Drive.

6:07 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Western Avenue.

6:17 p.m., disorderly conduct was reported on Winthrop Street.

6:25 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Northern Avenue.

7:29 p.m., simple assault was reported on Washington Street.

8:17 p.m., a traffic stop was performed on Bangor and Linden streets.

8:20 p.m., a 27-year-old Augusta man was issued a summons on charges of making an improper left turn and operating while license was suspended or revoked, after a traffic stop was performed on Cony Street.

8:56 p.m., harassment was reported on Gage Street.

9:26 p.m., property was recovered on Winthrop Street.

Monday at 12:08 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Green Street.

5:15 a.m., a traffic hazard was reported on Leighton Road.

6:16 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Winthrop Street.

CHELSEA

Friday at 9:43 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Ferry Road

7:30 p.m., a suspicious vehicle was reported on Togus Road.

GARDINER

Friday at 7:05 p.m., a traffic hazard was reported on Highland Avenue.

10:50 p.m., a well-being check was performed on Winter Street.

Saturday at 1:06 p.m., theft was reported on Highland Avenue.

Monday at 3:48 a.m., a well-being check was performed on Washington Avenue.

HALLOWELL

Sunday at 11:57 a.m., a disturbance was reported on Water Street.

MONMOUTH

Friday at 8:15 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on U.S. Route 202.

2:04 p.m., a traffic hazard was reported on Ridge Road and Main Street.

Saturday at 11:27 a.m., a well-being check was performed on U.S. Route 202.

RANDOLPH

Friday at 10:14 a.m., vandalism was reported on Windsor Street.

Saturday at 8:48 a.m., a well-being check was performed on Birmingham Road.

Sunday at 3:18 p.m., theft was reported on Water Street.

ARRESTS

AUGUSTA

Sunday at 7:54 p.m., Bryan Quiroz, 33, of Bangor, was arrested on a charge of violating conditions of release, after suspicious activity was reported on Western Avenue.

GARDINER

Saturday at 7:35 p.m., Eric H. Nickerson, 49, of Greene, was arrested on a warrant, in the arcade lot.