Morning Sentinel March 7 police log
IN ATHENS, Sunday at 10:02 a.m., a motor vehicle accident was reported on Adoke Way. IN CLINTON, Sunday at 10:02 a.m., a motor vehicle accident was reported on Interstate 95. 5:20 p.m., a suspicious...
View ArticleSelling stolen copper puts Augusta man behind bars for 4 years
AUGUSTA — A city man who sold $199 worth of stolen Central Maine Power copper wire as scrap will spend the next four years behind metal bars. John Paul Stevens, 50, who had pleaded guilty Jan. 22 to...
View ArticlePolice: Augusta woman continued to stab husband while driving him to the...
AUGUSTA — Police say a city woman bought a large kitchen knife, stabbed her husband with it when he came home from work, and then stabbed him again as she drove him to the hospital Friday afternoon....
View ArticleMadison man to serve three days in jail on domestic violence charges
SKOWHEGAN — A Madison man was sentenced to serve three days in jail Monday after pleading guilty to domestic violence charges following his arrest Saturday by Skowhegan police. Kevin Roy Hartsgrove,...
View ArticleKennebec Journal March 8 police log
AUGUSTA Monday at 8:03 a.m., there was a crash on Cony Circle. 8:03 a.m., harassment was reported on Water Street. 8:17 a.m., there was a crash on Riverside Drive. 11:38 a.m., suspicious activity was...
View ArticleTwo charged with drug-related offenses in Gardiner
Gardiner police arrested a local woman and a Connecticut man on drug-related charges Thursday night after a traffic stop. Alexandrea Wysote, 27, of Gardiner, was riding in the passenger seat of a...
View ArticleMorning Sentinel March 8 police log
IN BINGHAM, Monday at 7:15 p.m., a traffic accident was investigated on Mayfield Road. IN BRIGHTON, Monday at 4:13 p.m., a traffic accident was reported on Brighton Road. IN CAMBRIDGE, Monday at 12:29...
View ArticleRevenge apparent motive for 2 Christmas morning killings in Manchester
AUGUSTA — The double homicide in a rural area of Manchester early Christmas morning was revenge for a burglary and tied intricately to illegal drugs and firearms dealings, court documents show. Those...
View ArticleFranklin County grand jury hands up 29 indictments
FARMINGTON — Two Farmington brothers have been indicted on charges of drug trafficking and conspiracy by a Franklin County grand jury. Anthony Gage, 26, and Jacob Gage, 30, were arrested on Jan. 6 by...
View ArticleRome man injured in Belgrade chase accident
A Rome man was flown to the hospital by helicopter Tuesday after he crashed his truck while being pursued by police. Eric Bachand, 21, was found pinned inside a pickup truck that had crashed down a...
View ArticleFourth man indicted in connection with June fires in Wilton, Carthage
FARMINGTON — A fourth man has been indicted on arson and conspiracy charges in connection with allegedly setting fire to two homes in June in Wilton and Carthage. Einer A. Bonilla, 22, of Grand Island,...
View ArticleMadison roofer was whistleblower in federal fraud case
A Madison roofer was the key whistleblower in a lawsuit settled last week that recovered more than $400,000 over allegations a Bangor company cut corners on federal building projects in Maine. Brian...
View ArticleEliot man arrested in alleged Franklin County home invasion
A Coplin Plantation homeowner and an Eliot man were injured in a fight after the Eliot man allegedly entered into the Carrabassett Road house and refused to leave. Franklin County sheriff’s deputies...
View ArticleKennebec Journal March 9 police log
AUGUSTA Tuesday at 7:46 p.m., police returned property on Union Street. 8:56 a.m., there was a traffic accident on Commerce Drive. 9:16 a.m., a loose dog was reported on Mount Vernon Avenue. 10:14...
View ArticleMorning Sentinel March 9 police log
IN BINGHAM, Tuesday at 6:05 p.m., a structure fire was reported on Main Street. IN CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Wednesday, at 12:03 a.m., a traffic accident was reported on Access Road. IN CORNVILLE, Tuesday...
View ArticleBridgton man charged with assaulting his pregnant girlfriend in Skowhegan
SKOWHEGAN — A Bridgton man remained held without bail Wednesday at the Somerset County jail in East Madison on a felony assault charge after allegedly punching his pregnant girlfriend in the abdomen...
View ArticleTwo Augusta residents arrested in heroin trafficking case
Two Augusta residents were arrested and charged with multiple drug offenses Wednesday after authorities executed a search warrant at a home on Old Belgrade Road. Joshua Arbour, 35, and Kimberly...
View ArticleSomerset County court Jan. 18-24, 2016
SKOWHEGAN — The following cases were closed Jan. 18-24, 2016, in Skowhegan District Court and Somerset County Superior Court. Doreal B. Baker, 64, of New Portland, operating under the influence and...
View ArticleWaterville convicted rapist’s death in prison was suicide by hanging
A Waterville man who died at the Maine State Prison last month committed suicide by hanging, the state medical examiner has determined. Donald Riley, 67, who used the middle names Edwin and Edward,...
View ArticleJury selected in 2013 slaying of Jillian Jones in Augusta
AUGUSTA — A city man’s trial on a charge of murdering his girlfriend, Jillian T. Jones, is about to begin some 28 months after she was found stabbed to death in their apartment. A jury of 11 men and...
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