Vassalboro woman charged after Augusta single-vehicle accident
AUGUSTA — Police charged a Vassalboro woman with leaving scene of an accident following a single-vehicle crash Monday on Cross Hill Road. Melissa Ann Hunt, 27, was issued a summons by Augusta police on...
View ArticleKennebec Journal June 27 police log
AUGUSTA Monday at 8:14 a.m., criminal mischief was reported on Jewett Drive. 9:38 a.m., shoplifting was reported on Cony Street. 11:19 a.m., theft was reported on Water Street. 11:23 a.m., theft was...
View ArticleDriver in deadly May 12 crash in Mount Vernon told police he ‘was the most...
AUGUSTA — When investigators reached a late night pickup truck crash in which all three occupants had been ejected, they found one person dead and two others hurt, as well as an 18-pack of beer under...
View ArticleMaine Supreme Judicial Court upholds denial of murderer’s request for release...
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court upheld a previous court ruling that a convicted murderer should not be released into the community from Riverview Psychiatric Center. Mark I. Gessner petitioned the...
View ArticleLincoln County deputy’s trial set for November in Augusta
AUGUSTA — A Lincoln County Sheriff’s deputy facing 22 charges involving sex abuse of three girls and supplying marijuana to one of them on eight occasions is scheduled to go to trial here in November....
View ArticleKennebunk man sentenced to 2½ years for illegally possessing firearms
A Kennebunk man was sentenced Tuesday to 2½ years in federal prison for illegal possession of firearms. Justin Riggall, 37, who pleaded guilty in February, was also ordered to undergo three years of...
View ArticleChild sex charges, drug trafficking indictments handed up in Somerset County
SKOWHEGAN — A former resident of the men’s homeless shelter in Skowhegan has been indicted by a Somerset County grand jury on six felony charges involving sexual contact with children and possessing...
View ArticleLewiston man sentenced to 15 years for infant son’s death
AUBURN — A judge sentenced a Lewiston man Tuesday to 15 years in prison for manslaughter in the suffocation death of his 14-week-old son. Danny Adams, 26, apologized to the mother of their son before...
View ArticleNovember trial scheduled for sheriff’s deputy charged with abusing girls
AUGUSTA — A Lincoln County sheriff’s deputy who faces 22 charges involving sexual abuse of three girls and supplying marijuana to one of them is scheduled to go on trial in November. Kenneth L. Hatch...
View ArticleJustices accept case that would legalize sports gaming
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to take up New Jersey’s bid to allow sports betting at its casinos and racetracks, a case that could lead other states to seek a share of the lucrative...
View ArticleSUV crashes into historic, 28-ton Fryeburg monument, knocking it clockwise
A woman from the Oxford County town of Denmark who police say drove into a century-old granite monument to one of Fryeburg’s earliest settlers faces charges of drunken driving and reckless conduct....
View ArticleHallowell police charge man with animal cruelty after dog allegedly left in...
Hallowell police have charged a man with animal cruelty after he allegedly left his dog in a hot car on Water Street for about 30 minutes Monday afternoon. The car was parked on the east side of the...
View ArticleMan serving life sentence for Oakland woman’s murder dies at hospital
Albert P. Cochran, serving a life sentence at Maine State Prison for the rape and murder of Oakland nurse Janet Baxter in 1976, died on Tuesday at a Rockport hospital, according to a news release from...
View ArticleKennebec Journal June 28 police log
AUGUSTA Tuesday at 10:38 a.m., theft was reported on North Belfast Avenue. 11:57 a.m., a past burglary was reported on Piggery Road. 12:09 p.m., shoplifting was reported on Crossing Way. 12:30 p.m., a...
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Madison gunman set off by false belief in affair, family member says
MADISON — Carroll Tuttle Jr. went on a shooting rampage Wednesday morning that claimed the lives of his wife, their son and a neighbor over the false belief that his wife was having an affair, a family...
View ArticleMan who unleashed bedbugs into Augusta City Center charged with misdemeanors
AUGUSTA — A local man who allegedly slammed a cup full of live bedbugs onto a counter in Augusta City Center in early June — causing the insects to pour out and the public facility to be closed for the...
View ArticleMorning Sentinel July 6 police log
IN CANAAN, Wednesday at 11:34 a.m., trees were reported down on Hill Road. IN CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Wednesday at 6:08 p.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on Boynton Avenue. IN CARTHAGE, Wednesday...
View ArticleKennebec Journal July 6 police log
AUGUSTA Wednesday at 9:52 a.m., criminal trespassing was reported on Western Avenue. 10:37 a.m., property was recovered on Xavier Loop. 10:46 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Riverside Drive....
View ArticleGorham assistant principal charged with driving drunk
An assistant principal at Gorham High School is facing a drunken driving charge. Kimberly Slipp, 61, of Gorham was arrested June 22 in Sebago and charged with operating under the influence, according...
View ArticleWoman accused of hitting cyclist in Oxford charged with drunken driving
OXFORD — A Maine woman who police say hit and seriously injured a bicyclist has been charged with drunken driving. The Sun Journal reported that Kerstin Thorne, 37, was taken into custody after hitting...
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