Judge denies request to delay hearing on Sanborn murder conviction
A judge has denied the state’s request to delay a hearing into the case of Anthony H. Sanborn Jr., who was released on bail in April after new evidence emerged in his 1992 murder conviction. Judge...
View ArticleMorning Sentinel July 6 police log
IN ANSON, Thursday at 1:26 p.m., wires were reported down on Pease Hill Road. IN BINGHAM, Thursday at 11:30 p.m., trespassing was reported on Main Street. IN BRIGHTON, Thursday at 3:58 p.m., trees were...
View ArticleRoland Cummings’ conviction upheld in 2014 Waterville murder
Roland Cummings has lost his bid to overturn his conviction for murdering a 92-year-old Waterville man in 2014. In a decision issued this week, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of...
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Smoking pot and playing video games, Lyman man never noticed daughters...
A Lyman man was charged with two counts of endangering the welfare of a child after his two young daughters were found wandering their neighborhood naked around 8 p.m. Thursday. Christopher Peare Maine...
View ArticleChelsea man pleads guilty to theft of VA benefits
A Chelsea man has pleaded guilty in federal court to theft of veterans’ benefits. Court papers say Victor Lawrence, 63, had submitted 77 claims in 2015 and 2016 for travel reimbursement, claiming that...
View ArticleKennebec Journal July 7 police log
AUGUSTA Thursday at 7:48 a.m., officers responded to a burglar alarm on Water Street. 9:17 a.m., there was a traffic accident on Weston Court. 9:50 a.m., harassment was reported on Winthrop Street....
View ArticlePortland man arrested after spraying girlfriend with lighter fluid, trying to...
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — A Portland man was arrested Wednesday after he allegedly sprayed his girlfriend with lighter fluid and tried to set her on fire, police said. Tristan Cuthbert, 42, was charged...
View ArticleLawsuit against Lilley’s bookkeeper on hold pending criminal probe
A civil case against the former bookkeeper for prominent Maine attorney Daniel Lilley, who died this year, has been put on hold while a criminal investigation proceeds, court records show. A lawsuit...
View ArticleSkowhegan man recalls raising slain woman, says husband was abusive
Lori Hayden will always be Ambrose “Tom” McCarthy’s little girl. McCarthy, 73, helped raise Hayden and her sister, Trisha, with their mother, Darla Pickett, starting in the late 1960s after their...
View ArticleMaine man pleads guilty to federal gun charge
A Waldo man pleaded guilty Friday to being a felon in possession of a firearm. Jesse Newton, 29, entered the plea In U.S. District Court in Bangor and also admitted to violating the terms of his...
View ArticleMorning Sentinel July 8 police log
IN ANSON, Friday at 2:49 p.m., a harassment complaint was taken from Town Farm Road. 3:01 p.m., a threatening complaint was taken from Town Farm Road. 4:29 p.m., trespass was reported on Valley Road....
View ArticleKennebec Journal July 8 police log
AUGUSTA Friday at 7:47 a.m. a person was taken to the hospital from Water Street. 8:06 a.m., a theft was reported on Sewall Street. 8:50 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Whitten Road. 8:53...
View ArticleMorning Sentinel July 9 police log
IN BENTON, Saturday at 10:01 a.m., a harassment complaint was taken from Benton Avenue. 6:58 p.m., fire units responded to a report of a vehicle fire on Unity Road. IN BINGHAM, Saturday at 9:21 a.m.,...
View ArticleKennebec Courts June 29-July 5, 2017
AUGUSTA — Here is a list of cases closed June 29-July 5, 2017, in courts in Augusta and Waterville. John M. Baron, 21, of Medfield, Massachusetts, minor possessing liquor Jan. 24, 2017, in Waterville,...
View ArticleKennebec Journal July 9 police log
AUGUSTA Saturday at 8:26 a.m., a person was taken to the hospital from George Street. 8:46 a.m., a stray cat was reported on Bond Street. 8:48 a.m., property was recovered on Franklin Street. 8:51...
View ArticleMorning Sentinel July 10 police log
IN ATHENS, Sunday at 11:20 p.m., trespass was reported on North Road. IN BINGHAM, Sunday at 9:35 a.m., mischief was reported on Baker Street. IN CLINTON, Monday at 5:30 a.m., criminal mischief was...
View ArticleAutopsies: Madison shooting victims died from gunshots to head, chest
The three victims in the July 5 fatal shootings on Russell Road in Madison all died from gunshot wounds to the head and chest, according to autopsy results released Monday by the Office of Chief...
View ArticleFormer youth theater group leader indicted on 2 more sex charges in...
Henry Eichman, the founder of a youth theater group in Topsham who was already facing 18 counts of sexual abuse in two counties, has been indicted again on two additional, similar charges in Cumberland...
View ArticleFormer Anson tax collector begins serving sentence for embezzlement
Former Anson Tax Collector Claudia Viles began serving a five-year prison sentence Monday after appeals to the state’s highest court failed in the landmark embezzlement case. Viles was convicted in...
View ArticleKennebec Journal July 10 police log
AUGUSTA Sunday at 7:01 a.m., a well-being check was performed on Old Belgrade Road. 8:38 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on South Grove Street. 9:55 a.m., a disturbance was reported on Sewall...
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