Central Maine Nov. 4 police log
IN ALBION, Friday at 5:31 p.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on Bessey Ridge Road. IN ATHENS, Friday at 6:39 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Eaton Corner Road. IN AUGUSTA, Friday at...
View ArticleKennebec County Courts Oct. 26-Nov. 1, 2017
AUGUSTA — This is a roundup of cases closed Oct. 26-Nov. 1, 2017, in courts in Augusta and Waterville. Justin M. Alma, 18, of Waterbury, Connecticut, operating vehicle without license Aug. 23, 2017, in...
View ArticleMorning Sentinel Nov. 5 police log
IN BRIGHTON PLANTATION, Saturday at 1:34 p.m., a fire with trees down was reported on Brighton Road. IN CANAAN, Sunday at 1:31 a.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on Browns Corner Road. 7:15...
View ArticleKennebec Journal Nov. 5 police log
AUGUSTA Saturday at 7:19 a.m., theft was reported on Washington Street. 8:35 a.m., a traffic hazard was reported on Easy Street and Summer Haven Road. 9:18 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on...
View ArticlePortland man sought for domestic assault
Portland police are searching for a Portland man on a charge of domestic assault of his girlfriend at 5 a.m. Saturday in the area of Kennedy Park. Police said Richard McDowell, 37, a transient, fled...
View ArticleSouth Portland police searching for man who robbed Circle K at gunpoint
South Portland police are looking for a man who allegedly robbed a Circle K convenience store at gunpoint late Sunday night. Police say a man wearing a hooded sweatshirt and mask entered the...
View ArticleAugusta police seek ID of suspect in Sunday store robbery
AUGUSTA — Augusta police are seeking the identity of a man suspected of robbing the Big Apple on Civic Center Drive on Sunday evening. The robbery was reported at 4:10 p.m. after the man “entered the...
View ArticleKennebec Journal Nov. 6 police log
AUGUSTA Sunday at 8:49 a.m., a disturbance was reported on Green Street. 2:42 p.m., officers responded to an overdose on Mill Street. 2:43 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Green and State...
View ArticleSanborn’s original attorney grilled on what defense team knew, or wasn’t told...
Lawyers battling over the legitimacy of Anthony H. Sanborn Jr.’s 1992 conviction for the murder of Jessica Briggs questioned one of Sanborn’s original attorneys Monday about a bedrock issue in the...
View ArticleWayne man pleads not guilty to manslaughter in drunken driving crash
AUGUSTA — A Wayne man pleaded not guilty Monday to charges of manslaughter and aggravated drunken driving in a crash in which one man was killed and a second seriously injured. Tyler J. Goucher, 22,...
View ArticleWinslow man indicted on armed robbery charge
AUGUSTA — A Winslow man with a previous out-of-state robbery conviction was indicted Thursday on a charge of armed robbery and six other offenses in connection with an incident this past summer in...
View ArticleWinthrop man gets 30 months on 6th drunken driving conviction
AUGUSTA — A Winthrop man was sentenced to an initial 30 months behind bars Monday for charges related to his sixth conviction for drunken driving. Derek D. Bonenfant, 43, was sentenced to eight years...
View ArticleMorning Sentinel Nov. 6 police log
IN CANAAN, Sunday at 1:44 a.m., police made an arrest following a report of suspicious activity on Main Street. 7:15 a.m., a theft was reported on Brown Corner Road. 11:32 a.m., an auto theft was...
View ArticlePortland council OKs contracts with police that clear way for body cameras
The City Council approved two labor contracts Monday that clear the way for police officers in Maine’s largest city to begin wearing body cameras. But city officials still need to draft a policy before...
View ArticleMiranda Hopkins testifies; defense, state rest cases in manslaughter trial
The defense and the state both rested their cases just shy of a week after the beginning of the trial of Miranda Hopkins, a Troy mother charged with manslaughter in the death of her 7-week-old son...
View ArticleSuspect arrested after gunshot fired inside Augusta Wal-Mart
AUGUSTA — A man is in custody following the discharge of a firearm inside Walmart in Augusta. On Monday night, police had blocked the west entrance to the store with crime scene tape and Walmart...
View ArticleMan speaks out about armed confrontation, shooting incident in Augusta Walmart
AUGUSTA — A city man is in custody after he fired a handgun inside Walmart following a confrontation with a store customer Monday night, police said. The shooting incident didn’t seriously injure...
View ArticleWitness who recanted insists she never saw the 1989 killing of Jessica Briggs
The only purported eyewitness to the murder of Jessica Briggs affirmed her recantation of testimony in 1992 that helped convict Anthony Sanborn of the grisly slaying. Hope Cady, 41, of Augusta said...
View ArticleMiranda Hopkins found guilty of manslaughter in baby’s death
BELFAST — A jury found Miranda Hopkins guilty Tuesday night of manslaughter in the death of her 7-week-old son, Jaxson, in January. Jurors spent several hours in deliberations and at one point said...
View ArticleMorning Sentinel Nov. 7 police log
IN ANSON, Monday at 5:42 p.m., a scam complaint was taken from Pease Hill Road. IN CANAAN, Monday at 8:06 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Shady Lane. IN CORNVILLE, Monday at 5:19 p.m., the...
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