Kennebec Journal Nov. 7 police log
AUGUSTA Monday at 8:19 a.m., there was a traffic accident on Riverside Drive. 11:05 a.m., there was a domestic disturbance reported on Northern Avenue. 12:34 p.m., criminal trespassing was reported on...
View ArticleNewport police asking for help locating stolen truck
NEWPORT — Local police are seeking help from the public in locating a truck stolen Saturday morning from Gilman Electric at 53 Main St. in Newport. Newport police Chief Leonard Macdaid said a white,...
View ArticleLitchfield store crash, Hallowell break-in result in jail time
AUGUSTA — Two men pleaded guilty Tuesday to aggravated criminal mischief charges in unrelated incidents — one for damaging Dollar General in Litchfield with his car and the other for trashing a...
View ArticleHunter charged with manslaughter in shooting of Hebron woman
PARIS — A Hebron man charged Tuesday with manslaughter in connection with a woman’s fatal shooting while he was hunting told authorities he saw “this brown thing move,” but never saw the outline of a...
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Anthony Sanborn freed, but not absolved of murder of Jessica Briggs
Anthony Sanborn wipes his eyes as the details of his agreement with the state are announced in court Wednesday. The deal was reached after nearly five weeks of a post-conviction review in which his...
View ArticleLincoln County deputy’s trial on 22 sex abuse charges set to start Monday
AUGUSTA — Jury selection got underway Wednesday in a case involving a Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office deputy accused of sexually abusing three girls and supplying one of them with marijuana. In all,...
View ArticleMan found guilty of killing former Farmington resident at Texas campground
A man has been convicted of capital murder in the brutal slayings of six people, including a former Farmington man, at a remote Texas campsite in 2015. The Eagle reports that a Brazos County jury found...
View ArticleKennebec Journal Nov. 8 police log
AUGUSTA Tuesday at 7:19 a.m., theft was reported on Medical Center Parkway. 7:44 a.m., a well-being check was performed on Crosby Street and Crosby Street Place. 8:48 a.m., theft was reported on Darin...
View ArticleMorning Sentinel Nov. 8 police log
IN BELGRADE, Tuesday at 10:19 a.m., a theft was reported on Barnnett Way. 9:03 p.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on Kerschner Road. IN CANAAN, Tuesday at 10:53 p.m., suspicious activity was...
View ArticleFarmingdale bust results in trafficking charges against four people
AUGUSTA — Four people arrested in Farmingdale on drug charges made initial court appearances Wednesday via video from the Kennebec County jail. Court documents show that while some of those arrested...
View ArticleBail set at $2,500 for hunter in death of Hebron woman
PARIS — Bail was set at $2,500 cash Wednesday for the hunter charged with manslaughter in the shooting death of a Hebron woman on the opening day of deer season for Maine residents. Robert Trundy, 38,...
View ArticleAttorneys say Sanborn deal a good solution to complicated case
Anthony Sanborn has been freed, but in the eyes of the law, he’s still a convicted murderer. The deal reached Wednesday to free Sanborn, after he served 27 years for the murder of a 16-year-old girl on...
View ArticleTwin girls, 9, turn up safe in Lewiston after being reported missing in...
Twin girls reported missing Wednesday afternoon in Plymouth, Massachusetts, were found safe in Lewiston on Wednesday night. Plymouth police identified the 9-year-old sisters as Je t’aime Valentine and...
View ArticleMother accused of taking twins from Massachusetts to Maine charged
LEWISTON — Police have arrested the mother of 9-year-old twins who police say were abducted in Plymouth, Massachusetts, and found safe at their mother’s boyfriend’s home in Lewiston less than six hours...
View ArticleMorning Sentinel Nov. 9 police log
IN CANAAN, Wednesday at 2:22 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Hartland Road. 6:57 p.m., a scam was reported on Adams Road. IN CLINTON, Wednesday at 8:42 p.m., a drug offense was reported on Main...
View ArticleKennebec Journal Nov. 9 police log
AUGUSTA Wednesday at 9:29 a.m., a past burglary was reported on Boothby Street. 9:30 a.m., property was recovered on Cony Street. 9:59 a.m., disorderly conduct was reported on Hope Way. 10:09 a.m.,...
View ArticlePolice: Couple drove in Waterville while on drugs with baby in car
WATERVILLE — Police arrested a couple Wednesday evening after they allegedly drove under the influence of drugs with a baby in the car. Zachary L. Elwell, 22, and Crystal Pooler, 28, both were charged...
View ArticleWells pastor charged with trying to take over elderly woman’s finances
A Wells pastor faces charges after he allegedly tried to gain legal control of an elderly woman’s house. A York County grand jury this week indicted Peter W. Leon, 66, on charges of endangering the...
View ArticleAthens woman sentenced for Togus VA benefit fraud
A 26-year-old Athens woman was sentenced Thursday in federal court in Bangor to five years of federal probation for conspiring to collect more than $56,000 in veterans disability benefits fraudulently....
View ArticleAugusta man arrested after Walmart confrontation was barred from owning firearm
AUGUSTA — The criminal complaint filed Thursday against an Augusta man arrested after a violent altercation at the Augusta Walmart charges Robert Potter with criminal threatening with a dangerous...
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