Windsor man sentenced to 20 years for sexual assaults on child
Peter Cayouette's victim testified she was assaulted hundreds of times for a year, when she was 11 and 12 years old.
View ArticleCornville man sentenced for accessing child sexual abuse material
Wade Willette, 46, of Cornville, used the Kik messaging app to upload videos containing child sexual abuse materials in 2021.
View ArticleBenton man pleads guilty to murder, sentenced to 29 years
AUGUSTA — A Benton man pleaded guilty Friday to stabbing a Fairfield man to death in 2023 and was sentenced to 29 years in prison. Raheem Goodwin, 23, pleaded guilty to murdering 62-year-old Edwin...
View ArticleJay man accused of sexually assaulting girl under age 16
Brandon J. Wilson, 19, of Jay, was fired from his position as a corrections officer at Franklin County Detention Center in Farmington on March 25, the same day of his arrest.
View ArticleAugusta needs to do more to help homeless residents, task force says
The group urges city officials to help create a year-round homeless shelter and hire a worker to coordinate housing services.
View ArticleTroopers found justified in deadly shooting on Piscataqua River Bridge
Trent Weston, of New Hampshire, was shot by police during an early morning standoff in late August, after killing his wife and son, officials said at the time.
View Article2 arrested in Harmony at suspected illegal marijuana grow
The two men from Massachusetts were arrested in the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office’s 24th similar bust since January 2024, and the second at the Harmony home.
View ArticleMan indicted of killing his wife, attacking mother in Readfield
In addition to a charge of murding his wife, a Kennebec County grand jury indicted Samuel Whittemore, 34, of aggravated attempted murder for his attack on his mother.
View ArticleThree people killed in Sabattus shooting Wednesday
A gunman shot and killed his mother Wednesday on Route 9 in Sabattus before exiting the vehicle, shooting at passing cars and killing another person. He then turned the gun on himself.
View ArticleSomerset County officials reconsider selling guns used in crimes
Some county commissioners think the sheriff should auction off forfeited guns that may still have some value instead of destroying them.
View ArticleWales man describes Sabattus shooting: ‘I could smell gunpowder’
'The gunfire was so loud I thought he was shooting right next to me,' said John Childs.
View ArticleFairfield drug bust leads to 6 arrests
Investigators seized more than 53 grams of suspected fentanyl from the Gagnon Road residence, along with other items and drugs, according to the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office.
View ArticleA Maine judge might not release people from jail until state’s top court...
A judge in Kennebec County was unable to hold a hearing Monday to move forward on her plans to release people without lawyers from jail because an attorney for the state wants Maine's highest court to...
View ArticleCornville woman arrested in Skowhegan and charged with drug trafficking,...
Investigators said they found cocaine and methamphetamine hidden in a coffee tumbler.
View ArticleWaterville man charged with arson after police find burning dumpster, trash
State fire investigators said they determined Jason Woods, 47, intentionally set the fire in a parking lot early Thursday morning.
View ArticleSkowhegan man charged with manslaughter for 2024 fatal crash
Rhaheem Friend, 34, was driving the vehicle in the August 2024 crash on South Solon Road in Solon that left Nicholas Foss, 39, of Madison, dead.
View ArticleMaine funeral director who stole over $60,000 from clients sentenced to year...
Harold Lee Lamson Jr. pleaded guilty to dozens of charges Wednesday tied to the thefts while he operated four funeral homes in Penobscot and Washington counties.
View ArticlePolice: Fatal shooting at marijuana operation in Turner was ‘drug rip gone bad’
A Virginia man was shot in the head and dumped nearly 40 miles away after a botched robbery last December, according to recently unsealed court documents.
View ArticleAffidavit details ties between Solon fatal crash and local drug trafficking
A detective’s affidavit supporting charges against Rhaheem Friend, the driver in the August 2024 crash, also describes what happened in the five hours between the crash and when it was reported.
View ArticleMaine’s only law school asks state for $1 million to reopen criminal law clinic
The University of Maine School of Law is trying to reestablish a criminal justice legal clinic for student attorneys, but funding it could be a roadblock in a tight budget year.
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