Morning Sentinel Feb. 6 police log
IN BURNHAM, Sunday at 8:02 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Garcelon Road. IN CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Sunday at 11:17 a.m., theft or fraud was reported on Access Road. IN CHINA, Friday at 4:06 p.m.,...
View ArticleWilton man charged with gross sexual assault
WILTON — A Wilton man was charged over the weekend with sexual assault. Joel Thompson, 42, of Weld Road in Wilton, was arrested Saturday on a charge of gross sexual assault, a Class A felony punishable...
View ArticleConvicted in Pittston machete attack, Fortune wants to appeal again
PORTLAND — An attorney for Daniel L. Fortune, sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison for a 2008 machete attack in Pittston that nearly killed a 10-year-old girl and her father, asked Monday...
View ArticleMan charged with threatening behavior in Skowhegan, Augusta
A Skowhegan man receiving mental health treatment who was charged with threatening and terrorizing in a local case last month was arrested Sunday on similar charges from the Augusta area. Robert Mann,...
View ArticleAugusta woman sentenced in mail theft
An Augusta woman who stole mail containing checks, cash and gift cards while she worked as a highway contract court carrier for the U.S. Postal Service was sentenced Monday to three years of federal...
View ArticleKennebec Journal Feb. 7 police log
AUGUSTA Monday at 8:57 a.m., counterfeiting was reported on Sewall Street. 9:57 a.m., indecency was reported on Cony Circle. 11:33 a.m., a disturbance was reported on Washington Street. 2:20 p.m., a...
View ArticleAugusta frying pan attacker to spend 15 years behind bars
AUGUSTA — Kristopher Russ will spend 15 years behind bars for beating a 79-year-old city man on the head last year with a cast iron frying pan after the victim interrupted Russ in the act of...
View ArticleTroy mother indicted on lesser manslaughter charge in infant son’s death
A Troy woman initially charged with murder in connection with the death of her infant son in January instead has been indicted by a Waldo County grand jury on a lesser charge of manslaughter. “Miranda...
View ArticleBellavance denied new trial in Vassalboro topless coffee shop arson
AUGUSTA — A man serving 30 years for arson for burning down the Grandview Topless Coffee Shop in June 2009 in Vassalboro has lost another bid to get a new trial. Raymond Bellavance Jr., 55, sought...
View ArticleMorning Sentinel Feb. 7 police log
IN ANSON, Tuesday at 3:02 a.m., loud noise or music was reported on Valley Road. IN BENTON, Monday at 4:02 p.m., identity theft was reported on Booker Avenue. IN CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Monday at 11:18...
View ArticleAugusta school budget down but would require more from local taxpayers
AUGUSTA — Superintendent James Anastasio presented a budget to the school board Monday that is about $740,000 less than the current year’s budget but would require about $600,000 more from local...
View ArticleAugusta man arrested after heroin found in residence
An Augusta resident was arrested and charged with drug-related offenses Tuesday morning in connection with the seizure of 81 grams of heroin and about $7,800 in cash, according to a news release from...
View ArticleEscape from jail work detail in Augusta brings nine-month sentence
AUGUSTA — An Auburn woman pleaded guilty Tuesday to a charge of escape for running off from a jail work detail last spring. Nicole M. Dyment, 20, who has a history of stealing vehicles, had been...
View ArticleKennebec Journal Feb. 8 police log
AUGUSTA Tuesday at 10:10 a.m., at least one person was taken to MaineGeneral Medical Center after a traffic accident at Church Hill Road and South Belfast Avenue. 1:05 p.m., a person was taken to the...
View ArticleEx-priest at center of Boston scandal indicted on 29 counts of sex abuse in...
A former Catholic priest who was at the center of the Boston church sex-abuse scandal has been indicted on 29 counts of sexual abuse in Maine dating back three decades. The indictments against Ronald...
View ArticleMorning Sentinel Feb. 8 police log
IN ANSON, Tuesday at 12:12 p.m., an erratic vehicle was reported on River Road. IN CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Tuesday at 3:56 p.m., theft or fraud was reported on Grand Summit Lane. IN CLINTON, Tuesday at...
View ArticleClinton man sentenced in domestic violence threatening case
AUGUSTA — A Clinton man who drove away from his home last August before police got there in response to a report of a family argument pleaded guilty Wednesday to domestic violence criminal threatening....
View ArticleMinot man sentenced on federal drug, gun charges
A Minot man has been sentenced to 7½ years in prison on drug and gun charges. Ross Tardif, 30, was also sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court by Judge Jon D. Levy to three years of supervised...
View ArticleGardiner man who broke into Manchester home sentenced to time served
AUGUSTA — A former Farmingdale man charged with robbery in connection with a Manchester home invasion two years ago was convicted Wednesday of lesser charges related to the same event. Joshua R. Lemar,...
View ArticleInvestigators seek suspect in arson at former Pittsfield shoe factory
PITTSFIELD — Authorities are working to identify a suspect or suspects in an arson fire that damaged part of an empty factory building Wednesday afternoon. A passer-by reported the fire at the former...
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