Morning Sentinel March 6 police log
IN ALBION, Sunday at 3:38 p.m., a brush, woods or grass fire was reported on Unity Road. IN CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Sunday at 1:10 a.m., suspicious activity was reported at Carrabassett Drive and Spring...
View ArticleAugusta woman to serve 4 years behind bars for stabbing husband twice, once...
AUGUSTA — A prosecutor on Monday wanted Tracy L. Fleischer to spend a decade behind bars for attacking her husband with a knife in a jealous rage when he walked in the door from work and continued to...
View ArticleAugusta woman appeals 63-month sentence for tax fraud and identity theft
An Augusta woman who claims the federal prison sentence she received is longer than promised is making her case at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in Boston on Wednesday. A three-judge...
View ArticleHarmony woman sentenced to 14 years on cocaine, oxycodone trafficking
A woman who lived in Harmony was sentenced Monday to 14 years in prison on cocaine and oxycodone trafficking charges. Kelli Mujo, 31, was sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court by Judge Jon D. Levy to...
View ArticleMan who pleaded guilty in recording studio murder is prime suspect in 2014...
A Portland man who pleaded guilty to murder Friday in a 2015 shooting in the Old Port has been identified as the prime suspect in the 2014 shooting of a man outside a Hampshire Street bar. Cumberland...
View ArticleFreeport police search for woman who stole car
Freeport police were conducting a search Monday night for a woman who stole a car, dumped it, and then fled on foot in the vicinity of the Desert Road exit of Interstate 295. The incident was reported...
View ArticleWaterville police charge 2 men with felonies in separate domestic violence cases
WATERVILLE — Police arrested two men on felony charges Monday in separate cases of domestic violence in the city that allegedly involved attacks on women. Police were sent to an apartment at 151 Water...
View ArticleMorning Sentinel March 7 police log
IN AVON, Monday at 3:12 p.m., vandalism was reported on Hare Street. IN BINGHAM, Monday at 6:26 p.m., a scam was reported on Meadow Street. IN FAIRFIELD, Monday at 5:41 p.m., trespassing was reported...
View ArticleBronx, N.Y., woman pleads guilty to heroin trafficking in Augusta
AUGUSTA — A Bronx, New York, woman will spend 18 months in jail for unlawful trafficking in heroin after she was caught in the act of bagging heroin in the back bedroom of a residence on Weeks Mills...
View ArticleWaterville man gets deferred disposition on sex charges
AUGUSTA — A 21-year-old Waterville man who was a standout soccer star in high school pleaded guilty Tuesday to two felony charges of unlawful sexual contact and a misdemeanor assault charge and began a...
View ArticleSecond midcoast man accused in lobster boat sinking is sentenced
ROCKLAND — A St. George man was sentenced Thursday to two years in prison for sinking a competitor’s lobster boat last summer. Vincent Hilt, 22, pleaded guilty during a hearing in Knox County Unified...
View ArticleKennebec Journal March 7 police log
AUGUSTA Monday at 7:11 a.m., theft was reported on Glenwood Street. 7:26 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Pierce Drive. 8:04 a.m., elder abuse was reported on Glenridge Drive. 8:55 a.m., a...
View ArticleSanford man and his nephew charged with making meth in apartment
Maine drug enforcement agents say they have busted another methamphetamine lab, in Sanford, the ninth operation discovered in the state this year. Herbert Winship, 40, and his 18-year-old nephew,...
View ArticleMan shot by apartment resident after alleged Richmond break-in
RICHMOND — A man allegedly caught breaking into a Post Road couple’s apartment early Wednesday morning was shot by a resident after the suspect tried to break through the front door a second time....
View ArticleKennebec Journal March 8 police log
AUGUSTA Tuesday at 7:03 a.m., there was a traffic accident on Bangor Street. 7:16 a.m., there was a traffic accident on Route 3 and Riverside Drive. 7:19 a.m., there was a traffic accident on Bangor...
View ArticleMorning Sentinel March 8 police log
IN ANSON, Tuesday at 6:34 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Arnolds Road. Wednesday at 8:10 a.m., theft was reported on Oak Street. IN AVON, Tuesday at 7:21 p.m., a road hazard was reported on...
View ArticleTwo charged in Augusta Wal-Mart parking lot shooting incident plead to...
AUGUSTA — Two of the four people charged following an incident in which gunshots erupted last summer in the Augusta Wal-Mart parking lot entered pleas Wednesday at court and saw the most serious...
View ArticleLawmakers endorse proposal for tougher sentences in domestic violence murders
AUGUSTA – Lawmakers on the Legislature’s Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee unanimously approved a bill Wednesday that would give judges more authority to sentence those convicted of murder...
View ArticlePolice: 19-year-old beat father in Randolph in alcohol-fueled rage
AUGUSTA — A 19-year-old woman accused of beating her father with a stick of firewood and a fire poker in an alcohol-fueled rage was ordered held in lieu of $25,000 bail on Wednesday. Briana L. Rideout,...
View ArticleFormer Bonny Eagle cheerleading coach enters no plea, remains free on bail
A former Bonny Eagle High School cheerleading coach accused of having a sexual relationship with a student did not enter a plea at his arraignment Wednesday morning. Nicholas Perry, who was arrested in...
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