Jason Gayne agreed to a deal that includes prison time, probation and the payment of restitution in connection with charges that he stole money from the Skowhegan Regional Chamber of Commerce and the Hospice Volunteers of Somerset County while working as their director.
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Sanford man sentenced to 2 years probation in connection with U.S. Capitol riot
David Ball, who was spotted wearing a sweatshirt with his company’s logo, pleaded guilty to one charge for entering the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
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Deaths of Farmington mother and daughter ruled a homicide
Jean Robinson, 76, and Allison ‘Joy’ Cumming, 53, were found dead Dec. 27 at Pawsitive Dog Kennel on Red Schoolhouse Road.
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Wells man pleads guilty to attempted murder, other charges in attack on NYPD officers
Trevor Bickford, 20, was charged one year ago with attacking 3 New York City police officers with a machete near Times Square on New Year’s Eve 2022.
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Drunken driving charge dismissed for former Hallowell Public Works Department foreman
Christopher Buck, who resigned as foreman in 2022, pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of driving to endanger after competing a court-ordered treatment program. He has been ordered to pay a fine totaling $730 and lost his driver’s license for 30 days.
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Man accused of killing girlfriend’s toddler on Christmas morning 2022 pleads not guilty
At his brief arraignment Thursday, Tyler Witham-Jordan, 29, denied killing 3-year-old Makinzlee Handrahan, whom first responders found badly beaten in the family’s Edgecomb home.
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In first interview, friend who warned of Lewiston shooter says ‘I literally spelled it out’
For 17 years, Sean Hodgson was best friends with the man who would commit Maine’s deadliest mass shooting.
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Jay man gets 6 years for dealing fentanyl
Prosecutors say Devon Ashton sold roughly 200 grams of the opioid drug to undercover buyers on four occasions.
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Police: Richmond man accused of setting mom’s house on fire attempted to flee to Kansas days before
Robert Jolly, who was arrested last week for arson and other charges, was apprehended in upstate New York for psychiatric treatment in the leadup to the blaze.
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Former director of Kennebec County Emergency Management Agency charged with stalking, invasion of computer privacy
Arthur E. True, 50, of Albion resigned as director of the agency last April, the same month the incidents allegedly took place.