Winston McLeod of New Jersey and Lance Funderburk of New York were charged by a federal grand jury Wednesday in a five-count indictment.
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Dennis Dechaine’s attorney alleges prosecutorial misconduct in latest bid for new trial
The defense team says the state ‘brought God into the courtroom’ when he was convicted of murder for the 1988 death of 12-year-old Sarah Cherry, stripping him of his constitutional right to a fair trial.
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Pittsfield man sentenced to 20 years for sexual assault charges involving children
A criminal complaint filed last year alleged that Charles Frost “did engage in a sexual act with a minor,” according to Somerset and Kennebec County District Attorney Maeghan Maloney.
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Waterville man arrested by FBI over online threats suffers from mental illness, family says
Benjamin Brown, 45, was arrested March 11 by the FBI over online threats to gun down President Biden, other politicians and immigrants and is being held pending further appearance in U.S. District Court in Bangor.
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Former Farmington man pleads guilty to robbing Irving store, throwing coffee in cashier’s face
William Moholland, 56, of Lincoln County was sentenced to serve nine months of a six-year sentence, followed by four years of probation.
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Massachusetts man who murdered Skowhegan woman to be sentenced in April
Jason Servil, 20, of Boston pleaded guilty in January to charges he killed Alice Abbott, 20, and assaulted a man in July 2022.
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Maine wants to keep housing some criminal defendants with mental illness in prison
Maine State Prison is better equipped than psychiatric hospitals to help certain defendants who have been ruled incompetent to stand trial, the Department of Corrections and DHHS say.
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New Hampshire diner fight leads to charges against former police officer from Maine
Aaron Goodwin, a former Portsmouth police officer, insists that the incident was not racially motivated.
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Commission: Police should have seized Lewiston shooter’s guns months before tragedy
The interim report, which also faults the Army, calls a Sagadahoc County deputy’s failure to take Robert Card into custody in mid-September ‘an abdication of law enforcement’s responsibility.’
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‘It’s an unsafe environment’: Merchants in Augusta’s downtown say area needs law enforcement
City to consider ordinance banning ‘unreasonable solicitation.’