Marcel LaGrange, 25, entered an insanity plea last summer after he was charged with shooting Brittney Cockrell and Michael Hayter in front of their children.
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Farmington police investigate burglary of ATM machine at credit union
A person believing that the outside ATM machine at the University Credit Union at 154 High St. was being broken into reported it about 11:30 p.m.
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Vassalboro man charged in Greene home invasions
Deputies say Scott J. Hafford was overpowered by two men in a second home he had forced his way into with a gun.
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Police say South Portland teen burned Pride flags, joked about school shootings
The new evidence is revealed in a hearing to determine if the 17 year old should be tried as an adult on a criminal solicitation of murder charge. He is accused of asking another student to help carry out a school shooting in South Portland.
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Maine high court considers whether vacated Portland manslaughter conviction should stand
Mark Cardilli Jr. shot and killed his sister’s boyfriend, Isahak Muse, during a fight at the Cardillis’ Portland home. State prosecutors are challenging a decision last year that vacated his conviction and ordered a new trial.
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No new information released on double homicide in late December in Farmington
The bodies of Jean Robinson and her daughter, Allison “Joy” Cumming were found dead on Dec. 27, 2023 within Pawsitive Dog Kennel at Red Schoolhouse Road in Farmington.
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Farmington robbery, kidnapping suspect held on $30,000 bail
Christopher Berryment, a defense attorney, said Joshua Soucy, 43, of Livermore Falls, has no felony convictions.
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Former Augusta man gets 4 years in prison for child sexual abuse in West Gardiner
Aaron C. Engroff, 34, of Holden was sentenced Monday after being convicted in January of abusing a young girl.
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A police chase in Fryeburg landed 5 in the hospital. Who’s investigating remains a mystery.
On Jan. 30, authorities in Maine ultimately shot and killed a driver after a high-speed pursuit had been abandoned by New Hampshire police. Why did Fryeburg and Oxford County law enforcement make a different calculation?
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Bangor 10-year-old suffered months of abuse before his death, police say
Braxtyn Smith was zip tied, injured and denied food, court records state. His mother, father and grandmother are charged with depraved indifference murder in the Feb. 18 killing.