Two Bridges Regional Jail staff testified Tuesday that they followed the jail’s use of force policies during Candace Faller’s 2016 arrest.
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Mainer sentenced for giving false records for his nursing care business
Michael Maggiacomo, 52, of South Berwick, Maine, gave the false information to the New Hampshire Department for Health and Human Services.
Former Greenville police chief, Augusta police officer, pleads guilty to arson, burglary
Jeffrey Pomerleau pleaded guilty to five charges, two of them felonies, but will have all but one misdemeanor dismissed if he completes a Veterans Court treatment program.
New lawsuit claims Augusta-area priest ‘groomed’ 13-year-old hoping to enter priesthood
Three new lawsuits against the Catholic Diocese of Portland were filed Monday, brought on by a change to state law that lifted the statute of limitation on sexual abuse claims.
Oxford County arrest log: Dec. 9, 2022
Oxford County Arrests • Ty B. Brown, 39, of 62 Cold Water Brook, Oxford, on a charge of failure to appear after bailed, 10:10 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 8, at Rowe School on Main Street in Norway, by Norway Police Department. • Heather R. Carlow, 38, of 76 Sarina Drive, Holden, on charges of operating after […]
Portland police arrest suspect in Sherman Street shooting death
Tristan Chamberlain of Portland turned himself in Sunday. He is charged with murder in the death of another Portland man, Tyler Flexon.
Two men charged in Lewiston man’s death deny charges
Barry Zollarcoffer, 47, of Lewiston and Andrew Stallings, 36, of Rumford appeared Friday in Androscoggin County Superior Court to refute charges that they murdered Nicholas Blake in October in Lewiston.
Wilton woman pleads to misdemeanors in Livermore robbery
Prosecutors dropped felony robbery charges against Willow C. Lewis, who will serve six months in jail.
Sabattus man in court on crash-related charges
Nicholas Hebert, 34, was charged with criminal operating under the influence of alcohol, aggravated driving to endanger and operating after suspension resulting in accident with injury, and others.
Athens man dies while in custody at Somerset County Jail
Virgil White, 33, was being held on a domestic violence charge when he was pronounced dead Monday morning at the jail in Madison.