Alex J. Murphy, now 33, passed fake $100 bills and stole store merchandise to support his drug habit, officials say.
Maine Crime
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Posted inAndroscoggin County, Franklin, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine, Maine Crime, News, Oxford Hills
Judge Rick Lawrence nominated to be first Black justice on the Maine Supreme Judicial Court
Gov. Janet Mills nominated District Court Judge Rick E. Lawrence to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court and District Attorney Andrew Robinson to the Maine District Court.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime, News
Lewiston man gets 2 years for assaulting woman with gun
A judge sentenced Deon I. Sands after a plea agreement was reached.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime, News
Transient to serve 3 years for store robberies, vows to kick drug habit
Shawn M. Small told the judge he’d been addicted to opioids since age 12.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime
Four more teens charged in beating at Lewiston apartment complex
In all, five people have been arrested, including a 15-year-old who was charged with two counts of aggravated assault.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Defense attorney requests more time for Portland man charged in father’s death
Abdallah Salim Al Siraj, who is facing a murder charge, has not yet made his first appearance in court.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Man convicted of killing of Somerset County sheriff’s deputy again seeks new trial
In his second appeal to Maine’s highest court, John D. Williams argues that prosecutors withheld evidence about an arresting officer’s disciplinary record.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Election 2022, Franklin, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime, News, Oxford Hills
District attorney for Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford counties opts not to seek reelection
Andrew S. Robinson says he has accomplished the goals he set when elected eight years ago to his first term.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Benton man pleads no contest to two murders in Waldo County
Glenn Brown, 67, is charged with murder in the deaths of his sister Tina Bowden and her husband, Richard Bowden.
Posted inBethel, Maine Crime, News, Oxford Hills, River Valley
Oxford County arrest log: March 2, 2022
• Jeremiah Hennigar, 35, of 87 Main St., Harrison, on a charge of operating under the influence of alcohol, 4:53 p.m. Tuesday, March 1, in Paris, by Paris Police Department. • Ryan M. Philbrick, 31, of 3 Stearns Hill Road, West Paris, on a charge of unlawful possession of fentanyl powder, 12:16 p.m. Tuesday, March […]