Mark Penley is charged in the 2019 New Year’s killing of his ex-girlfriend and a Paris man at a Market Square apartment two years ago.
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Jury selection starts in trial of Maine man accused in double killing
An Oxford County man is being tried on 2 counts of murder in the killings of his ex-girlfriend and her boyfriend.
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Posted inFranklin, Maine Crime, News, The Franklin Journal
Eustis man accused of choking woman, assaulting child
Benjamin N. Hathorne, 24, was arrested Sunday at a home on Route 27.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Franklin, Livermore Falls Advertiser, Maine, Maine Crime, News
More than 15 headstones toppled in Jay in an act of vandalism, police say
At least one headstone was broken at Jay Hill Cemetery.
Posted inMaine Crime, Nation / World, News
FBI: Killings soared nearly 30% in 2020, with more slayings caused by guns
Homicides in the U.S. in 2020 increased nearly 30% over the previous year, the largest one-year jump since the FBI began keeping records
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Fairfield woman arrested after home burglarized, police say
The items stolen from a Fairfield home were placed in nearby woods and a woman later identified as Rebecca O’Clair was arrested after being seen by police retrieving them.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, Maine Crime, News
Police fatal shooting of man in 2019 Auburn standoff justified, says Maine attorney general
Steven Case Jr., 29, of Bucksport was shot and killed by a member of the Maine State Police’s Tactical Team after a five-hour standoff at an Auburn apartment building.
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Judge orders probation, restitution for Rockland man who made hoax mayday call
Nathan Libby, 32, will not serve any time in jail but was ordered to pay $17,500 in restitution.
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Maine supreme court upholds murder conviction in killing of Millinocket marijuana grower
Three people were sentenced to prison in the 2017 home invasion in which 59-year-old Wayne Lapierre and his wife were both shot in the head, prosecutors said.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, Maine Crime, News
Officer kills armed man on Center Street, Auburn police say
Officers responded to a call of a woman being held against her will at an inn and got into an “armed confrontation” with Joseph Arbour, 36, of Bucksport.