BANGOR — An Aroostook County man who was found guilty of workers’ compensation fraud after a jury trial in Aroostook County Superior Court was sentenced Monday to 42 months in prison, with all but one year suspended. In addition to his prison sentence, Stephen Tucker Sr., 63, of Monticello was ordered to undergo three years […]
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Ex-Maine basketball star on trial for child porn
BANGOR — Testimony in the trial a former Maine college basketball star who faces child pornography charges has concluded. Closing arguments are expected at a later date. Dana Wilson of Brewer, who’s a well-known disc jockey at school dances and former member of the Maine Sports Hall of Fame, stood trial Monday before a judge […]
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Mother bear, cub spotted in Bangor
BANGOR — A mother bear and cub were reported seen in Rolland F. Perry City Forest early Saturday afternoon, police said. A woman walking with her daughter on a nature trail in the wildlife habitat off Tripp Drive reported seeing the two bears at about 1 p.m., police said. A dispatcher for the Maine Warden […]
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Democrats frame themselves as ‘party of the future’ during state convention kick-off
BANGOR — The Democratic State Convention kicked off in Bangor Friday afternoon with an impassioned call by party leaders to unseat Republicans — particularly Gov. Paul LePage — and take back what they called “our Maine.” The convention, which runs through Saturday at the Queen City’s new Cross Insurance Center, comes one month after the […]
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After verdicts, jurors in triple murder trial voice concerns for safety
BANGOR — Some jurors who convicted two men for murder and arson in the violent deaths of three people in August 2012 feel concerned for their safety, according to three who spoke with the Bangor Daily News. “Drugs are involved, and when drugs are involved anything could happen,” said one juror, a woman, hours after the verdicts were delivered […]
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Jury deadlocked on one defendant in Bangor triple murder trial
BANGOR — Jurors in the triple murder trial are deadlocked on one or more counts involving at least one defendant but have reached verdicts on other charges after deliberating more than 40 hours over four days, Justice William Anderson said about 5:45 p.m. at the Penobscot Judicial Center. Anderson referred to a note sent out […]
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Jury resumes deliberations in Bangor triple-murder trial
BANGOR (AP) — A Maine jury is back to work in the trial of two men charged with killing three people and burning their bodies in a car in Bangor in 2012. Jurors in the trial of Randall Daluz of Brockton, Massachusetts, and Nicholas Sexton of Warwick, Rhode Island, deliberated for three full days, surpassing […]
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Wanted man arrested after allegedly shooting pellet gun at Bangor park
BANGOR — A wanted man was caught Sunday by police after he decided to take a pellet gun to a park and a neighbor complained, Bangor police Sgt. Rob Angelo said. William Scott, 23, who is listed as a transient, was arrested on an outstanding warrant for unpaid fines, the sergeant said. “He was shooting […]
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Bangor police officer saves stranded mother duck, eight ducklings near Bangor Mall
BANGOR — A quick-handed police officer who was dispatched to Stillwater Avenue Saturday to assist with a stranded family of ducks caught in the median near the Texas Roadhouse was able to catch the family of nine, according to Sgt. Larry Webber. Bangor police Officer David Farrar learned at about 4:15 p.m. about the duck […]
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‘Tornado of birds’ visits downtown Bangor during migration
BANGOR — There is a group of visitors who come to town every May and create quite a spectacle when they bed down for the night. “They all kind of meet up for about an hour and they have like this social thing where they make this donut in the sky — it’s almost like […]