FARMINGTON — The murder trial of James “Ted” Sweeney opened Monday with the prosecutor focusing on Sweeney’s obsessive jealousy and the defense pointing to mental illness and deafness as factors in the beating death of Wendy Douglass at her home in Jay last year. Sweeney, 58, formerly of Jay, is accused of killing his former longtime girlfriend […]
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Livermore Falls woman sentenced for dragging Jay officer
FARMINGTON — A Livermore Falls woman was sentenced Tuesday to nine months and a day in jail for assaulting a Jay police officer last year. Melissa J. Couture, 35, admitted in October to dragging officer Dylan Rider about 50 feet during a traffic stop on Riley Road on Dec. 8, 2017. She pleaded guilty to […]
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Lisbon couple sues biker and group for Toy Run crash
AUBURN — A Lisbon couple is suing the family of a 25-year-old Windsor man who died while participating in the 2017 Toy Run on Interstate 95 from injuries authorities say he sustained in the crash he reportedly caused. That crash on the highway’s northbound lanes in Augusta also injured Torri A. McGraw and Trevor T. […]
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Boston man denies drug charges in Lewiston-Auburn pot raid
PORTLAND — A Boston man denied a federal charge Thursday in connection with what investigators who rounded up more than a dozen suspects called a major drug operation in the Twin Cities that sold surplus medical marijuana out of state and to non-patients. Yehudi Pardo, 33, pleaded not guilty in U.S. District Court to a […]
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Brewer man's bail lowered in sexual abuse case in Jay
FARMINGTON — A Brewer man accused of sexually abusing a girl younger than 15 in January 2017 in Jay had his bail reduced to $5,000 cash Wednesday in Franklin County Superior Court. Adam B. Carrick, 36, had been held on $10,000 cash bail since Oct. 15 at the the Franklin County Detention Center in Farmington. He was […]
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Jay man pleads guilty to stalking
FARMINGTON — A Jay man pleaded guilty Monday in Franklin County Superior Court to stalking a family member in May. Details of the case against James E. Murphy Jr., 61, were not available, but the complaint against him simply said he acted in a way that caused the family member distress and inconvenience. Ten other […]
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Carthage felon pleads not guilty to having gun, terrorizing in Farmington court
FARMINGTON — A Carthage man pleaded not guilty Tuesday to illegal possession of a handgun and terrorizing people with a dangerous weapon Aug. 17 in Wilton. Michael Creig Ringer, 49, is a felon and prohibited from possessing a firearm, according to a court document. He has been held on $25,000 cash bail at the Franklin County […]
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New Sharon man sentenced to five years in sexual abuse of girl
FARMINGTON — A New Sharon man pleaded guilty Tuesday in Franklin County Superior Court to sexually abusing a girl in December 2017. Benjamin E. Savage, 25, was sentenced to serve three years of a five-year prison sentence, followed by three years of probation, according to court documents. He pleaded guilty to a felony charge of […]
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What the U.S. Constitution says and does not say about ranked-choice voting
Legal experts and constitutional scholars interviewed by the Portland Press Herald mostly agree a lawsuit filed Tuesday challenging Maine’s ranked-choice voting law is unlikely to prevail. U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin, along with three other Maine residents, sued Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap in federal court, claiming that ranked-choice voting violates the U.S. Constitution. Lawyers […]
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Former Phillips man sentenced to 10 years in sexual abuse case
FARMINGTON — A Franklin County justice sentenced a former Phillips man Tuesday to serve three years of a 10-year sentence for sexually abusing two girls under age 14. Michael Harriman, 28, will serve the sentence after he completes the four years he is serving for a probation violation in an Androscoggin County case. Harriman pleaded […]