AUBURN — An Androscoggin County grand jury indicted 30-year-old Mack Williams Jr. on five felony charges Wednesday, including on attempted murder of his girlfriend, Jill Weisman, in March. Williams also was indicted on charges of aggravated assault and terrorizing Weisman and aggravated assault and terrorizing his roommate, Christopher Spence, 32, all stemming from an altercation […]
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Devices annoy smartphone trial judge
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — So far one of the biggest problems for a federal judge overseeing a patent battle between the world’s largest smartphone makers isn’t about stolen ideas. It’s getting the roomful of smartphone devotees to turn off their devices. U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh has become increasingly frustrated during the first few […]
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Sabattus man gets 15 years in prison for assaults on preteen
AUBURN — A Sabattus man who pleaded guilty to nearly a dozen counts of gross sexual assault over several years against a preteen girl was sentenced Wednesday to serve 15 years in prison. A reproving Androscoggin County Superior Court judge sentenced Michael Gagnier, 34, of 20 High St. to 25 years in prison, with 10 […]
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Maine’s chief justice wants ‘e-filing’ for courts
Chief Justice Leigh Saufley told lawmakers Tuesday during her “State of the Judiciary” to support Gov. Paul LePage’s plan to boost the number of judges on special drug courts but also look at other ways to combat drug addiction. She also called on lawmakers to support a bill that would help the courts convert to […]
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State law gives Lewiston’s storm-water fee some new bite
LEWISTON — Dan Long hasn’t given the city’s storm-water fee much thought. Living on the downhill side of No Name Pond Road, he figured any rain that landed on his property eventually washed down to the Sabattus River and away from the city. “I think I paid it the first month, and then never did […]
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Maine court: Landowners can deny access to Kennebunkport beach
AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine’s highest court has ruled that the public does not have the right to access some parts of a Kennebunkport beach, a decision the town’s lawyer says could affect public access disputes across the state. The Supreme Judicial Court’s ruling Tuesday said property owners along Goose Rocks Beach have a say over […]
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Maine fraternity member in USM standoff heads to court
GORHAM (AP) — A University of Southern Maine student charged with threatening one of his fraternity brothers with a gun, prompting a three-hour standoff with police, is headed to court. Alan-Michael Santos, a business marketing major from Winchester, Mass., is scheduled to face a judge Friday on charges including terrorizing and threatening with a firearm. […]
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F. Lee Bailey’s quest to practice in Maine moves to high court
PORTLAND — The justices of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court will decide if famed criminal defense attorney F. Lee Bailey will be allowed to practice law in Maine. Oral arguments in his case are to be heard Tuesday morning in the Cumberland County Courthouse. The appeal was filed by the State of Maine Board of […]
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Wisconsin man convicted of drunken-driving homicide that killed Rumford woman in 2011
DARLINGTON, Wis. — A Shullsburg, Wis., man was convicted of three felonies in Lafayette County Circuit Court on Tuesday in Darlington for a 2011 crash that killed a 21-year-old Rumford woman. In a report published Thursday in the Wisconsin State Journal, a jury found Kyle Monahan, 24, guilty of homicide by intoxicated use of a […]
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NYPD undercover officer accused of punching SUV window in biker melee
NEW YORK (AP) — An undercover police detective accused of punching out an SUV window during a motorcycle rally that descended into violence was unmasked Wednesday in a courtroom where he was confronted with serious assault charges. But Detective Wojciech Braszczok’s lawyer insisted he would be exonerated by the very video prosecutors say incriminates him […]