Bartolo Ford of Lisbon is seated with his lawyers, Jamesa Drake and David Bobrow, in Androscoggin County Superior Court during a hearing on Ford’s petition for post-conviction review. AUBURN — A local criminal defense attorney testified Friday that his legal strategy would have differed from that of the lawyer who represented a Lisbon man who […]
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Drug dealer to serve nine months
PARIS — A story published on Page B1 in the Region edition Thursday should have said Jonathan E. Smith of Mexico was sentenced to six years in prison, with all but nine months suspended, for selling heroin in the River Valley in 2015. It was a reporting error.
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Waterford man pleads not guilty to assaulting woman, police officer
PARIS — A Waterford man pleaded not guilty Thursday morning in Oxford County Superior Court to felony aggravated assault and assaulting an officer. Justin Stanton, 33, was arrested Feb. 5 on a charge of assaulting a woman for the second time in two months, assaulting an officer, resisting arrest and violating bail conditions. The court […]
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Police: Lewiston man threatened officers
LEWISTON – Police in Cumberland County issued a bulletin on Thursday advising that a Lewiston man has threatened to kill a large number of cops. Police say Jibril Muse Koshin, 40, listed as a transient, told hospital workers in Lewiston that he was “looking for a way to assassinate 15 or more police officers.” According […]
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Lewiston police charge man with kidnapping, sexual contact
LEWISTON — Police arrested a man after a woman said she was assaulted in his car in Lewiston. The unnamed victim told Lewiston police she was walking to work about 4 a.m. Wednesday on Lisbon Street when she was approached by Joshua Brown, 41, according to a statement from Lewiston police. Police say Brown and […]
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Leeds man accused of breaking into C.N. Brown in Jay
JAY — A Leeds man is accused of breaking into C.N. Brown on Main Street late Tuesday night. An alarm went off at the business at 11:40 p.m. When police Cpl. Jeffrey Fournier arrived he could see the cash register was knocked over and when he checked the building it was locked up, Chief Richard […]
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Standish dad sentenced to 15 years for death of infant son
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A Maine father who caused the death of one of his premature twins by violently shaking him is going to prison for 15 years. A judge imposed the sentence Tuesday on Eugene “Charlie” Martineau of Standish, who pleaded guilty to manslaughter under an agreement in which a murder charge was dropped. […]
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Jay man indicted in maple syrup heist in Wilton
FARMINGTON — A Jay man accused of stealing 50 gallons of maple syrup in February from his former employer on More Acres Road in Wilton was indicted Thursday. Brandon Hall, 24, was indicted on felony charges of burglary, which is elevated because of prior offenses, and theft by unauthorized taking. Police recovered 17 of the […]
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Police seek hit-and-run driver after car hits woman in a wheelchair
ROCKLAND — Police are searching for a hit-and-run suspect who they say seriously injured a woman in a wheelchair. Officials say the crash happened in Rockland on Sunday morning. Police say the driver hit 52-year-old Arlene Holt from behind as she traveled in her motorized wheelchair on state Route 73. Authorities say Holt was knocked […]
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1 killed, 1 injured in shooting in Belgrade
Maine State Police closed off Route 11 in Belgrade late Friday night after what officials say was an officer-involved shooting. BELGRADE — Authorities say says one person was killed and another injured in an officer-involved shooting in the town of Belgrade, Maine. The Kennebec Journal reports the shooting happened at a mobile home Friday night […]