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Lewiston man pleads not guilty in Giusti death

LEWISTON — The oldest of a trio of males charged last month in the June 12, 2018, death of Donald Giusti pleaded not guilty in court Wednesday. Pierre Musafiri, 23, was charged with misdemeanor assault for allegedly kicking Giusti while he lay badly injured in Knox Street after a confrontation between two groups near Kennedy […]

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Lewiston man gets new trial because jurors didn’t see cellphone video

PORTLAND — Maine’s highest court has ordered a new trial for a man who allegedly resisted arrest, because jurors weren’t allowed to see cellphone video taken by the man’s sister. A police officer arrested Abdiaziz Hussein of Lewiston in November 2017 because he allegedly refused to sign a criminal summons, tried to run and punched […]

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May 2019: Man, 23, arrested in connection with Woodstock fatal hit-and-run

PARIS — A 23-year-old man was arrested Tuesday in connection with a fatal hit-and-run accident Monday in Woodstock and charged with manslaughter and leaving the scene of a crash that resulted in death. Sheriff’s deputies and Maine State Police took Ethan Rioux-Poulios into custody on Jackson Crossing Road in West Paris, shortly after 10 a.m., […]

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Police log

Androscoggin County •Terry Verrill, 25, of Turner, on a charge of operating under the influence of intoxication, 11:31 p.m. Saturday, on Empire Road in Poland. Lewiston •Tesha Cooper, 23, of Lewiston, on a charge of operating under the influence of intoxication, 2:37 a.m. Sunday, on Sabattus Street. •Zachary Pryor, 36, of Lewiston, on a charge […]