Kiana Green, 26, reportedly used a knife to slash a man’s hand during an altercation at Crosby Street Place.
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Auburn woman pleads guilty to heroin trafficking conspiracy
PORTLAND — An Auburn woman pleaded guilty Tuesday in U.S. District Court to conspiring to distribute heroin. U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank said Sierrha Frisbie, 26, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin. According to court records, Frisbie purchased heroin in Massachusetts and New York between November 2015 and September […]
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Federal judge questions suspect in pot bust about ‘$300,000 hidden under a rock’
PORTLAND — The father of an Auburn man charged earlier this year in connection with a federal drug raid in the Twin Cities appeared in court Monday. Daniel Poland III of D.L.P. Builders Inc. was charged in a 41-count indictment in October with making false statements to the Internal Revenue Service in May and July. […]
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Paramedic pleads guilty to driving to call under the influence
BATH (AP) — A Maine firefighter who pleaded guilty to driving under the influence while working as a paramedic has been sentenced to a 150-day license suspension. The Bangor Daily News reports 55-year-old James Perry was also ordered to pay a $500 fine during his sentencing Wednesday. Perry was responding to a suspected drowning in Bath in […]
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Police searching for suspects in Winslow home robbery and assault
WINSLOW — Two suspects are at large following a robbery and assault that took place at a Winslow home Friday morning. Peter Genica According to Winslow police, a woman, whose name has not been released, sustained non-life threatening injuries in the incident. She was treated at the scene by Winslow firefighters and transported to an […]
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Boston man sentenced 17 years for sex trafficking of Maine women
A Boston man was sentenced Thursday to 17 years in federal prison for his role in a sex trafficking case involving two young women from Maine. Federal prosecutors and investigators issued a news release that describes Rashad Sabree’s actions as “brutal” because he exploited the women’s addiction to opioids. Sabree, 38, shared apartments with the […]
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Former West Paris selectman could face 10 years in prison
WEST PARIS — Toby Whitman, a former SAD 17 director and West Paris selectman, is scheduled to appear Jan. 9 in Unified Criminal Court in Augusta. Whitman’s appearance is for a dispositional conference, which is a preliminary hearing scheduled after arraignment and after both parties have seen police reports, witness statements and other documents or evidence […]
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Former Auburn teacher to spend six months in jail
AUBURN — A former high school teacher pleaded guilty Thursday to three felony charges stemming from two earlier drunken driving convictions. Andrew Cessario, 27, of Limerick is expected to spend six months in jail when he is sentenced in March. Cessario is a former social studies teacher, former baseball pitching coach and former assistant football […]
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Lewiston man seeks new trial, claiming lawyer failures
AUBURN — A Lewiston man sentenced to spend 22 years in prison for stabbing his former girlfriend was seeking a new trial Wednesday, claiming his lawyers failed to advise him to take a plea offer and discouraged him from testifying in his own defense. Cleveland Cruthirds, 32, was convicted by a jury of elevated aggravated […]
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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 […]