FARMINGTON — A former state medical examiner testified Thursday in the murder trial of James “Ted” Sweeney that Wendy Douglass suffered many serious head injuries that caused her death July 11, 2017, at her home in Jay. Sweeney, 58, formerly of Jay, is accused of striking his former, longtime girlfriend with a softball bat while she […]
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Trial begins for former Jay man accused of killing girlfriend
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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Kim Dobbie stabbing: Murder trial expected in July
AUBURN — Albert Flick, 77, remains behind bars at the Androscoggin County Jail awaiting trial. Flick is charged with stabbing Kimberly Dobbie, 48, to death on July 15. A jury trial is expected in July, according to the Androscoggin Superior Court. At the time of the stabbing, Dobbie was outside a Lewiston laundromat with her […]
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Maine's high court upholds murder conviction
The state’s highest court has upheld the murder conviction of Robert Burton, the man who shot his girlfriend to death in June 2015 in the town of Parkman and then led police on a 68-day manhunt, the longest and costliest in Maine history. Burton was convicted in October 2017 of intentional or knowing murder by a jury […]
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Former Jay man enters insanity plea, waives jury trial in murder case
FARMINGTON — A former Jay man charged in the death of his girlfriend last year pleaded not criminally responsible by reason of insanity and waived a jury trial Thursday at Franklin County Superior Court. James “Ted” Sweeney, 58, is accused of murder in the July 11, 2017, killing of Wendy Douglass, 51, while she slept […]
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Turkish president: Saudis plotted writer's killing for days
ISTANBUL (AP) — Saudi Arabia must identify those who ordered the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and turn over the suspects for trial, the Turkish president said Tuesday in remarks that carefully ratcheted up pressure on a country that is a source of investment for Turkey, but also a rival for influence in the Middle […]
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Former Jay man expected to enter insanity plea in murder case
FARMINGTON — A former Jay man accused of killing his girlfriend in 2017 is expected to enter a plea of not criminally responsible by reason of insanity, according to a procedural court order issued Monday. James “Ted” Sweeney, 58, is charged with murder in the death of Wendy Douglass, 51, on July 11, 2017, at […]
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Wiscasset woman accused of killing girl, 4, wants statements thrown out
A Wiscasset woman charged with murder in the death of a 4-year-old girl in her care is asking a judge to throw out statements she made to law enforcement. Shawna Gatto, 43, will appear in a Rockland court Thursday morning for a hearing on motions by her attorney. She has pleaded not guilty to depraved […]
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Medical examiner says Iowa student died from stab wounds
BROOKLYN, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa college student who was allegedly abducted by a stranger while running last month in a small town died from stab wounds, a medical examiner says. Authorities announced Thursday that preliminary autopsy results from the state medical examiner’s office show 20-year-old Mollie Tibbetts was the victim of a homicide who […]
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OOB man’s request for less prison time for grandmother’s murder denied
ALFRED — An Old Orchard Beach man serving a life sentence for murdering his grandmother in 2012 was denied his request for a reduced sentence. Derek Poulin, 29, appeared in York County Superior Court last month to ask Justice John O’Neil to reconsider the sentence handed down in 2015. Poulin’s attorney, Chris Nielsen, argued that […]