A former Lewiston resident is one of two people arrested Wednesday morning in connection with a homicide in Cherryfield last week. New York City Police arrested 37-year-old Carine Reeves and 19-year-old Quaneysha Greeley on 141st St. in the Laurelton section of Queens at about 8 a.m. Wednesday, according to a news release from the Maine […]
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911 transcript: Madison shooter promised not to hurt victim's girlfriend
MADISON (AP) — A Maine woman who fled to safety amid a deadly rampage says her boyfriend’s father promised not to hurt her as he killed his wife, his son and a neighbor. In a newly released 911 transcript obtained by the Morning Sentinel (http://bit.ly/2vxMWpK ), an unidentified woman told a dispatcher that she and […]
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Jay man turns himself in; police charge him with girlfriend's murder
JAY — A local man was charged in the death of his girlfriend Tuesday, after he turned himself in to the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office in Auburn, state police said. James E. Sweeney, 56, was charged with murder in the death of Wendy Douglass, 51, at her home at 5 Jewell St., Lt. Brian McDonough […]
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Farmington man arrested in Brunswick 1979 killing of child
A Farmington man was arrested Friday in connection with the death of his young son, nearly 38 years ago in Brunswick. The arrest followed the indictment of 62-year-old Burton “Ben” Hagar on murder charges by a Cumberland County grand jury. Hagar, who now lives in Farmington, was arrested just before noon at his home on […]
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Lifetree to examine murder mystery
LEWISTON — An unsolved murder mystery will be examined at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 23, at Lifetree Cafe, 1919 Lisbon Road. The program, “An Unsolved Mystery: Living with Life’s Unanswered Questions,” will feature a filmed interview with Gary McMahan, an eye witness to an actual unsolved killing that occurred on the plains of northeastern Colorado. […]
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No probe in wife’s ’93 death after last month’s Hebron murder-suicide
AUGUSTA (AP) — State police won’t reopen an investigation into the 1993 death of the wife of a former minister, who authorities say killed his daughter in a murder-suicide in Maine last month. Investigators say Daniel Randall on Dec. 8 drove to his estranged family’s the home in Hebron, Maine, and killed his daughter, 27-year-old […]
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Lewiston man gets 45-year sentence in hit-and-run murder
AUBURN — A Lewiston man was sentenced Tuesday to serve 45 years in prison for the hit-and-run murder of his pregnant ex-girlfriend in 2014. Androscoggin County Superior Court Justice MaryGay Kennedy sentenced Evaristo De Deus, 36, of 37 Union St., to the maximum prison term allowed under an October plea agreement. In announcing the sentence, […]
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Former pastor bought murder weapon in Poland
POLAND — Top Gun owner Joe Cimino confirmed to WCSH Channel 6 on Thursday that his Maine Street shop sold the gun to Daniel Randall last week that Randall used to kill his daughter, Claire, in Hebron before turning it on himself. WCSH is reporting that Randall bought the gun at noon Thursday, Dec. 8, […]
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Franklin County justice lowers bail for Wilton murder suspect
FARMINGTON — A Franklin County justice Wednesday reduced bail to $80,000 worth of real estate for a Wilton man accused of shooting to death a New Sharon man on June 1 in Wilton. Defense attorneys Sarah Glynn and Jeffrey Wilson filed a motion to amend the bail for 25-year-old Timothy Danforth. He was indicted Aug. […]