FARMINGTON — A Franklin County justice handed down his written decision Thursday to set $150,000 cash bail for a Wilton man accused of shooting to death a New Sharon man June 1 in Wilton. In addition, Timothy Danforth, 24, must enter into a Maine Pre-Trial Services Contract, according to Justice William Stokes’ decision. Danforth was […]
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Bail hearing set for Wilton man accused of killing New Sharon man
FARMINGTON — A bail hearing will be held at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 7, at Franklin County Superior Court for a Wilton man accused of fatally shooting a New Sharon man on June 1. Timothy Danforth, 24, pleaded not guilty Aug. 19 to a charge of intentional or knowing murder of Michael Reis, 24, outside of […]
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Wilton man pleads not guilty to murder
FARMINGTON – A Wilton man pleaded not guilty Friday to shooting a New Sharon man to death June 1. Timothy Danforth, 24, is charged with intentional or knowing murder of Michael Reis, 24, outside of Danforth’s father’s house on Weld Road in Wilton. Danforth, who was indicted by a grand jury Thursday, occasionally wiped tears […]
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Former Wilton man gets 35 years for killing grandmother
FARMINGTON — A Franklin County justice sentenced a former Wilton man Monday to 35 years in prison for bludgeoning his grandmother to death. Dana Craney, 23, pleaded guilty to intentional and knowing murder in Franklin County Unified Court. He had pleaded not guilty in January 2015. Joanne Goodreau, 67, was killed at the home she […]
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Arrest made in Christmas murders case
UPDATE: N.Y. man denied bail in Christmas Day homicide AUGUSTA — State police arrested a New York man Tuesday in the shooting deaths of an Augusta couple on Christmas morning, Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Stephen McCausland said. David W. Marble, 29, of Rochester, N.Y., was charged with two counts of murder after Augusta police stopped […]
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Former Wilton man accused of killing grandmother awaits trial in 2016
FARMINGTON — A former Wilton man accused of killing his grandmother at a mobile home they shared on Weld Road in Wilton is still awaiting trial at Franklin County Detention Center. Dana Craney, 23, pleaded not guilty on Jan. 30 to a charge of murder resulting in the death of Joanne Goudreau, 67. He was indicted […]
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New York men arrested for Bangor shootings
BANGOR, Maine (AP) — Police have arrested two New York men for the shooting of two people, one fatally, at an apartment house in Bangor. Police received reports of multiple shots fired on Center Street at around 3:30 a.m. Friday. One man died from gunshot wounds and another person was taken to the hospital. It’s […]
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Texas man charged with 6 counts of murder
A Texas man was formally charged with six counts of capital murder Thursday in the killing of a group of people in Anderson County that included a former Farmington man and his daughter. William Mitchell Hudson, 33, is accused of shooting two of the victims inside a travel camper and another four in the woods […]
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Farmington community in shock, mourning over Texas slayings
Coverage: Texas man charged with six counts of murder | Warrant: Texas murder suspect was drinking with Johnson family | 2 former Farmington residents among 6 killed in Texas FARMINGTON — People in the area were in shock and mourning Tuesday after learning that two former residents, Carl Johnson and his daughter, Hannah Johnson, and four other people — […]
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Family, police still seek clues in unsolved 1990 homicide
PORTLAND — Norway resident Kyle Sampson visited 64 Pine St. in the West End for the first time Monday afternoon. It was not a social visit. He wants to know who killed his father in the block between Brackett and West streets 25 years ago on Nov. 13, 1990. “This is a murder — it […]