BANGOR — Jurors in Maine are going home without a verdict for the second straight day in the trial of two men charged in the drug-related killings of three people whose bodies were discovered in a burning car in Bangor in 2012. Jurors are more than 20 hours into deliberations that began Wednesday in the […]
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Convicted murderer denied parole
WARREN — A Maine man convicted of killing an 18-year-old woman more than 40 years ago has lost a bid for parole. Michael Boucher is one of only four prisoners in Maine who are eligible for parole, which was eliminated in Maine in 1979. His bid for parole was rejected after a hearing Thursday at […]
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Man convicted in Litchfield murder in 1973 seeks parole
WARREN (AP) — A Maine man convicted of killing an 18-year-old woman more than 40 years ago is scheduled to appear before the state parole board this week to seek his freedom. Michael Boucher was convicted of murder in 1991 of the 1973 slaying of Debra Dill. Authorities say he picked her at random, rammed […]
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Auburn man faces attempted murder charge
AUBURN — An Androscoggin County grand jury indicted 30-year-old Mack Williams Jr. on five felony charges Wednesday, including on attempted murder of his girlfriend, Jill Weisman, in March. Williams also was indicted on charges of aggravated assault and terrorizing Weisman and aggravated assault and terrorizing his roommate, Christopher Spence, 32, all stemming from an altercation […]
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Richmond body: Gardiner man charged in dad’s murder
GARDINER — The son of a 56-year-old Gardiner man whose remains were found in Richmond on Monday morning has been charged with murder in connection with his death. Maine State Police late Tuesday afternoon charged Leroy Smith III, 24, with murdering his father, Leroy Smith II, Stephen McCausland, spokesman for the Maine Department of Public […]
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Jury selection begins Monday in triple homicide police called drug deal gone bad
Police investigate a vehicle that burned before dawn off Target Industrial Circle in Bangor in August 2012. After the fire was extinguished, three bodies were found inside the parked car. BANGOR — Jury selection is set to begin Monday morning at the Penobscot Judicial Center in one of the Queen City’s most gruesome homicide cases, in […]
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Maine supreme court upholds 2012 conviction of man accused of fatal Anson shooting
PORTLAND — The Maine Supreme Judicial Court has upheld the 2012 murder conviction of a Norridgewock man found guilty of fatally shooting another man over a drug dispute. The court affirmed Justice John Nivison’s decision on Thursday. Nivison found Robert Nelson guilty of killing Everett Cameron in his pickup truck in Anson on Oct. 31, […]
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Maine inmate who killed fellow prisoner with guitar gets life sentence
ROCKLAND — A 43-year-old Maine State Prison inmate will spend the rest of his life behind bars after he was convicted Tuesday of beating a fellow prisoner to death with an electric guitar last summer. Guy E. Hunnewell pleaded no contest Tuesday in Knox County Superior Court to both the murder charge and an unrelated […]
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Bangor man charged with manslaughter in connection with baby’s death
BANGOR — Bangor police detectives have arrested a 25-year-old local man in connection with the death Wednesday of a 5-month-old child in Bangor. Samuel Moore is charged with manslaughter in connection with the death of Korbyn Antworth, Bangor police Sgt. Cathy Rumsey said Thursday afternoon in a news release. Moore is currently being held at […]
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Prison inmate dies in stabbing
WARREN — Police plan to charge a Maine State Prison inmate with murder after the stabbing death of another inmate Friday. Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Stephen McCausland said in a release the death of inmate Micah Boland, 37, of Knox County, was classified as a homicide Saturday by the Chief Medical Examiner’s Office. […]