Keith Ayotte said Maine State Prison guards threatened him after he reported being beaten by another inmate armed with a prison padlock.

A Rumford lawyer convicted of calling in threats to Wilton schools is charged with domestic violence terrorizing.

He first confessed to the crime Dec. 18 in a letter from prison and could be sentenced to eight years.

The City Council will consider an ordinance Monday to keep offenders away from schools, parks and play areas.

One suspect is said to be a state-certified marijuana caregiver who sold pot to ineligible patients.

Donald Henson was accused of threatening to kill his wife and her mother, then setting fire to a house.