Theodore Thomes, who failed to show up for his sentencing hearing last month, says recent hurricanes delayed his return from hip replacement surgery in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Edward D. Murphy
Ed covers the City of Westbrook and business stories for the Portland Press Herald.
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Patron files race discrimination lawsuit against Boone’s Fish House
The plaintiff, who went to the restaurant with a group of friends, says the wait staff told her ‘this isn’t your kind of place’ and asked them to leave. Owner Harding Lee Smith denies the claim.
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Man sent to prison for taking woman from Maine to New York to work as prostitute
Donovan Miller was caught as part of an anti sex-trafficking initiative.
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Former Wells man convicted of child sex abuse
William Gaudet faces the possibility of decades in prison.
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After 111-mph chase, Biddeford man fled on foot, leaving toddler in vehicle, police say
Police say they arrested Michael Messier after he eventually crashed and ran away, leaving his unhurt daughter behind.
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Two dozen tenants displaced after fire damages South Portland apartments
The blaze started outside a third-floor unit of Liberty Commons in the city’s Brick Hill area.
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Florida man gets federal prison time for credit card fraud in Maine
Yaisder Herrera Gargallo, 24, of Miami is sentenced to 40 months behind bars.
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Former Massachusetts priest reindicted on Maine sex abuse charges
The abuse of boys allegedly took place in Kennebunk in the late 1980s.
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Wells pastor charged with trying to take over elderly woman’s finances
An indictment accuses Peter W. Leon of endangering the welfare of a dependent person.
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Two men contact police a day after pulling victim from crashed vehicle in Buxton
The two men said they came upon the crash site shortly after the accident occurred, and left after rescue workers arrived.