A Lewiston attorney who represented Steven H. Downs at trial says his case could reach the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Man killed at Portland YMCA had a love of music
Family members say David Hannauer spent most of his life traveling before illness pushed him to move to Portland to be near family. The man charged with killing him entered a not guilty plea Thursday.
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Judge denies Portland man’s request to withdraw guilty plea in Woodford Street murder
Superior Court Justice MaryGay Kennedy rules that Damion Butterfield ‘made an informed and considered decision to plead guilty instead of hearing the jury’s verdict after receiving a fair trial.’
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Portland man enters insanity plea in stabbing death of Granny’s Burritos founder
Jonathan Alas has already pleaded not guilty to murder in connection to the death of 58-year-old Christopher Godin.
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Suspect charged in police chases and shootout finally in court
It was the fourth time Gary Porter was scheduled to appear in court on six felony charges in connection to the May 6 events in Paris.
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Court documents provide deeper look inside Maine’s clandestine cannabis grows
Laborers living out of suitcases, $10,000 electricity bills and elaborate automatic growing systems are among what officials found inside several of the residences, according to recently filed federal documents.
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Federal prosecutors target 4 Maine properties for seizure in illegal marijuana cases
For the first time, U.S. authorities say they are seeking the forfeiture of Maine properties used in illegal cannabis growing operations that might be tied to organized, transnational crime organizations.
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York County Jail administrator will take over as new warden of Maine State Prison
Nathan Thayer has served as administrator at the York County Jail for the last three years and will start in his new role at Maine’s largest prison on Monday.
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Maine supreme court upholds manslaughter sentence for woman who abandoned baby at birth
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court upheld the 6-year sentence given to Lee Ann Daigle, who left her infant daughter in a gravel pit after giving birth in 1985.
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‘We’ll always blame ourselves’: Card family shares its pain over collective failure to prevent Lewiston mass shooting
Members of Robert Card’s family broke their public silence Thursday to make emotional pleas for improvements to the Army, law enforcement and mental health systems that they say failed to help them in the months before he committed the state’s deadliest mass shooting.