Officers to be paid overtime to patrol the Water Street area while city councilors weigh whether to fund a new full-time position.
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Florida woman arrested as part of Maine corrections kickback investigation
Melanie Ann High is accused of using kickbacks to induce Gerald E. Merrill, a deputy superintendent with the Maine Department of Corrections, into purchasing from companies she controlled.
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Man accused of killing his parents, 2 others in Bowdoin enters insanity plea
Joseph Eaton, who told a Press Herald reporter that he killed his parents and 2 other people in Bowdoin and shot 3 others on Interstate 295 in Yarmouth in April, was arraigned Friday afternoon on 4 counts of murder and 23 other charges.
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Man convicted of 1994 murder argues DNA analysis casts doubt on guilt
Foster Bates, 55, has denied killing Tammy Dickson for nearly 30 years. Now a judge will decide whether evidence his attorney presented during a post-conviction review warrants a new trial.
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Old Orchard Beach man accused of stealing car with sleeping woman inside
Damion Joyce, 51, surrendered to Scarborough police early Thursday morning, minutes after he is accused of stealing a car that contained a sleeping woman and refused to let her out. He has been charged with kidnapping.
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Judge to determine whether teen charged in girlfriend’s death to be tried as juvenile or adult
A final day of testimony was heard Thursday in Waterville in the case of Aidan Grant, 16, who’s charged in the stabbing death of 14-year-old Brooke McLaughlin in Mount Vernon.
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Changing testimony complicates man’s plea for a new trial in 1994 murder
Foster Bates was convicted in 2001 of killing Tammy Dickson, his neighbor and babysitter. But Bates has maintained his innocence in the slaying and hopes new witnesses and evidence will get him a new trial.
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State prosecutor reveals inconsistencies in stories teen told following death of girlfriend in Mount Vernon
Further details were revealed Wednesday in Waterville during the second day of testimony to determine if Aidan Grant, 16, will be tried as an adult in the death last year of his girlfriend, Brooke McLaughlin, 14.
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Survivor of fatal Gorham crash pleads not guilty to manslaughter charge
Ernest Dubeau, 39, who allegedly caused the crash that killed Richard Bernard in Gorham last September, pleaded not guilty to 5 charges Wednesday morning.
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State corrections official charged with theft, bribery
Gerald E. Merrill, a deputy superintendent with the Maine Department of Corrections, was arrested Tuesday and accused of operating a kickback scheme for nearly a decade.