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Truck driver convicted in deaths of 2 from Knox County files appeal

by Stephen Betts The Courier-Gazette April 14, 2018December 27, 2018

Randall Junior Weddle was found guilty of manslaughter and other charges in the deaths of Christina Torres-York of Warren and Paul Fowles of Owls Head.

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Inmate dies at Maine State Prison in Warren

by Beth Quimby April 14, 2018April 14, 2018

The Department of Corrections confirms the death of Jeremiah F. Young, 48.

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LePage nominates new Maine State Police chief

by Eric Russell April 13, 2018April 13, 2018

The agency’s No. 2, Lt. Col. John Cote, would succeed Col. Robert Williams, who retired to take a job at Colby College.

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Judge won’t remove prosecutors from child murder case

by Ethan Andrews Republican Journal April 13, 2018April 13, 2018

Attorneys for Sharon Carrillo, who is charged, along with her husband, with beating 10-year-old Marissa Kennedy to death, sought to disqualify two assistant attorneys general.

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Suspect arrested in wake of armed robbery spree across southern Maine

by Matt Byrne April 13, 2018April 13, 2018

Police and the FBI arrest a suspect in one of the armed robberies that have targeted small businesses over the past few weeks, but it’s not yet clear if he is responsible for any of the others.

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Robberies become more dangerous as business owners resist, get weapons ready

by Megan Gray April 12, 2018April 12, 2018

The owner of an Old Orchard Beach store scares a robber away with a club, and the operator of another business now keeps a gun behind the counter, saying, ‘You can’t bring a baseball bat to a gunfight.’