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Waterville couple sexually abused young girl for years, court document says

The girl, now 16, told a caseworker that the abuse started when she was 9 and and was carried out amid frequent beatings and threats.

Robert J. Howarth gets six years in prison and is ordered to make restitution of $575,000 to people he bilked in a designer-clothing scheme.

Brandon Ross and Danielle Jones are accused of spiriting the 2 dogs out of state to avoid a euthanasia order.

by Ethan Andrews The Republican Journal March 4, 2018March 5, 2018

Authorities say Marissa Kennedy died after repeated beatings by her parents, who have been charged with murder.

by Associated Press March 4, 2018March 4, 2018

Wayne Lapierre was shot in his home and died, and his wife was wounded but survived.

Police say 2 trains narrowly missed hitting Charles Ayres, 45. who was driving near the tracks in Falmouth.

Jenna French, 30, was listed as the primary driver of the Chevy Malibu that belongs to her grandmother, police say.

by CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS Sun Journal March 3, 2018March 3, 2018

Michael Callahan, formerly of Minot, had also pleaded guilty to burning down his own house in 2013.

One of four students who have been charged with terrorizing said he wanted ‘to pull a Sandy Hook,’ while charges are pending against a fifth boy.

Dominic Sylvester is accused of killing his 55-year-old grandmother, Beulah “Marie” Sylvester, in the mobile home they shared in Bowdoinham.