Ernest Green was sentenced Thursday at the Capital Judicial Center after being convicted of selling drugs near a public park designated as a safe zone.
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Girl found dead in Stockton Springs was beaten for months, police say
A police affidavit in support of murder charges against Julio and Sharon Carrillo describes horrific beatings of 10-year-old Marissa Kennedy, whose body was found in their condo Sunday.
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Pot plants, luxury cars seized in Lewiston-Auburn raids
Richard ‘Stitch’ Daniels, 52, is charged with marijuana trafficking and hash oil manufacturing, and officers tow multiple cars, including a Lamborghini Huracan and a Nissan GT-R.
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Bowdoinham woman found at home with severe injuries dies hours later
Beaulah ‘Marie’ Sylvester, 55, was found unconscious Monday morning in her home on Post Road.
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High-speed chase and crash in stolen U-Haul lands Portland man in jail – again
The incident Sunday night is the second time since October that the suspect stole a U-Haul truck and crashed it, police say.
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Singular young woman made a deep impression before inexplicable killing
Classmates of slain University of New England medical school student Deane Stryker, 22, remember her outsized personality, warmth and optimism.
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Belfast woman charged with terrorizing after posting target practice video
In the video, Laurie Allen names city officials as her ‘targets’ after firing off practice rounds.
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Mother, stepfather charged with murdering 10-year-old girl in Stockton Springs
One of the adults called for an ambulance about 2:30 p.m. Sunday for an unresponsive child at a condominium where they had been staying.
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Man fatally shoots himself during standoff and sister says she might have prevented it
She believes that if authorities had contacted her during the nearly 12-hour standoff she might have been able to talk her brother safely out of the house.
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Suspect in fatal stabbing of UNE medical student has ‘severe mental illness,’ his attorney says
Jeffrey Yao, 23, has been hospitalized multiple times, according to his lawyer, and Yao’s neighbors in Massachusetts say they felt terrorized by him.