Bail is set at $250,000 cash for Shawna Gatto, who is charged with depraved indifference murder in the death of Kendall Chick.
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Winthrop teen pleads not guilty to Halloween murder of parents, family dog
Andrew Balcer entered the not guilty pleas Friday in connection with the 2016 killing of his parents, Antonio and Alice Balcer, and the family’s Chihuahua.
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Westbrook man faces prison, deportation for welfare fraud conspiracy at Portland market
Abdulkareem Daham is found guilty of conspiracy to defraud federal food programs in a scheme carried out at the Ahram Halal Market on Forest Avenue.
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Woman pleads guilty to burning down her house after financial argument with husband
A South China woman lit socks on fire, threw them in the living room and went out to garden, according to the prosecutor.
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Shapleigh man strangled girlfriend, threatened to ‘kill people,’ police say
York County deputies deputies used a cruiser public address system to order Nicholas Tapscott out of the house to arrest him.
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Monmouth man’s ‘stolen’ boat located in Mechanic Falls
Paul Cote is charged with criminal attempt to commit insurance deception and two other offenses.
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Deaths of rural Farmington area couple ruled murder-suicide
Thomas Masse shot his wife, Michelle Masse, and then himself at their home in the town of Temple, police say.
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‘Hillbilly’ drug trafficker with telltale tattoo gets 3 years in prison
Gerard Boynton of Monmouth was sentenced to an initial 3 years in prison Tuesday at the Capital Judicial Center.
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Teenage driver charged with manslaughter in crash that killed her passenger
Police say Kelsey Campbell’s blood alcohol was more than twice the legal limit.
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Anger over YMCA dropoff caused Acton man’s violent outburst, police say
Emanuel Slobada allegedly brandished a knife and threatened his mother and sisters.