A Portland seafood dealer is sentenced to 6 months in jail and a Maine fisherman pleads guilty to trafficking more than $250,000 worth of illegally harvested elvers
Cops & Courts
Police, crime and courts news from the Portland Press Herald.
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Windham man sentenced for lying about Old Port shooting in 2016
Jason McGoldrick will spend one year and a day in prison for lying to investigators about the identity of a man he was with when another man shot at them.
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Police charge Wiscasset woman with murder in death of 4-year-old girl
The Medical Examiner’s Office says Kendall Chick died of blunt force trauma to the abdomen.
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Three New Hampshire fugitives caught in York County
Two men were wanted on drug charges and a woman with them was wanted for obstruction.
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Portland driver, 82, who hit pedestrian in parking lot had suspended license
Robert Carson’s Toyota Highlander hit Mary Anthoine in the parking lot of Pratt Abbott dry cleaners on Forest Avenue.
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Arundel man charged with attempting to strangle woman
Police say Thomas Kimball, 22, was taken into custody shortly after the alleged assault Wednesday night.
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Auburn man convicted of illegally possessing a gun
Willie Richard Minor was prohibited from having a gun because of a previous conviction for domestic violence assault.
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Inmate revived after apparent overdose at Cumberland County Courthouse
Portland police officers administered the overdose-reversing drug naloxone after the woman showed symptoms Wednesday afternoon.
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Pedestrian struck, seriously injured in Portland parking lot
The accident took place about 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at Pratt Abbott on Forest Avenue, officials say.
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Sidney man convicted of raping child seeks new trial
Defense attorneys say a private, recorded conversation between the trial judge and the district attorney tainted the case of Eric Bard, who was convicted of sexually assaulting a 4-year-old and sentenced to 50 years in prison.