The prosecution says Miranda Hopkins might not have intended to kill her baby, but she was negligent; while the defense argues that the baby was killed by one of Hopkins’ other children.
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Teen involved in Poland armed robbery gets $10,000 bail
Jordin Small, 18, faces a felony charge punishable by up to 30 years in prison.
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Sanborn lawyers try to poke holes in prosecution’s 1992 murder case
They focus again on the state’s failure to pursue charges against another possible suspect in the grisly slaying of a 16-year-old girl in Portland.
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Death of fisherman Down East being investigated as homicide
The body of Wayne Foss was found in his burned-out mobile home Saturday.
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Augusta man operated meth lab in home with children, police say
Patrick Shorey is also charged with drug trafficking.
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State trooper tackles man in Best Buy at Maine Mall
Steven Curatola, 45, is charged with eluding an officer, operating after revocation and refusing to submit to arrest.
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In acclaimed new memoir, Sarah Perry confronts the crime that ended her mother’s life
At 12 years old, Sarah Perry found her mother brutally slain at their Bridgton home. She was faced with a choice – shut down or seek to understand what happened.
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Excerpts from Sarah Perry’s ‘After the Eclipse’
In her newly published memoir, Perry has stitched together details of the horrible night in 1994 when her mother was murdered in their Bridgton home.
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Death in Washington County fire called suspicious
Maine State Police are asking the public for help after a body was discovered inside a mobile home Saturday morning in Whitneyville.
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Trial of Troy mother accused of killing infant son to begin Monday in Belfast
Miranda Hopkins, was indicted for manslaughter in the death of her 7-week-old son, Jaxson, will go on trial after a judge refused to admit a polygraph test as evidence.