Investigators suspect the late attorney’s employee siphoned off funds estimated at more than $850,000.
Cops & Courts
Police, crime and courts news from the Portland Press Herald.
Man who killed Portland woman in 1969 denied release from Riverview
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court upholds a lower-court ruling that Donald Beauchene still poses a risk.
New York man sentenced for conspiracy to distribute drugs in Portland area
Malcolm Cowart led a drug ring in the city between 2011 and 2014.
Mother of Biddeford murder victim sues, saying police ignored killer’s threats
Susan Johnson’s federal lawsuit says officers failed to search James Pak’s apartment for weapons before he shot and killed teenagers Derrick Thompson and Alivia Welch in 2012.
Jay man charged with murder to appear in Auburn court Thursday
James Sweeney, 56, was charged Tuesday with the murder of his longtime girlfriend.
Touch snake or burn car? Auburn cop saves snake-fearing driver
Officer Travis Barnies came to the rescue by removing the snake from the door of a car.
Scarborough man charged with threatening woman with firearm
The woman had escaped by the time police arrived, and Willis Moulton, 74, was arrested after leaving the home on Black Point Road.
Foot chase in Saco leads to 2 arrests
A man from Saco and a woman from Old Orchard Beach who were prohibited from having contact with each other fled after their car was stopped, police say.
Portland man sentenced for possession of child pornography
Officials who were conducting an investigation of child porn remotely downloaded images from a computer in the home of Glenn Strout
Boyfriend charged with murder of woman in Jay
James Sweeney, 56, is charged with killing his girlfriend, Wendy Douglass, 51, police say.