An Augusta man who was convicted of sexually assaulting an 8-year-old boy had argued that his statements to police should have been kept out of his trial.
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Nearly 3 pounds of heroin and cocaine seized in Sanford bust
Three men from Lowell and Lawrence, Mass., and a Sanford resident are charged with trafficking.
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Teenager charged in Farmington vehicle thefts, crashing stolen car
The 14-year-old from New Hampshire also is suspected of burglaries in Waldo County as well as vehicle thefts in New Hampshire and Vermont, police said.
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Two crime profilers for Anthony Sanborn Jr. say clues suggest a serial killer
Preliminary reports filed in court say evidence in the 1989 murder of Jessica L. Briggs points away from the man who was imprisoned for 25 years in the case.
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Massachusetts man pleads guilty to embezzling from Maine boatyard
Steven Nygren, 50, wrote unauthorized checks to himself totaling $732,000 and made an additional $62,000 in unauthorized charges to company credit cards of Brooklin Boat Yard, federal prosecutors say.
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Accused Fairfield bombmaker intended no harm, police say
Nonetheless, Wayne Hargrove, 25, is charged with criminal use of explosives after police find an ‘improvised explosive device’ in his living room.
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Maine State Police seek information in Newport teacher’s 1975 unsolved homicide
Robert McKee was killed while working a night shift at McNally’s Texaco Station in Newport.
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Law license of former York County probate judge suspended for 2 years
The state’s highest court again sanctions Robert Nadeau, now a Biddeford attorney, for multiple violations of Maine’s code of judicial conduct.
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Sebago woman accused of faking cancer pleads not guilty of theft
Hillary McLellan, 25, allegedly told friends for more than a year that she had been diagnosed with cancer, leading them to raise money for her treatment.
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Florida man pleads guilty to using stolen credit card numbers in Maine
Yaisder Herrera Gargallo, 24, of Miami faces up to seven years in federal prison, the U.S. Attorney’s Office says.