Dennis ‘Rocky’ Roman, 36, and Jose ‘Justa’ Rivera, 24, were arrested Tuesday, the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency said.
Cops & Courts
Police, crime and courts news from the Portland Press Herald.
Don McLean denies trying to contact ex-wife
The ‘American Pie’ singer-songwriter had been ordered by a judge to stay away from his former wife after he pleaded guilty to several domestic violence offenses.
Boy, 15, denies sexually assaulting girl in Westbrook motel
Rick Powers is one of three charged with assaulting the girl in February.
Former food pantry treasurer sentenced to jail, $291,000 restitution
Mary O’Donal plead guilty last month to a charge of theft from Farmington’s Care and Share Food closet.
Maine driver won’t go to jail for 2014 crash that killed man
Brad Curtis loses his license and is ordered to do community service for the accident in which David Smart of Mattawamkeag died.
Don McLean ordered to stop disparaging ex-wife on social media
The protection order against the ‘American Pie’ singer-songwriter comes after a 2016 case in which he pleaded guilty to domestic violence offenses against Patrisha McLean.
Police say 19-year-old severely beat her father in a drunken rage
Briana Rideout, of Whitefield, used a chunk of firewood and a fire poker in an attack that fractured her father’s skull in 2 places and left him with bruises and lacerations.
Lawmakers endorse proposal for tougher sentences in domestic violence murders
Prompted by a northern Maine murder, the proposal would give judges more authority to issue life sentences for killings of domestic partners.
Richmond man: I aimed to wound, not kill, break-in suspect
A former Marine who served in Iraq and Afghanistan says he had no choice but to shoot Shad Hembree, 42, when he forced his way back in after being told to leave.
Former Bonny Eagle cheerleading coach enters no plea, remains free on bail
Nicholas Perry was arrested in January on charges of gross sexual assault and unlawful sexual touching.