Prosecutors say Yarann Im and his Maine Eel Co. illegally trafficked hundreds of pounds of valuable baby eels.
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Charge dropped against Maine state trooper accused of criminal mischief
Trooper Michael D. Lane, 28, of Lyman was issued a summons about 2 a.m. Sept. 2 in Saco, but authorities have not said why he was charged or what led to the dismissal.
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Supreme Court declines to hear Scarborough man’s appeal
Joshua Nisbet had been ordered by a Maine judge to defend himself after five previous attorneys withdrew from the armed robbery case.
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Federal court rejects Dennis Dechaine’s final appeal of murder conviction
Dechaine, convicted of the 1988 killing of Sarah Cherry, was denied an appeal Monday before a three-judge panel in Boston’s First Circuit, marking the end of a 27-year campaign for a retrial.
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Stolen handgun recovered from Sanford pawn shop, 2 charged
The 9 mm semiautomatic Smith & Wesson was reported stolen Aug. 23.
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Tenants Harbor lobsterman’s boat sunk for third time
The Maine Marine Patrol is investigating the sinking of Anthony Hooper’s 35-foot boat in Port Clyde, after charging three men in the sinking of another boat.
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New York man charged in Biddeford killing held without bail
Timothy Ortiz, 20, who is accused of murder in the shooting death of Jonathan Methot, enters no plea in York County Superior Court in Alfred.
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Windham man accused of mailing cyanide pleads guilty to some charges
Sidney Kilmartin’s trial on other charges begins in U.S. District Court in Bangor.
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Prosecutor: Landlord rented out ‘death traps’ in house where fire killed 6
Gregory Nisbet’s defense disputes the state’s allegation that the building was being used as a rooming house, which requires additional alarms and fire security.
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York County teens charged with breaking into Waterboro mailboxes
The boys from Sanford and Waterboro were found by police inside a building strewn with mail.