Adam Getchell was convicted in March of driving to endanger.
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Jury clears two Augusta police officers of excessive force claim
Michael J. Albert Sr. filed suit, claiming his rights were violated when he was arrested at the Augusta homeless shelter in 2012.
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Veteran charged in shooting incident sent to unit in Kennebec County jail
Robert Ferrera, who started firing an assault rifle last weekend at his family’s farm in Shapleigh, is transferred from the York County Jail to the Incarcerated Veterans Initiative.
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Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office verifies addresses of sex offenders
About 10 percent of the county’s 156 registered offenders were charged with listing incorrect addresses, Sheriff Ryan Reardon says.
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Convicted Bingham sex offender charged in sex assault
Police say Christopher Carl Cates, 41, assaulted a woman after going to her house on the pretext of looking at a vehicle that was for sale.
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Augusta officers deny using excessive force in homeless veteran’s arrest
Michael J. Albert Sr. maintains in a civil lawsuit that his civil rights were violated when he was arrested.
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Man who killed two nuns in Waterville 20 years ago seeks move to supervised apartment
Experts argued over Mark Bechard’s mental health status at a hearing on Tuesday.
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Homeless veteran describes Augusta arrest in excessive force case
Michael J. Albert Sr. says he was injured, yet he didn’t resist arrest.
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Maine police investigate thefts, find teens handcuffed together
The handcuffs were among the items stolen in dozens of car break-ins in Lisbon Falls one night this month.
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Nurse from Maine acquitted on drug charges in N.H.
Kerry Bridges was accused of stealing painkillers and writing bogus medication orders.