Noah Gaston, 33, is accused of shooting his wife, 34-year-old Alicia Gaston, with a shotgun as she came up the stairwell of their home on Jan. 14.
Cops & Courts
Police, crime and courts news from the Portland Press Herald.
Man charged with killing Maine woman was freed from jail 3 weeks earlier
Timothy Johnson was released from a detention center because prosecutors didn’t meet a 30-day deadline to file charges stemming from a previous alleged assault.
Ex-Canaan youth minister abused girl during sleep-over, police allege
Lucas Savage, 27, enters no plea to the charge of unlawful sexual contact.
Maine man accused of molesting children at petting zoo in Alabama
Daryl V. Raymond Jr., 48, of the Aroostook County town of Stockholm has been charged with two counts of sexual abuse of a child under the age of 12.
Auburn man charged in Lewiston stabbing
The victim, a 22-year-old Lewiston man, suffered non-life threatening injuries, police say.
Augusta man, cleared of drunken-driving Thursday, is charged again Saturday
Jose Jesus Tapia-Smith is arrested during a traffic stop.
Florida police charge man with murdering Maine woman during sex
The Pasco County Sheriff’s Office says Timothy Frederick Johnson killed Judith Therianos of Alfred, whose body was found in a wooded lot on April 7.
Maine supreme court upholds Greek Orthodox priest’s sex abuse conviction
Adam Metropoulos, 53, of Bangor is in prison for sexually abusing a former altar boy at St. George Greek Orthodox Church.
Couple charged with passing counterfeit money in central Maine
Police say use of counterfeit money becomes more prevalent as drug abuse increases.
Portland police seek 2 men in stabbing at Denny’s restaurant
A Veazie man is listed in serious but stable condition. The violence may have been racially motivated, police say.