Sidney Kilmartin is accused of mailing the poison to an Englishman who used it to kill himself.
Cops & Courts
Police, crime and courts news from the Portland Press Herald.
Excessive force case against Augusta police moves toward trial
A homeless veteran says he suffered a torn rotator cuff when officers arrested him in 2012.
Former Wilton man sentenced to 35 years in prison for hammer slaying of his grandmother
Dana Craney pleads guilty to murdering Joanne Goudreau, 67.
Police investigate New Year’s Eve vandalism in Pittsfield
Damage from the pellet gun shooting spree is estimated at between $5,000 and $10,000.
Saco police criminal investigators take over case of missing man
Family, friends, Portland police and the Coast Guard also search for James Dyer, 23, who was last seen early New Year’s Day in the Old Port.
No one hurt as shots fired outside Westbrook methadone clinic
A Sebago man, 30, was taken into custody and is being held on three charges at the Cumberland County Jail.
Pedestrian in fatal Farmington hit-and-run tentatively identified as Wilton woman
An Industry man is charged with aggravated operating under the influence of alcohol.
New Mexico man charged with domestic assault in Newfield
His former girlfriend says he choked her and threatened to burn her alive in her parents’ barn.
Board suspends license of Portland lawyer who admitted to child porn charge
Lawrence Winger, 64, who was sentenced to jail in May, gets a 90-day license suspension followed by supervision and counseling.
Two N.Y. men indicted on murder charges in Bangor shooting
The two are accused of killing one man and wounding another on Nov. 27.