The 17-year-old was acquitted last month on separate charges that he plotted to carry out a school shooting.
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Plea deal proposed in $800,000 embezzlement from prominent Waterville lawyer
Court papers say over the course of two decades, Sarah Nale took the money from Sidney Geller, his real estate trust, and from David Geller.
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Maine PUC to consider Versant’s proposal to help police identify illegal marijuana operations
But the utility’s offer to notify authorities of suspiciously high electric bills has come under fire from legal and consumer privacy advocates.
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Pedestrian killed in hit-and-run crash in Falmouth
Police said they found the driver and vehicle around 2 1/2 hours later in a parking lot roughly half a mile from the scene of the incident.
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Teens escaped from Long Creek by jumping from roof
The breakout from the state’s only youth prison kicked off a 3-day manhunt, and both young males now face multiple charges after police say they stole 3 cars and crashed 2.
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Portland shooting victim found community in city’s restaurant and bar scene
Susan McHugh, 54, of Gray, was 1 of the 4 people taken to the hospital following the shooting last week. Police investigating her homicide say the 3 other victims are men in their 40s and 50s.
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State police say Oxford man was killed Friday night in Poland
Maine State Police identified the victim of a Friday night shooting in Poland as a 51-year-old man from Oxford.
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Maine Supreme Judicial Court upholds Mercer man’s child porn convictions
In 2023, Steven Edwards was found guilty by a jury of 18 counts of possession of sexually explicit material.
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Police investigating Forest Avenue shooting search Gray residence
Portland police officials said that the search Friday night was part of the investigation into the shooting near Morrill’s Corner on Tuesday that killed 1 and left 3 injured.
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One dead following shooting Friday night in Poland
One person is dead after a Friday night shooting at a White Oak Hill Road address in Poland.