Michael Morrison will serve four months for defrauding Mainecare and other insurers, and embezzling from his employer, the Trade Winds Health, Swim and Tan Club.

Charles R. York was sentenced to 40 months behind bars, time he already had served, on a single felony charge of violating a condition of release.

Michael Morrison was previously the manager of a Rockland health club and a physical therapy practice.

The Millinocket man is charged with causing the injuries that killed his girlfriend's son.

Shawn Purvis, who's charged with manslaughter, says he can't force workers to follow federal safety standards on his job sites. The state labor department and a roofing industry group say that flies in the face of federal law and regulations.

Evidence that emerged during the murder trial of Shawna Gatto shows that the system failed 4-year-old Kendall Chick long before she died of suspected child abuse. But important details remain elusive.

George McQuillar, 64, is arrested at his home on Pearl Street.

Police arrested two teenagers and an adult Thursday in last year's killing of Donald G. Giusti in Lewiston.

The 14-year-old from Ashland, Massachusetts, is committed to the Long Creek Youth Development Center in South Portland until he turns 21.

They are alleged to have taken elvers illegally from a stream in Cumberland.

Christopher T. Hall was found guilty of aggravated assault and attempted kidnapping in a 2015 case in which he attacked a woman working in a child custody case.

The case of Shawn D. Purvis of Scarborough is likely just the second in which Maine prosecutors have sought charges under the state's workplace manslaughter statute.

‘You didn't just commit knowing murder. You didn't just take a life. You took people's memories, future memories,’ Justice William Stokes tells James E. Sweeney.

Police have issued warrant for William Watson, charging him with various drug offenses and eluding law enforcement.

Mark Cardilli Jr. and Isahak Muse both grew up in Portland and graduated from the city's largest high school two years apart.

Former corrections officer Jonathan Carpenter was sentenced to 5 years for assaulting the woman at the York County Jail in 2016.

Officials from the Augusta and Gardiner police departments said little information is available until the bones are identified.

Frankie Dejesus, 29, of Rochester, New York, received a two-year deferred disposition when he pleaded guilty in 2016 to a charge of reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon.

A sergeant from the York County Sheriff's Office had to think on his feet to wrangle a horse from a road in Cornish in the middle of the night.

Police say Brandon Smith, 34, also ran from officers during a traffic stop in Lebanon.

Mark Cardilli Jr. appeared in court Tuesday for the first time since he was indicted and arrested last week in the March shooting death of Isahak Muse.

Stephanie Beck admits to federal charge punishable by as much as 20 years in prison.

Savannah Smith, 21, is charged with murder in the death of Kloe Hawksley in 2017.

A forensic psychologist testified Monday that John Williams, the man accused of killing Somerset County Sheriff's Cpl. Eugene Cole, might have feared he would be harmed if he did not cooperate in an interview.

Two men were reported to be acting suspiciously at a convenience store, and took off when police tried to stop their vehicle.

A partial fingerprint on the envelope matched that of Suzanne E. Muscara of Burlington, which was found in a national database.

In closing arguments, attorneys for Shawna Gatto say it's 'human nature' to want to blame someone but there isn't enough evidence to convict her.

Lace Meatty, 34, was taken into custody at a home in Lebanon and will be held at the York County Jail until she can be extradited, state police say.

Settlement resolves the lawsuit filed on behalf of Brandee A. Lewis, a former inmate who said she was sexually assaulted by a nurse who forced her to take medication against her will while corrections officers helped.

Jean Leonard Teganya, suspected of participating in the African country's 1994 genocide, was seeking asylum in the U.S.

Kelsey R. Campbell, 21, had pleaded no contest in connection with the crash that killed Zachary Elwell, 21, of St. George in 2017.

Jarryd M. King, 26, is accused of robbing a convenience store in Gray, then leading police on a car and foot chase before climbing a tree to hide.

Mark Cardilli Jr. was arrested Friday in the killing of Isahak Muse in Portland's Riverton neighborhood March 16. Muse's family says it's ‘only the first step in ensuring justice for him.’

The study commissioned by the Legislature says the state's system for providing attorneys for people who can't afford them doesn't ensure adequate representation.

Westbrook police and the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency arrest 2 people at a Saco Street apartment Thursday night.

Stephen Hood testifies in the murder trial of his fiancee that the DHHS checked in on the child, Kendall Chick, just once in the three years she was placed in their home.

State and Bucksport police arrest 21-year-old Savannah Smith at a motel in Bucksport on Thursday night, charging her with murder in the death of 2-year-old Kloe Hawksley.

Workers at the Cumberland County Jail gave a 28-year-old Limington woman a dose of Narcan after she overdosed while she was being booked Thursday afternoon.

Richard Moloney was sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court in Bangor for robbing the County Road Market in Milford and the Bangor Savings Branch in Orono.

Sharon Carrillo's defense will focus on her alleged abuse and that of her daughter, 10-year-old Marissa Kennedy, at the hands of Julio Carrillo.

The woman was treated at Maine Medical Center in Portland.

Joseph Lewis will have his felony assault conviction reduced to a misdemeanor if he adheres to a plea agreement.

The man tells police he pulled a gun when a masked man opened his car door, then fired two shots as he chased him down Washington Avenue.

Police seized 20 pounds of marijuana, hash oil, pills and cash from Bruce Fournier's apartment.

A recorded phone call played in court Wednesday shows that Stephen Hood thought Shawna Gatto might have been responsible for the death of his 4-year-old granddaughter.

The most serious charges were dropped because the district attorney's office was unable to contact the alleged victim, authorities said.

The police department said the strong-armed robbery took place Monday afternoon outside a Saco Avenue restaurant.

New Hampshire prosecutors are charging Justin Belanger, 19, with second-degree murder.

Carol Sharrow, 52, was charged with manslaughter and 14 other crimes related to the hit-and-run death last June of Douglas Parkhurst, 68, of West Newfield.

Police are looking for whoever is responsible for shooting out numerous car and home windows with a BB gun or pellet gun over the last couple of months.