The former South Portland High School student has pleaded not guilty to a charge of criminal solicitation for murder.
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A judge committed these Maine patients to a hospital. Some say they’re being sent to prison.
Maine has been quietly sending people found not criminally responsible for their crimes to a controversial, for-profit facility in South Carolina where they say they are not getting mental health treatment.
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Limington man accused of killing mother and her boyfriend enters insanity plea
Matthew Cote, 23, is pleading not guilty and not criminally responsible to two counts of murder and one count of arson in the June 2021 slayings.
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Augusta to use opiate settlement funds to pay for mental health worker on police calls
The worker would be hired by the city in the hopes of connecting people with substance use disorder with help.
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Kennebunk doctor found guilty on 15 counts in opioid prescription case
The jury deliberated for more than nine hours following a two-week trial in U.S. District Court in Portland.
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Attorney general says man fired 15 shots at Portland officers before his death in I-295 shootout
The AG said Portland police were justified when they shot and killed Kyle Desmarais, 42, in December after he got out of his car and fired at two 2 officers.
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Gov. Mills faults judge in Auburn rampage that left at least two dead
The governor says the judge had the authority to appoint an attorney to represent an indigent defendant.
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Jury begins deliberations in federal opioid trial against Kennebunk doctor
Dr. Merideth Norris is facing 16 counts of illegal distribution of a controlled substance. The jury will return Friday morning.
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State police arrest 2 brothers accused of fleeing scene of school bus crash
Police found Patrick Hargis and Robert Hargis, of Hiram, hiding in the wall of a house in Limington less than a mile from the scene of the accident.
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Readfield standoff ends in arrest of 71-year-old Belgrade man
Police were called to a residence on Tuesday night and arrested 71-year-old Carl Hiebert.