The mother of a Somerset County Jail inmate who died by suicide in the Madison jail two years ago has filed a federal lawsuit alleging that the county, sheriff and jail officials failed to provide adequate mental and physical health care to inmate Virgil White, of Athens, who was suffering from mental illness.
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Trial rescheduled for Standish man accused of killing girlfriend in 2021
Brandon Libby’s jury trial originally set for Tuesday was rescheduled because of a death in his lawyer’s family.
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Lewiston man sentenced in Massachusetts man’s murder
Family members of shooting victim John Paquin speak at Mark Sinclair’s sentencing.
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Details emerge in killing of Windham man, as suspect from Leeds appears Wednesday in court
Police say the victim from Windham was shot in the head and his body was found in New Hampshire. Joseph Chute, 31, of Leeds has been charged with his murder.
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Aroostook woman found not criminally responsible for deadly apartment fire
Susan Kochanowski was accused of setting the fire at her Caribou apartment that killed her boyfriend, Jason Donahue. A judge last week found her not criminally responsible after listening to testimony from a state psychiatrist.
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Man charged with murder after allegedly shooting his wife in her car on Route 108 in Peru
Police say David Gaudreau drove next to his wife’s car on the side of Route 108 in Peru and fired shots into her vehicle.
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Police arrest suspect in Peru car crash and gunfire incident
A section of Route 108 was closed to traffic Tuesday.
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Defense attorneys, ACLU question whether new bail reviews for unrepresented defendants are working
Maine judges are holding weekly hearings for poor Mainers who can’t find a court-appointed attorney. But in the last six months, the number of people waiting has grown from 100 to more than 630.
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ACLU allowed to add Maine attorney general to lawsuit on indigent defense
A court on Thursday granted the ACLU’s petition to add Attorney General Aaron Frey to a suit that accuses the state of failing to provide lawyers to poor Mainers.
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James Pak, Biddeford landlord convicted of killing 2 teenage tenants, dies in prison
Pak, 86, began serving a life sentence in 2016 for fatally shooting 19-year-old Derrick Thompson and 18-year-old Alivia Welch.