Paul DeForest, 67, pleaded guilty to murder and criminal solicitation and is expected to serve 32 years in prison for the death of 58-year-old Eva Cox in January 2022.
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Juvenile accused of firing gun into Portland apartment
Portland police say the shooting was reported Sunday evening at Kennedy Park.
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Maine’s gun laws couldn’t stop 2 deadly shootings this year. Are more laws the answer?
Violent incidents in Bowdoin and Westbrook have been used by advocates on both sides of the gun control debate to argue that the current laws don’t work as intended.
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Man pleads guilty to murder in 2011 shooting in Portland
Abdi Awad was already serving time at the Maine State Prison when he was indicted in the death of Allen MacLean.
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North Anson man who led deputies on high-speed chase pleads guilty to drug charges
Prosecutors said Cody Mosher had enough fentanyl on him to cover more than 379,000 lethal doses.
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Madison man arrested in July death of man from Anson
Roland Flood, 61, is accused of killing a person he previously lived with, 57-year-old Mark Trabue, according to the state Department of Public Safety.
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Jay father mourns son’s murder in Florida, hopes to bring changes to court system
Aiden Hutchins, 10, was supposed to start fifth-grade on Wednesday at Spruce Mountain Elementary School in Jay.
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Westbrook man charged with killing couple in front of their young children enters insanity plea
Court records indicate Marcel LaGrange, 24, told detectives that he shot 2 people. He’s now facing several charges in the deaths of Brittney Cockrell, 37, and Michael Hayter, 41.
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Man threatened neighbor with gun, said he could ‘get away with shooting’ Black person, AG complaint says
The Jonesboro man is facing civil and criminal penalties for allegedly threatening an interracial couple that lived nearby and making repeated racist remarks.
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Judge sets $250,000 cash bail for man accused of driving into 4 Maine state troopers
Tyler Croston, 24, was not required to enter a plea Wednesday on charges that he hit and and injured 4 state troopers when he drove off a road in Hollis.