Further details were revealed Wednesday in Waterville during the second day of testimony to determine if Aidan Grant, 16, will be tried as an adult in the death last year of his girlfriend, Brooke McLaughlin, 14.
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Survivor of fatal Gorham crash pleads not guilty to manslaughter charge
Ernest Dubeau, 39, who allegedly caused the crash that killed Richard Bernard in Gorham last September, pleaded not guilty to 5 charges Wednesday morning.
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State corrections official charged with theft, bribery
Gerald E. Merrill, a deputy superintendent with the Maine Department of Corrections, was arrested Tuesday and accused of operating a kickback scheme for nearly a decade.
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Dresden man who was fatally shot had sought armed confrontation with police
Frank Foss Jr., 28, had evaded police for nearly three weeks before a Maine State Police detective killed him Sunday in Chelsea.
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Former nurse accused of restraining patient at Waterville facility pleads to misdemeanor
The family of Daniel H. Crommett, who died 2 days after the former nurse allegedly restrained him, said the plea deal and sentence does not reflect the treatment their loved one endured.
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Couple accused in theft from site of Bowdoin shootings also suspected in identity theft operation
A search of the Bowdoin home of Michael J. Hall and Jeanne I. Doughty revealed not only items reported stolen from the site of 4 fatal shootings, but fake checks, fake IDs and a list of more than a dozen stolen identities.
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Dresden man, subject of Saturday search, shot and killed by police Sunday in Chelsea
Frank Foss Jr. was shot and killed after police say he pointed a gun a member of the Maine State Police Tactical Team that was searching a wooded area in Chelsea Sunday afternoon.
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Two arrested after search of Canaan home yields fentanyl, other illicit drugs, police say
Garrett Cote, 24, and Rylee Spofford, 19, were charged this week with several offenses after a search of a home on Hill Road turned up more than a pound of fentanyl, Skowhegan police said.
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Oxford County man charged with stalking after following woman to her house in Clinton, police say
Anthony C. Aldrich, 51, of Norway was charged following the incident Tuesday and is facing at least one other stalking charge for an incident earlier this year in Oxford County, according to officials.
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High court upholds Dixfield man’s trial conviction
Harry David Every had appealed his burglary conviction to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.