Advocates for survivors of child sexual abuse say momentum is growing for completely removing the statute of limitations for such crimes.
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Police, crime and courts news from the Portland Press Herald.
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Massachusetts man to serve 8 years in ‘rare’ attempted kidnapping of young girl
Police say the man tried to carry the girl from her bed out of her apartment, but she managed to escape to her parents’ bedroom.
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Man dies after car crashes into tree in Kittery
Kittery police believe Richard Parker, 69, of Eliot, is the 3rd person to die this month after a crash caused by a medical event.
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Brunswick man charged after driving wrong way on I-295
No one was injured, and the driver was charged with driving under the influence, state police say.
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Suspect in decade-old Portland killing asks court to throw out evidence
Zachary Phach was 1 of 2 men charged with murder in 2021 for the shooting death of Matthew Blanchard 9 years earlier.
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Heavily redacted 911 transcripts offer few clues about shootings in Bowdoin and Yarmouth
State police released more than 2 dozen emergency call transcripts related to an April 18 mass shooting, but many of the documents are so heavily redacted they provide no new information.
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Accused shooter in Woodford Street killing enters insanity plea
Damion Butterfield, 23, is pleading not criminally responsible by reason of insanity in the death of Derald ‘Darry’ Coffin.
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Rockport church pastor arrested on charge of sexually assaulting a child
The 36-year-old Union man also is on unpaid leave at a Sweetser adult crisis residential facility in Rockport.
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New York man found not guilty in 2020 Waterville shooting death
A Superior Court justice Thursday found Jashawn Lipscombe not guilty in the death of Joseph Tracy, a West Gardiner man who was shot in a Waterville apartment three years ago this month and died days later of the injury.
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State completes long-awaited upgrades to Windham prison
The $142 million renovation of the Maine Correctional Center in Windham came mostly to an end Wednesday after 5 years of construction.