Former Boston priest faces return to prison for sexually abusing boy in Maine

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Published
November 29, 2018

Former Boston priest faces return to prison for sexually abusing boy in Maine

York County jurors convict Ronald Paquin on 11 of 24 counts after two men testified that he brought them to a Kennebunkport campground when they were boys in the 1980s and repeatedly assaulted them.
Published
November 27, 2018

Second accuser testifies his Boston-area parish priest abused him for years in Maine

Keith Townsend, now 44, says Ronald Paquin plied him with alcohol and assaulted him repeatedly during trips to a Kennebunkport campground in the 1980s.
Published
November 9, 2018

Staffing shortage leads York County Jail to move some inmates to Cumberland County

The transfer of at least 30 inmates, aimed at giving officers a break, is expected to last four months.
Published
November 9, 2018

Woman charged with killing man after driving on ball field pleads not guilty, not criminally responsible

Carol Sharrow of Sanford has been receiving treatment at the Riverview Psychiatric Center in Augusta.
Published
October 15, 2018

York County Sheriff’s Office partners with recovery group on opioid treatment for inmates

The federally funded pilot program, which will treat up to 10 people, is part of a broader effort to pair prisoners with medication assisted treatment, such as Suboxone.
Published
October 3, 2018

Woman sues former corrections officer who sexually assaulted her at York County Jail

The former inmate's lawsuit also names York County, the sheriff and the jail superintendent, citing a violation of her rights and inadequate staff training.
Published
September 2, 2018

Portland bills other municipalities for share of shelter costs

The city-run facility offers homeless people from all over a low-barrier refuge. Municipalities ought to help, city officials say, but some are pushing back.
Published
August 27, 2018

To avoid ‘trauma of a trial,’ Acton woman pleads guilty to murdering ex-husband

Kandee Collind, who told police her children witnessed the stabbing, faces a minimum of 25 years in prison.
Published
July 27, 2018

Waterboro man gets 20 years for kidnapping attempt in 2015

He used a homemade stun gun to assault a woman who had worked on his children's custody case.
Published
June 27, 2018

New York man acquitted in York County murder trial faces federal gun charge

Timothy Ortiz's lawyer says the timing of the federal charge, two days after Ortiz's acquittal, is suspicious.