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Maine Senate passes bill extending statute of limitations on sex crimes
The bill extending Maine’s statute of limitations for prosecuting sexual assaults from seven years to 20 won unanimous support in the 35-member Senate.
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Maine House kills bill to require background checks for private gun sales
The measure would have required private gun sellers to obtain background checks on buyers from federally licensed firearms dealers.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine
Weld summer camp counselor pleads guilty to assaulting woman at party
Peter Michael Rocafort-Stravecky, 20, of San Juan, Puerto Rico was working as a counselor at Camp Kawanhee for Boys in Weld at the time of the assault.
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Wilton man charged with raping, knifing woman
Jason L. Baker Sr. is accused of knocking a woman unconscious and tying her up before sexually assaulting her and running a knife down her chest.
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Eliot teen arrested for allegedly making threat against Marshwood High
Police say the threat was brought to their attention by a former student who saw it in a social media post.
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Suspect pleads not guilty to murder charge in Old Orchard Beach slaying
Police say Dustan Bentley, 30, killed his roommate, William Popplewell, in March in the apartment they shared.
Posted inCops & Courts, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine, News
Judge keeps Lewiston teen charged with manslaughter at South Portland juvenile facility
The now-18-year-old boy has been charged with manslaughter in the 2018 death of Donald Giusti near Kennedy Park.
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Lewiston man seeks new trial in murder case
Michael McNaughton was convicted in the 2013 slaying of Romeo Parent, who was stabbed and strangled to death.
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Saco man arrested in Old Port assault
Matthew Calvert, 22, is charged with aggravated assault, police say.