Carlton L. Young, called a ‘coward and a punk’ by the victim’s husband, admits to manslaughter and is sentenced to 10 years in prison, avoiding a trial on a count of felony murder.
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If home intrusion caused Wells woman’s fatal heart attack, is it murder?
The prosecution’s challenge in an unusual case involving no weapon and no physical assault: Proving the death of a person in the home was a ‘reasonably foreseeable consequence’ of an attempted burglary.
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Second man pleads guilty to setting Waldoboro fire in 2012
A third man, James R. Simmons of Friendship, is scheduled to go on trial in October on charges that he also set the blaze that destroyed a boathouse valued at $50,000 and a lobster boat worth $150,000.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine
Westbrook man pleads guilty to string of robberies that rattled small businesses
Travis Card’s plea closes 11 cases in Greater Portland, including incidents in which he was thwarted by a language barrier, a clerk who locked herself in a bathroom and a club-wielding employee.
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Westbrook police find missing 16-year-old girl
Bridget Kelley had been missing since Wednesday night.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine
New Hampshire man accused of pulling gun in road rage incident
Maine State Police say Philip A. Gordon pulled the gun on another driver while on the Maine Turnpike in Portland.
Posted inNation & World, News
Daring thieves swipe Sweden’s royal jewels
Police say two men pulled off the daring daytime heist and then escaped by bicycle to a nearby lake, where witnesses said they boarded a speedboat or personal watercraft.
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Massachusetts valedictorian charged in elaborate cryptocurrency scheme
Joel Ortiz is charged with hacking phones, email to steal at least $2 million in investors’ digital currency.
Posted inMaine, News
More questions than answers as probe of Portland man’s stabbing death goes on
Police have said 22-year-old Patrick Lobor died from a stab wound to the chest that was discovered after a car accident Saturday. But they aren’t saying how that stab wound got there.
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Our View: Drug treatment should continue behind bars
A federal lawsuit on behalf of a Maine prisoner makes the case that addiction is a disease.