Ethan Rioux-Poulios admitted Tuesday to violating his probation from a 2019 vehicular manslaughter sentence when he allegedly led police on a chase last year in Oxford County.
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Cumberland County Jail dealing with COVID-19 outbreak
At total of 17 inmates housed at the Portland facility have tested positive for the virus.
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Proposal would leave 48 staff vacancies unfilled at Cumberland County jail
The jail workers’ union calls the budget plan to leave out funding for the positions ‘obtuse and counterintuitive.’
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Cumberland County jail lifts intake restrictions
Nearly 8 months after the Cumberland County jail closed its doors to most arrests, Sheriff Kevin Joyce announced Thursday that he had lifted intake restrictions.
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Judge rules immigration officials must turn over documents on Scarborough facility
A federal judge decided in favor of immigrant advocacy groups that sued for records related to Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s detention practices in the state and at a facility in Scarborough.
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Jail intake remains limited as Cumberland County sheriff continues hiring push
Kevin Joyce hopes to lift intake restrictions this summer, but he warns persistent staffing issues will likely limit the jail’s operations for two to three years.
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Former jail guard won’t serve prison time for 2019 fatal crash
Kenneth Morang, 65, received a 6-year suspended sentence after being convicted of manslaughter in the 2019 death of Raelynn Bell.
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Windham man charged with supplying drugs in fellow jail inmate’s overdose death
Peter Curtis, 35, is accused of smuggling in the drugs that killed James Mannion, 30, inside the Cumberland County Jail.
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Biddeford man dies at Cumberland County jail
A jail official said Richard Putze, 62, was found unresponsive in his cell in the medical unit early Wednesday morning.
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Portland police chief, sheriff at odds over jail intake limits
After a man allegedly threatened his officers, interim Police Chief F. Heath Gorham criticized Cumberland County Sheriff Kevin Joyce for continuing to limit jail intake.