Eric Bard, formerly of Sidney, was sentenced to 50 years in prison for allegedly sexually assaulting a 4-year-old in 2011 and 2012. The conviction was later overturned, and he now faces a new trial.
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Judge denies request to reduce $100,000 bail for former sheriff’s deputy charged with assault
Daniel Ross, 29, of West Gardiner was indicted in October on 15 charges alleging he abused and sexually assaulted his wife.
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Augusta police cruiser was unlocked and running, with AR-15 rifle inside, when stolen, according to court documents
Kyle King, 27, who reportedly took the cruiser from the Augusta police station, contacted a dispatcher from the Shaw’s Plaza, where a Farmington family said it had a confrontation with him. There is no indication King attempted to use the rifle, which was secured with a gun lock.
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Sanford man arrested, charged with manslaughter, OUI in August crash
Police say Ann Sinclair, 32, died after her car was struck head-on by Cody Michaud’s Jeep Wrangler on Country Club Road in Sanford.
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Man arrested by Augusta police after allegedly stealing police car, harassing family at Shaw’s
A Farmington couple was reportedly terrorized by a man Saturday at the Shaw’s Plaza when he followed them into a store and in the parking lot before police arrested him.
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Augusta police cruiser stolen, suspect arrested following confrontation at parking lot, officials say
The cruiser, reportedly stolen from the police station parking lot, was used by man during an incident at Shaw’s Plaza.
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Maine AG says new DNA tests insufficient to overturn 34-year-old murder case
Attorney General Aaron Frey says the results do not shake his confidence in the state’s conviction of Dennis Dechaine in Sarah Cherry’s 1988 killing.
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Judge orders AG to provide records surrounding 2020 stabbing death on Vinalhaven
The order comes in response to a lawsuit Lester Feltis filed against Attorney General Aaron Frey seeking investigative records about the slaying of his son, Roger Feltis.
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Maine Supreme Judicial Court overturns drug conviction of NY man stopped while exiting bus in Augusta
The state’s highest court has found an anonymous tip is not enough to justify stopping and questioning a person.
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DNA testing excludes Dennis Dechaine from some key crime scene evidence
A lawyer for Dechaine, who was convicted of murdering 12-year-old Sarah Cherry 34 years ago, says he will ask for a new trial based on state-of-the-art DNA tests.