Ayla Bell Reynolds was reported missing by her father, Justin DiPietro, from their Waterville home on Dec. 17, 2011, and her mother, Trista Reynolds, continues to pursue a wrongful death lawsuit against DiPietro.
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Norway man charged with grabbing cash from two gas stations in one night
Police say Leroy Martin admitted to taking money from Cumberland Farms in Norway and the Big Apple in Paris within a few hours.
Portland man charged with murder takes stand in own defense
Mark Cardilli Jr. testifies about his decision to retrieve the gun he used to kill Isahak Muse, saying he was justified in using it to threaten Muse when he wouldn’t leave the family’s home.
After dog sniffs out drugs at Bangor traffic stop, police find $130,000 worth of drugs at home
State police and drug enforcement agents charged three people in a vehicle stopped on Interstate 95 after a detection dog indicated drugs were in the vehicle.
Gunfire outside Lewiston apartment building hits a refrigerator
LEWISTON — Police are investigating after shots were reported fired early Thursday on Walnut Street. Police said one shot passed through a tenement wall and struck a refrigerator inside a home at 21 Walnut St. No one was hurt and no arrests were made as of late Thursday afternoon. It happened shortly after midnight, police […]
Portland man shot his sister’s boyfriend in the back, forensic experts agree
But the state medical examiner and an expert testifying for the defense in Mark Cardilli Jr.’s murder trial offer different theories about what happened in the final moments of the confrontation in which Cardilli killed Isahak Muse.
Kingfield snowmobilers arrested on aggravated assault charges
A resident of Trestle Avenue in Kingfield confronted snowmobilers for waking him and his child up early Wednesday.
Years after going to prison for stealing cars, Warren man is charged with auto theft – again
Police say Robert G. Steiner, who talked about his decades-long record in a 2015 interview, has been arrested in Michigan on charges he stole 2 vehicles from Wiscasset Ford.
Father of Portland man charged with murder didn’t realize son’s gun was real
‘I thought you were just trying to scare him,’ Mark Cardilli Sr. is heard telling his son on police surveillance footage played in court during the second day of Mark Cardilli Jr.’s trial in the death of Isahak Muse.
Gardiner man sentenced after 8th OUI, eluding police on an ATV
Robert E. Purington III, 47, was sentenced Tuesday to a total of five years in prison.