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Published
March 29, 2023

Federal court overturns Auburn man’s gun conviction

Willie R. Minor has twice been convicted of a federal gun possession charge and twice his conviction has been vacated.
Published
January 18, 2023

Otisfield man admits to sex crimes with kids

Travis Kimball faces up to 30 years in prison on each of the two crimes to which he pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court.
Published
December 14, 2022

Federal jury rejects woman’s claims of abuse by officers at Wiscasset jail

Candace Faller sued the jail for not making a female corrections officer immediately available in 2016 after she told male officers she had post-traumatic stress disorder.
Published
December 13, 2022

Pet owners sue Idexx over ‘anticompetitive scheme’ to sell diagnostic tests

The class-action lawsuit accuses the Westbrook maker of animal-health products of locking veterinarians into predatory contracts that inflate prices that are passed on to their clients.
Published
October 26, 2022

Paris man gets five years probation for stealing 20 guns

A federal judge said Scott Irish seems to have turned his life around since the 2020 robbery in West Paris.
Published
August 15, 2022

Former Franklin County prosecutor to be sentenced Wednesday for deleting text messages in federal investigation

Defense attorney for Kayla Alves, 37, of Farmington is asking for probation while federal prosecutors are asking for zero to six months incarceration
Published
August 10, 2022

Federal jury convicts two New York men in connection to 2016 Rangeley home invasion

Andre Muller, 51, and Robert Holland, 42, were convicted of conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery.
Published
August 2, 2022

Auburn man pleads guilty to drug charges in 2018 area raid

Tyler Poland struck a deal with federal prosecutors in which he agreed to serve up to 51 months in prison.
Published
July 6, 2022

Mother and daughter settle lawsuit against Maine State Police

Brittany and Kimberley Irish received a $500,000 payment from the state after dropping a lawsuit that accused Maine State Police of failing to respond to warnings and protect them from a deadly rampage in 2015.
Published
June 1, 2022

Maine health care workers to appeal order to disclose their names in vaccine mandate lawsuit

A federal judge ruled Tuesday that there is no evidence that the plaintiffs face 'a heightened risk of severe social stigma and worse' if they are no longer allowed to remain anonymous.