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PublishedDecember 6, 2023
Livermore Falls woman gets probation for buying guns for drug dealer
Erin Searles received cash and drugs for being a "straw" purchaser of handguns for a Lewiston man, prosecutors say.
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PublishedNovember 27, 2023
Canton woman gets probation for straw gun purchases
Kaitlynn Buck's attorney wrote in court papers that his client had bought four pistols in exchange for drugs.
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PublishedOctober 5, 2023
Auburn man denies federal gun charges
Anthony Jones is accused of making three so-called "strawman" purchases of guns from licensed dealers on behalf of other people.
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PublishedSeptember 20, 2023
Former Franklin County prosecutor’s license to practice law is reinstated
Kayla Alves was convicted in federal court of tampering in connection to a medical marijuana distribution and money laundering scheme in Franklin County.
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PublishedMay 1, 2023
Maine’s chief U.S. District judge announces retirement
Jon Levy, who has presided over Maine's federal courts since 2014, will retire next year.
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PublishedApril 3, 2023
Mothers plan to appeal 2nd dismissal of wrongful death suit in teens’ killings
U.S. District Judge Jon Levy once again rules that Biddeford officers are not at fault for the 2012 murders of Derrick Thompson, 19, and Alivia Welch, 18, citing qualified immunity for police.
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PublishedMarch 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.
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PublishedJanuary 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.
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PublishedDecember 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.
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PublishedDecember 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.