U.S. District Court
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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.
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PublishedOctober 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.
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PublishedAugust 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
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PublishedAugust 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.
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PublishedAugust 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.
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PublishedJuly 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.