Andrew Balcer is accused of killing both his parents and the family’s Chihuahua on Halloween morning last year.
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Waterville man sentenced to reduced prison term after winning appeal
Brian T. Mulkern received a time-served sentence Tuesday in federal court.
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Heat lamp to warm a pig likely started fire that left Maine family without a home
The use of heat lamps to warm animals, usually birds, has caused several fires in the state in recent years, including a fatal fire in Bar Harbor last year.
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Demolition begins on fire-damaged Winthrop post office
The U.S. Postal Service has said a new post office will be built by the fall of 2018.
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Winthrop teenager to be treated as adult in double murder case
Andrew Balcer, who was 17 at the time his parents were killed, said he was concerned his parents wouldn’t support him because of he struggled with his gender identity.
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Slain parents would have helped Andrew Balcer through his gender identity struggle, brother says
Christopher Balcer, 26, said he’s ‘flummoxed’ that the defense attorney is trying to argue that his brother, who was 17 at the time of the killings, should be considered a juvenile.
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Winthrop teenager accused of killing his parents asked to be called ‘Andrea,’ not Andrew
Testimony that Andrew Balcer, 18, may have questioned his gender identity and feared his parents’ reaction, continued to be offered as a possible motive during a hearing on Thursday.
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Winthrop teen told police he killed his mother while she hugged him
In a recording played in court Wednesday, Andrew T. Balcer told a dispatcher that he had ‘snapped’ and didn’t know why.
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Judge to decide if Winthrop teen accused of killing parents should be tried as adult
A hearing is set to start Wednesday for Andrew T. Balcer, who was 17 at the time his parents were slain in their home.
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Army vet Travis Mills tackles new challenge: reviving another Maine resort
Andy and Sheree Wess sold the business on Cobbosseecontee Lake to Mills and his partner earlier this year.