Peter DiRosa Jr. convinced the victim to invest $600,000 in a Hungarian real-estate venture. The man only got $60,000 back.
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Man sentenced to year in prison in 2011 Kennebunkport crash
Prosecutors say David Van Blaricom was driving 80 mph in a 30 mph zone on Route 9 at the time of the crash, which injured a Massachusetts couple.
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Complaints fuel bid to reform children’s representation in Maine disputes
A legislator says the system that protects the interests of kids mistreats other parties.
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Portland teenager gets eight years for rape
Mohammed Mukhtar committed ‘a terrible assault on a sleeping, helpless victim,’ the judge says.
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Portland teen sentenced to 8 years for rape
“This was a terrible assault on a sleeping, helpless victim,” says Judge Richard Mulhern, adding that he found nothing in Mohammed Mukhtar’s behavior, other than his young age, to warrant a lesser sentence.
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12-year-old’s family faced eviction
An aunt of Brody Covey, accused of starting a fire in Lewiston on April 29, says ‘he was put up to it.’
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Aunt: Lewiston boy charged with arson was ‘put up to it’
She also says the 12-year-old was having trouble at home and no longer wanted to live there.
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Portland man pleads guilty in theft of public assistance
Federal prosecutors say Dafle Abdullahi Ali lived in public housing, received food stamps and got Medicaid benefits while earning $100,000 a year.
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Court records identify boy suspect in Monday blaze in Lewiston
The 12-year-old boy, who faces three counts of arson after causing $1 million in damage, has been taken to a juvenile detention facility.
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Portland man denies creating police standoff
Kyle Upton, whose bail is set at $10,000, also faces four criminal charges in connection with Monday’s incident on Alder Street.