Scott Dolan

Staff Writer

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Published
June 29, 2016

Federal wiretap used to charge 3 New York men with smuggling drugs to Maine

One is arrested Wednesday on a charge of conspiracy to distribute cocaine and heroin, and warrants are pending for the other two.
Published
June 28, 2016

Questions about evidence mean shorter sentence, early release for convicted murderer

Frank D. Fournier, who was serving 50 years for a 1987 shooting, will leave prison this week because of potentially flawed FBI trial testimony.
Published
June 27, 2016

Gunman in unsolved Portland killing collected shell casings before fleeing

Details in the investigation of the March 15 shooting death of David Anderson in a Gilman Street apartment are revealed in newly unsealed court documents.
Published
June 24, 2016

Three Cumberland County restaurant owners indicted on sales tax theft charges

The owners of J’s Oyster Bar in Portland, Anjon’s Italian Restaurant in Scarborough and DiSanto’s Restaurant in Gray are charged in a statewide crackdown on restaurants.
Published
June 23, 2016

One of 3 men accused in Portland beating death pleads guilty to manslaughter

Abil Teshome accepts a plea deal for a more serious charge of murder to be dismissed in the 2015 killing of Freddy Akoa.
Published
June 22, 2016

Public-records panel will take up Maine Warden Service’s handling of requests

The Press Herald has not received public documents requested months ago related to an agency undercover operation in Allagash.
Published
June 22, 2016

Brunswick police officer accused of sending obscene selfie to undercover agent

Garrett G. Brosnan, 25, has been charged with attempting to send the sexual image to someone he thought was a 13-year-old girl.
Published
June 21, 2016

Former Maine-licensed counselor arrested on health care fraud charge

Paulo D. Braga, 66, of Gorham is accused of submitting fabricated claims to MaineCare for 40 patients while he was actually travelling out of the country.
Published
June 20, 2016

Judge dismisses defamation case, $14.5 million verdict against Freeport man

Monday’s ruling on the issue of jurisdiction favors Paul Kendrick and comes nearly a year after he lost in the federal lawsuit brought against him by the American founder of a Haitian orphanage.
Published
June 19, 2016

After federal felony conviction, Maine attorney gets a second chance

Guilty of money laundering, Gary Prolman, 54, spent time in federal prison and rehab. On July 1, he’ll be reinstated to the Maine bar.