The man and woman charged in the armed robberies also are accused of child endangerment.
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Police identify Hollis couple in suspected murder-suicide
Police believe Mike Lagarde shot Freda Lagarde then shot himself in the couple’s mobile home.
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Brunswick man on trial for alleged bank fraud
Charles Stergios allegedly carried out a scheme in which he floated non-existent cash among accounts that he set up at nine financial institutions.
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Judge asked to vacate immigrant’s convictions
A lawyer for Phu Truong says the Portland man wasn’t told he could be deported to Vietnam for taking a plea deal.
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The Alternate Suspect: Is former Mainer linked, or ‘nothing but speculation’?
Lawyers, friends and supporters who believe Dennis Dechaine was framed for the murder in 1988 of 12-year-old Sarah Cherry have pointed fingers at several possible alternate suspects. But one name — Douglas Senecal — has been at or near the top of their lists since the beginning. At least three judges, however, have found no […]
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The Defense Expert: Intrigued by case, prominent lawyer uses resources to scrutinize evidence
Famed defense lawyer F. Lee Bailey thinks the unidentified male DNA found on murder victim Sarah Cherry’s thumbnail is intriguing, but it might not be enough to get a new trial for prisoner Dennis Dechaine. But Bailey does believe, based on two new expert opinions, that she was killed several hours after Dechaine was in […]
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Can a trace of DNA change this man’s fate?
In prisoner Dennis Dechaine’s latest bid for a new trial, the key piece of evidence is actually old news. It is a fragment of unidentified male DNA, extracted by scientists in 1994 from a thumbnail clipping of 12-year-old murder victim Sarah Cherry. Dechaine was convicted of the murder in 1989 and is serving a life […]
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The Author: Private investigator digs – and becomes an advocate for Dechaine
In 1992, a retired federal agent from Brunswick saw a notice in a local newspaper. Trial and Error, the group of people who believe Dennis Dechaine was wrongfully convicted for a murder in 1988, was holding a meeting in town. James P. Moore, a private investigator who had retired in 1985 from the U.S. Bureau […]
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The Victim’s Family: Loved ones rediscover the strength to endure, ‘time and time again’
LISBON FALLS – Faith, friends and family. Those are the pillars on which her loved ones have leaned during the 22 years since Sarah Cherry was kidnapped and brutally murdered. “It’s amazing how much support there is out there, and how it has come to us in so many different ways,” Peg Cherry said on […]
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The Supporters: Members of Trial and Error advocate for Dechaine’s release
Carol Waltman remembers the moment when a photograph of Dennis Dechaine brought her 10th high school reunion to a standstill. It was early July 1988. Waltman was among the group of about 100 people celebrating at the Wonder Bar, a pub in Madawaska, a mill town on Maine’s northern border. Waltman and many of the […]