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Published
January 24, 2023

Victim testifies he thought he was going to die after Gardiner shooting

Caleb Trudeau testified Tuesday that Dylan Ketcham, who is on trial for murder and attempted murder, shot their friend Jordan Johnson then attacked him with machete in January of 2020.
Published
January 18, 2023

Murder trial begins, again, for Gardiner man accused of shooting former friend, nearly cutting off the hands of another

The murder trial of Dylan Ketcham, 23, began, for the second time, on Wednesday at the Capital Judicial Center in Augusta. His first trial was declared a mistrial in September.
Published
November 1, 2022

As Winthrop shooting death case takes turn, officials say shooter who killed man not charged

One woman was arrested recently on felony murder charges in the shooting death of Joshua Martin in a Winthrop mobile home in 2020 while another woman arrested on that charge previously pleaded guilty to a lesser charge Tuesday.
Published
October 29, 2022

Maine Voices: We should all be very concerned by the jury trial’s disappearance

John Adams was right when he described trial by jury as ‘the heart and lungs of liberty.’
Published
September 20, 2022

Gardiner man on trial for murder shot former friend, attacked another with machete, prosecutor says

A defense attorney for Dylan Ketcham said he had been threatened and feared for his life.

Published
August 10, 2022

Driver who struck, killed 3 pedestrians in Augusta crash admits to charges

Robert Santerre of Chelsea said he fell asleep at the wheel before his car went off Cony Road and struck and killed Barbara Maxim-Hendsbee, Rosalyn Jean and year-old Vada-Leigh Peaslee.
Published
July 29, 2022

Sidney man enters insanity plea in second trial on decade-old sexual assault charges against a child

Eric Bard, 32, faces a second trial after his previous conviction was overturned by the Maine Supreme Judicial Court because the district court judge who presided over the first trial improperly met with the prosecution without a lawyer for the defense present.
Published
July 1, 2022

More than 20 criminal defendants in Aroostook spent weeks without counsel, draft memo notes

The memo from the Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services says 23 people whose requests for legal help were granted by a judge spent an average of about 60 days waiting for an attorney.
Published
May 2, 2022

Oakland woman pleads not guilty in drug-induced death of her toddler son

Ashley Malloy's 14-month-old, Karson, died in November 2021 from complications due to the combined effects of fentanyl and tramadol, officials said.
Published
April 26, 2022

Knife-wielding Augusta man shot by officer at federal building should be detained until trial, authorities argue

Derik Broox Wight, who remains hospitalized a week after the incident, is charged with assaulting a federal officer at the Edmund S. Muskie Federal Building in Augusta.

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