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Courts

Published
December 1, 2022

Judge denies alleged sex offender’s request for new lawyer in decade-old case

Eric Bard, formerly of Sidney, was sentenced to 50 years in prison for allegedly sexually assaulting a 4-year-old in 2011 and 2012. The conviction was later overturned, and he now faces a new trial.
Published
November 14, 2022

Maine AG says new DNA tests insufficient to overturn 34-year-old murder case

Attorney General Aaron Frey says the results do not shake his confidence in the state's conviction of Dennis Dechaine in Sarah Cherry's 1988 killing.
Published
November 6, 2022

DNA testing excludes Dennis Dechaine from some key crime scene evidence

A lawyer for Dechaine, who was convicted of murdering 12-year-old Sarah Cherry 34 years ago, says he will ask for a new trial based on state-of-the-art DNA tests.
Published
October 20, 2022

Jury finds Randolph man not guilty of sexually assaulting child

Nathaniel R. Dillon, 31, acquitted on all four counts of gross sexual assault for incidents alleged by a girl who was 10 and 11 years old at the time.
Published
September 27, 2022

Contractor who bilked dozens of central Maine homeowners, many elderly, sentenced to 3 years in prison

Tony J. Glidden, 34, continued to take deposits from homeowners after he was arrested on theft charges, providing them with excuses, but no work, while stealing more than $130,000 from two dozen clients.

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Published
September 16, 2022

Health care workers appeal dismissal of lawsuit over Maine’s vaccine mandate

Seven Maine health care workers are taking their case to the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals, after a federal judge dismissed their case in August.
Published
August 23, 2022

Man in longstanding dispute with Readfield charged for allegedly harassing town manager, family

Robert Bittar, 81, allegedly violated a protection order by harassing Town Manager Eric Dyer, but the resident's lawyer says the matter is 'a classic example of government overreach attempting to crush the voice of the little guy.'
Published
August 2, 2022

Defense lawyers want murder indictments dismissed because Maine State Police heard confidential calls

The lawyers for Bobby Nightingale and Jaquile Coleman seek to have the charges thrown out because of alleged attorney-client privilege violations.
Published
July 12, 2022

Health worker who stole rare coins from elderly patient at Augusta hospital pleads guilty

Family of the since-deceased victim say stress from the incident may have been a factor in his death.
Published
July 11, 2022

Maine jail recorded hundreds of lawyer’s calls. He wants to know why

Between June 2019 and May 2020, the Aroostook County Jail recorded 622 calls defendants made to 20 attorneys, according to records obtained by The Maine Monitor.