Prosecutors believe the child’s lacerated liver suggests that Aziayh Scott stomped him to death. Scott’s defense attorney says the toddler might have actually died from improper CPR.
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Judge lowers bail for suspect in death of Waldoboro man
Jason Hewett, 39, has denied allegations that he shot and killed Kyle MacDougall last month in Cushing.
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Details emerge in manslaughter case involving death of Owls Head toddler
In a hearing to reconsider Aziayh Scott’s bail, prosecutors said Scott made numerous calls to his girlfriend from jail, asking her to tell police that he didn’t kill her 2-year-old son.
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Body of Waldoboro man was likely burned, attorney says
An attorney for the third suspect to be charged in the case said the body of Kyle MacDougall was burned before police discovered the remains.
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Man accused of manslaughter in death of Owls Head toddler appears in court
Aziayh Scott, 23, joined his initial hearing on Zoom from Knox County Jail.
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Maine Supreme Judicial Court upholds 30-year sentence for truck driver who caused 2016 crash that killed two
Randall J. Weddle, 61, failed in his appeal after the state’s highest court affirmed his sentence as reasonable and not excessively harsh.
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Dennis Dechaine’s attorney alleges prosecutorial misconduct in latest bid for new trial
The defense team says the state ‘brought God into the courtroom’ when he was convicted of murder for the 1988 death of 12-year-old Sarah Cherry, stripping him of his constitutional right to a fair trial.
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State disputes defense claims in Dennis Dechaine appeal
Dechaine is seeking a new trial in an effort to overturn his conviction in the 1988 murder of 12-year-old Sarah Cherry in Bowdoin.
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At $10 million, one of the priciest homes in Maine history goes to former SEC chair
Richard Breeden, known as ‘King Richard’ at the Securities and Exchange Commission, bought the Knox County estate in the most expensive home sale so far this year and the 6th-highest ever in Maine.
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Judge hears arguments in case of contractor accused of bilking scores of Maine homeowners
A defense attorney for Malcolm Stewart, the owner of the now-defunct Castle Builders, is asking the judge to dismiss the case, or at least move it out of Knox County.