Police say alcohol and speed contributed to the crash that injured women from West Gardiner and Mount Vernon.
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Ex-husband of pedestrian killed by driver raises question of accountability after charge is dropped
Aaron Ballard says he still believes that Jay Westra, the driver of the car that hit his ex-wife in April, should be held responsible in some way for her death.
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Life-size, sand-cast ornamental deer trio stolen from Skowhegan lawn
Dominick and Louise Rinaldi, who are in their 70s, are devastated by the theft of the deer and hope the public will help police find those responsible.
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Litchfield murder hearing: Teenagers chanted ‘murder gang’ at Long Creek
Testimony concludes in a proceeding held to consider whether William Smith, 16, will be tried as an adult or a juvenile in the killing of Kimberly Mironovas.
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Medical examiner says Litchfield woman died from strangulation, stabbing
Prosecutors are seeking to have William Smith, one of three teenagers accused in the death of Kimberly Mironovas last April in Litchfield, tried as an adult.
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Prosecutors want to try teen as adult in Litchfield woman’s death
Defense expert witness says William Smith, one of three teens charged in the April 2018 death of Kimberly Mironovas, started to choke her but stopped because he couldn’t go through with it.
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Workplace behavior in spotlight at Buxton official’s assault trial
Jean Harmon is accused of assaulting the town’s solid waste manager, but says the two were ‘Gibbs cuffing,’ a playful slap popularized by a character on the hit TV show ‘NCIS.’
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Madison woman arrested on 12 counts of drug trafficking after car chase in Augusta
Nicole Lamphere, 37, was arrested after leading police on a short chase on Civic Center Drive that ended behind the Augusta Civic Center.
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Man sentenced for illegally possessing a firearm he stole in Scarborough
A convicted felon from Gardiner was accused of stealing a rifle from a home in which he was doing plumbing work last year.
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Maine motel owner charged with abusing 3 children
Court documents indicate the Bucksport man accused of abusing three children, bound a 6-year-old girl and hung her upside down from a hook.