Somerset county jail
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PublishedAugust 25, 2023
Waterville man who admitted to involvement in terrorist conspiracy now facing assault charge
Xavier J. Pelkey was indicted this week in Somerset County on a count of aggravated assault and authorities say he used a chair to injure another inmate at the county jail, where he was being held prior to pleading guilty to a federal conspiracy charge.
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PublishedDecember 8, 2022
Athens man dies while in custody at Somerset County Jail
Virgil White, 33, was being held on a domestic violence charge when he was pronounced dead Monday morning at the jail in Madison.
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PublishedJuly 18, 2022
Judge orders man charged in death of Skowhegan woman be held without bail
Jason Servil, 19, of Boston, is being held at the Somerset County Jail following his arrest Saturday on charges that he caused the death of 20-year-old Alice Abbott.
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PublishedJuly 17, 2022
Police: Massachusetts man, 19, charged in murder of Skowhegan woman
Jason Servil faces charge in death of Alice Abbott, 20, according to officials.
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PublishedFebruary 23, 2022
Embden man arrested on assault charges after fleeing on snowmobile, getting stuck in river, police say
Brandon R. Grant, 34, of Embden, is charged with refusing to submit to arrest or detention and three counts of assault.
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PublishedOctober 26, 2021
Somerset County officials work to contain COVID-19 outbreak at county jail
State health officials said Tuesday there were seven cases at the jail, but the sheriff later said 14 people were infected.
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PublishedSeptember 24, 2021
Woman arrested after bomb threats force evacuation of Pittsfield company, police say
An Etna woman called in two threats Thursday directed at Puritan Medical Products, disrupting manufacturing operations for a day, authorities say.
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PublishedAugust 24, 2021
Hartland man expected to plead guilty to aggravated attempted murder
Richard Murray-Burns, 31, is charged with shooting at police in December 2019, including Officer Timothy Hinton of the Waterville Police Department. Hinton was treated for multiple gunshot wounds.
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PublishedJuly 22, 2021
Winslow man arrested on drunken driving charges after allegedly causing highway crash
Police said Seth Tozier, 33, of Winslow, was traveling south on Interstate 95 in Pittsfield when he rear-ended a pickup truck in front of him.