Somerset County courts
SKOWHEGAN — The following cases were closed March 16-20, 2015, in Skowhegan District Court and Somerset County Superior Court. Justin B. Adams, 21, Madison, violating protection from abuse order, March...
View ArticleMaine Drug Enforcement Agency gets $389,000 to fight opiate trafficking
The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency is one of six state-level drug-fighting agencies nationally receiving grants from the COPS Anti-Heroin Task Force. The Community Oriented Policing Services grant of...
View ArticleFormer Kittery woman sentenced to federal prison for bankruptcy fraud
A former Kittery woman was sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court in Portland to serve a year and a day in prison on two counts of bankruptcy fraud for failing to disclose $70,000 worth of property...
View ArticleMaine UPS driver pleads guilty to stealing veterans’ pills
A United Parcel Service delivery truck driver from Maine who stole packages of pills intended for patients who are military veterans pleaded guilty Monday to a federal charge of theft from interstate...
View ArticleMaine drug smuggler tracked by police GPS device pleads guilty
A Sanford man who was driving a car bugged as he drove to Massachusetts and back with a supply of cocaine and heroin pleaded guilty Monday in U.S. District Court in Portland to possession of both drugs...
View ArticleWaterville purse-snatcher sentenced
AUGUSTA — A Pittsfield man who called Waterville “a cultural wasteland” after he was arrested there on suspicion of purse-snatching pleaded guilty Tuesday to theft and drug charges. Jesse J. Peterson,...
View ArticleAugusta woman pleads guilty to operating under the influence following May crash
Heidi Everson, 42, of Augusta and formerly of Waterville, pleaded guilty Tuesday to operating under the influence of intoxicants, endangering the welfare of a child and assault, all related to a May 30...
View ArticleMaine woman who hid marriage to keep Social Security benefits gets 3 years of...
A Standish woman who concealed her marriage from federal authorities so she could continue collecting nearly $20,000 in Social Security benefits was sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court in...
View ArticleNewport man sentenced for gun theft in Salem Township
FARMINGTON — A Newport man was sentenced to serve five years with all but one month of the sentence suspended for stealing 11 guns from a Salem Township home last November, according to court...
View ArticleWaterville District Court
WATERVILLE — The following cases were closed April 20-24, 2015, in Waterville District Court. Jessica Alley, 37, Winslow, failure to register vehicle, March 5, 2015, in Winslow; $100 fine. Joanne M....
View ArticleFederal authorities arrest members of violent gang with Bangor connection
Federal authorities have announced a major roundup of violent criminal gang members in New Haven, Connecticut, who allegedly were trading drugs for guns in Bangor. Connecticut U.S. Attorney Deirdre M....
View ArticleMaine man sentenced to six months for death threats against European...
A Houlton man pleaded guilty Friday to a federal charge of sending death threats to a member of the European Commission, the governing body of the European Union in Belgium. Dushko Vanelinov Vulchev,...
View ArticleWaterville District Court
WATERVILLE — The following cases were closed April 27-May 1, 2015, in Waterville District Court. Roger Baginski, 46, Augusta, violating protection from abuse order, April 27, 2015, in Augusta; 180-day...
View ArticleSomerset County court
SKOWHEGAN — The following cases were closed March 30-April 3, 2015, in Somerset County Superior Court and Skowhegan District Court. Justin B. Adams, 21, Madison, operation of defective vehicle, Feb....
View ArticleLitchfield man convicted of illegally collecting welfare benefits
AUGUSTA — A Litchfield man was convicted Friday of seven criminal charges related to welfare fraud over a five-year period. Philip Justin Fitzherbert, 30, remains free on $3,500 cash bail following a...
View ArticlePolice say Lyman man accused of impersonating officer used dead father’s badge
Gary Mariner, the son of a one-time Cape Elizabeth police chief, used his dead father’s badge and a gun to intimidate a prostitute in Portland last month into giving him free sex, according to police....
View ArticleCity woman who hid cocaine inside her body takes plea deal
AUGUSTA — A city woman who removed more than 13 grams of cocaine from a bodily orifice after police obtained a warrant to X-ray her will be able to avoid two felony drug convictions if she doesn’t...
View ArticleCourt to hear appeal of man convicted of pushing wife off Maine cliff
SCARBOROUGH — Maine’s highest court will hear arguments in the appeal of a man who was sentenced to 10 years in prison for pushing his wife off a cliff. A judge sentenced Charles Black in 2014 after a...
View ArticleFormer Maine state legislator sentenced in marriage fraud scheme
A former state legislator was sentenced Wednesday to 13 months in prison and three years of supervised release for aiding and abetting visa and marriage fraud and making false statements. Adam Mack,...
View ArticleCourt hears appeal of man convicted of pushing wife off Camden cliff
SCARBOROUGH — The Maine Supreme Judicial Court on Thursday heard oral arguments in the appeal of a man convicted of pushing his wife off a cliff in Camden. Charles Reed Black was sentenced to 10 years...
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