Police: Stephen Corbin Jr., 38, of Methuen, Massachusetts, cut off a GPS monitoring bracelet and headed to Maine.
Keith Edwards
Staff Writer
Keith Edwards covers the city of Augusta and courts in Kennebec County, writing feature stories and covering breaking news, local people and events, and local politics. He has worked at the Kennebec Journal since 1995, having previously worked at the Camden Herald. He was born and raised in Winthrop and graduated from the University of Maine at Orono with a degree in political science. He is married and has a dog and cat. A lifelong Mainer, he enjoys skiing, hiking, canoeing, camping, and cooking out but spends most of his “off” time restoring and maintaining his 170, or so, year-old home in Richmond.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Waterville man pleads guilty to murdering mother of his children
Nicholas P. Lovejoy admitted to the murder of Melissa Sousa in Waterville in 2019. His sentence will be capped at 45 years.
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Posted inElection 2020, Local & State, Maine Crime
FBI: Photos show Jefferson man inside Capitol on Jan. 6
Joshua Colgan told FBI agents he went to the Capitol Building following President Donald Trump’s speech, but said he didn’t enter.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Augusta City Council gives police approval to sell some guns in evidence locker, destroy those used in crimes
Augusta Police Department to sell 62 guns and destroy 57 it has acquired over the years.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Oakland woman pleads not guilty in drug-induced death of her toddler son
Ashley Malloy’s 14-month-old, Karson, died in November 2021 from complications due to the combined effects of fentanyl and tramadol, officials said.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Knife-wielding Augusta man shot by officer at federal building should be detained until trial, authorities argue
Derik Broox Wight, who remains hospitalized a week after the incident, is charged with assaulting a federal officer at the Edmund S. Muskie Federal Building in Augusta.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Suspect who was shot, arrested at Muskie Federal Building identified as Augusta man
Derik Broox Wight, 41, is charged with assaulting federal officer.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
FBI: Guard shoots man armed with knife at Muskie Federal Building in Augusta
Officials say man with knife assaulted a guard at the building and was then shot and taken to MaineGeneral Medical Center in Augusta.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Vendors, musicians, support Ukrainian refugees at Augusta event
Some Ukrainians fleeing their war-torn county have been arriving in Maine, and others are on their way.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Suspended Kennebec County official pleads no contest to sexual assault of female inmate
Initially charged with three counts of gross sexual assault, James Saucier, 60, of Belgrade pleads no contest to lesser charges related to incidents involving a female inmate he supervised.