Officials said Monday the indictment against Gerald Goodale was ready seven months ago, but the grand jury did not take it up until recently because of judicial delays caused by the pandemic.
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Three boats damaged when car veers off road in Naples
A Bridgton man who fled the scene on foot was found an hour later and faces three charges, the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office says.
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Jury trials to resume Monday at Capital Judicial Center
Trials are resuming though only one is scheduled for May as the courts seek to catch up to pandemic case backlog.
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Greenwood truck driver charged with manslaughter in Bethel crash
Silvian Sweetser faces two felony charges from the June crash that killed a Bethel man and injured a motorist from Greenwood.
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Man arrested in connection with 1987 murder of Winslow woman
Gerald Goodale, who in 1989 was sentenced to 75 years for the murder of Geraldine Finn of Skowhegan, has been indicted on charges that he killed Janet Brochu in 1987.
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Man charged with assaulting woman at Portland bus stop
Police allege Marcus Trusty, 41, assaulted a woman he knew while they waited for a bus.
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Norway man charged with OUI, eluding police after weekend chase
Dylan Michaud, 27, drove over lawns, through a park and nearly hit a child, police said.
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St. Albans man arrested on multiple charges after driving through construction zone on I-295, police say
Joseph Simonet, 36, was arrested on charges of operating under the influence, driving to endanger and other traffic violations, according to authorities.
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Alaska courts stymied by cyberattacks, delay hearings in Auburn man’s murder case
Pretrial hearings in Steven Downs’ cold case were postponed after breach in Alaska court system’s cybersecurity.
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Auburn trucker accused of trying to meet teen for sex in Connecticut
Police say an activist group posed as a teen online and confronted Shawn Arnold at a truck stop.