Anthony J. Mecham was arrested in May and charged with gross sexual assault involving a girl younger than 12.
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Family of North Waterboro woman stunned by her murder
Members of Christal Denis’ family, including her mother and 3 adult children, are at a loss for why the woman’s husband, Christopher Denis, would kill her and then take his own life.
Game warden placed on administrative leave following assault charge in Bangor
A Mechanic Falls Game Warden, who has served with the Maine Warden Service since 2003, was placed on administrative leave Monday after being summonsed for misdemeanor assault at a concert in Bangor.
Harrison man charged with attacking his mother held on $75,000 bail
Mohamed Noh, 24, is accused of stabbing his mother and hitting her with a firewood maul.
Troopers investigating Litchfield crash that sent woman, car into Cobbosseecontee Stream
A Sabattus woman was taken to the hospital Friday after her 2005 Pontiac crashed into the water near the West Gardiner/Litchfield line.
Stockton Springs man pleads guilty to murdering 10-year-old stepdaughter
Julio Carrillo’s sentencing for the death of Marissa Kennedy is scheduled for August. Prosecutors say they will take his wife to trial on the same charge.
Buxton man accused of threatening officers with firearms
Jerry Aberle, 68, is being held at the York County Jail.
Waterboro couple found dead in apparent murder-suicide, police say
Detectives say Christopher Denis, 45, shot his wife, Christal, also 45, and then turned the gun on himself.
Teen charged with manslaughter in Lewiston melee death seeks suppression
LEWISTON — A local teen who police said admitted to throwing a rock believed to have struck a man who later died is seeking to have a judge disallow those statements to be used at trial on a manslaughter charge. Emmanuel Nkurunziza, 18, filed a motion earlier this week to suppress his answers to questions […]
Judge dismisses lawsuit against Shaw’s by family of woman murdered at Saco store
A federal judge rules that the supermarket could not have foreseen the random attack at the Shaw’s store in Saco in August 2015.