AUBURN — Police are asking for the public’s help to identify the individual responsible for vandalizing the dugout and snack shack at the Auburn Suburban Fields on Garfield Road. According to Auburn Police Sgt. Jason Moore, the graffiti was reported Sept. 8, and is believed to have occurred overnight Sept. 4. He said similar markings […]
Maine Crime
Police, crime and courts news from the Sun Journal.
Posted inFranklin, Local & State, Maine Crime, News, The Franklin Journal
Manhunt underway for convicted sex offender, another man in Rangeley and Byron areas
Shawn Batchelder, 36, was convicted of gross sexual assault in May 2012.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime, News
Auburn man gets eight years for Auburn Plaza robbery
Judge suspends four years of the sentence in the case involving a co-defendant who was shot by one of the victims.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local & State, Maine Crime
Randolph man charged with home repair fraud
Jason Alec Pratt, 43, is accused of scamming an elderly Sabattus woman by accepting a down payment for home repairs he never performed.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime, News
Federal judge gives Auburn man time-served on gun charge
Willie Richard Minor was acquitted last year in state court of multiple felonies, including sex trafficking and assault.
Posted inMaine Crime, News, Oxford Hills
Oxford County police log
• Nathan Allen Peoples, 43, of 1234 Littlehale Road, Andover on charges of domestic violence assault, domestic violence reckless conduct, criminal mischief and violation of condition of release, 5:14 p.m. on Friday by Oxford County Sheriff’s Office. • Alexander Ojeda, 40, of 160 West Bethel Road, Bethel on charges of unlawful possession of methamphetamine and […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime, News
Judge orders prosecutors to turn over police reports in Auburn murder case
AUBURN — A judge on Tuesday ordered prosecutors to turn over all police reports by mid-October in the case of an Auburn man charged with murdering a Lewiston man June 3 outside an apartment building. Defense lawyer James P. Howaniec of Lewiston said he has only received about two dozen pages of written discovery, plus […]
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Maine’s first mid-pandemic jury trial postponed because of possible COVID-19 exposure
The young child of a key witness developed a virus symptom, and the OUI case – the state’s first jury trial since March – has been delayed until spring.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
State’s top court hears appeal in murder of sheriff’s deputy
John Williams has appealed his conviction and his life sentence for the murder of Cpl. Eugene Cole in 2018.
Posted inFranklin, Livermore Falls Advertiser, Maine Crime, News
Former Farmington man sentenced for operating a methamphetamine lab
Douglas Theriault, 39, of Biddeford was sentenced to serve nine months and one day of a five-year sentence.