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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Posted inAndroscoggin County, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine, Maine Crime, News
Maine trial or error? Defendants finally going to face juries
Facing 10,000 more court cases than normal, Maine courts are gearing up for the return of jury trials after more than a year’s hiatus under the pandemic.
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Posted inMaine Crime, News, Oxford Hills
Attempted murder charge dismissed against West Paris man
Prosecutors said the charge was dropped due to insufficient evidence after the alleged victim was killed in an unrelated shooting in Massachusetts.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime, News
Auburn man who set fire to a couch at Big Lots to serve a year and a half behind bars
A judge suspended most of the nine-year sentence and ordered psychological counseling during a long period of probation.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime, News
Auburn man appears in court on murder charge
Bryan W. Peabody is charged in the Wednesday stabbing death of Lawrence Kilkenny of Lewiston.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Lawsuit alleges Fairfield auctioneer James D. Julia breached contract
James D. Julia, a former Fairfield auction house owner, denies allegations from a Pennsylvania company that bought his business for $7.2 million that Julia breached the contract by referring business to his sister’s auction company in violation of the agreement.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime, News
Buckfield woman admits to federal drug charge
Jaime Morin had more than 400 grams of cocaine with her when she was stopped Feb. 1 in Lewiston.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Westbrook arson results in prison sentence
Police said Jonathan Thomas set a car on fire.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Former Cumberland County corrections officer sentenced on drug charges
Davis Glazener will serve 10 1/2 months in prison, and his conviction has prompted the sheriff’s department to change its hiring policy as it pertains to a candidate’s former drug use.
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Jay businessman pleads not guilty to domestic violence assault charge
Robert LaFleur entered the plea in writing through his attorney and waived formal arraignment.