The class-action lawsuit was halted by a judge while state regulators investigate alleged overbilling
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State dismisses arson charge against Wilton man
Prosecutors reserved the right to bring the case back to court.
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Norway man in critical Mechanic Falls crash appears in court
Eric Campbell, left, listens to the judge during Campbell’s initial appearance at 8th District Court in Lewiston on Friday. He is charged with driving to endanger and leaving the scene of an accident involving serious bodily injury or death. At right is attorney Ed Rabasco. (Sun Journal photo by Andree Kehn) LEWISTON — A Norway […]
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Farmington man pleads guilty to alcohol-related charge
FARMINGTON — A local man pleaded guilty Monday to allowing minors to possess or consume liquor at a birthday party at the Farmington Community Center. The state dismissed a misdemeanor charge of criminal mischief against Yussuf Adow, 23, at Franklin County Superior Court. Adow entered an agreement that delays sentencing for a year and outlines […]
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Lisbon man argues for new trial
PORTLAND — A Lisbon man convicted of attempted murder of Auburn police argued through his lawyer Monday before the state’s highest court that he should be granted a new trial because his trial attorney had blocked him from testifying in his defense. Bartolo Ford, 57, was convicted by a jury in 2010 of aggravated attempted […]
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Jay woman pleads guilty to selling cocaine, heroin
FARMINGTON — A Jay woman pleaded guilty Thursday to selling cocaine and heroin from her apartment at 446 Main St. in Jay on July 30, 2018. Angie Braley, 38, also entered a guilty plea to a misdemeanor charge of violation condition of release in Franklin County Superior Court. She had been indicted in October 2018 on […]
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Murder case of former Jay man in judge's hands
FARMINGTON — Lawyers in the murder trial of James “Ted” Sweeney presented closing arguments Monday before Justice William Stokes, who said he will announce a verdict Feb. 1. Assistant Attorney General Leane Zainea said on the fifth day of the trial the 58-year-old former Jay man knew it was wrong when he struck his former, longtime […]
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Defense rests in Jay murder case, closing arguments to be heard Monday
FARMINGTON — Psychologists who evaluated the mental health of a former Jay man on trial for murder in the death of his former girlfriend reached different conclusions, they told the court Friday. Dr. Robert Q. Pollard Jr., who testified for the defense, said that after reviewing all of the data and conducting tests, he deemed James “Ted” […]
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Jay murder trial: Autopsy revealed numerous injuries
FARMINGTON — A former state medical examiner testified Thursday in the murder trial of James “Ted” Sweeney that Wendy Douglass suffered many serious head injuries that caused her death July 11, 2017, at her home in Jay. Sweeney, 58, formerly of Jay, is accused of striking his former, longtime girlfriend with a softball bat while she […]
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Trial begins for former Jay man accused of killing girlfriend
FARMINGTON — The murder trial of James “Ted” Sweeney opened Monday with the prosecutor focusing on Sweeney’s obsessive jealousy and the defense pointing to mental illness and deafness as factors in the beating death of Wendy Douglass at her home in Jay last year. Sweeney, 58, formerly of Jay, is accused of killing his former longtime girlfriend […]