NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A topless protester who appeared on several episodes of “The Cosby Show” as a child jumped a barricade and got within a few feet of Bill Cosby on Monday as the comedian entered a suburban Philadelphia courthouse for the start of his sexual assault retrial. The woman, whose body was scrawled […]
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Luc Tieman found guilty by jury of murdering his wife
SKOWHEGAN — Luc Tieman was quickly found guilty Monday of murdering his wife after a jury deliberated for less than an hour. Earlier in an unusual twist, Tieman personally delivered his own closing remarks to the trial jury Monday, adamantly denying that he killed “my beautiful wife.” Tieman, speaking to the jury of seven men […]
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Father sues Deering High principal over decision not to let his son play baseball
The father of a Deering High School sophomore has filed a federal lawsuit alleging that the school’s principal has arbitrarily denied his son “the right to play varsity baseball.” The lawsuit states that Princehoward Yee, a resident of Falmouth who had been home-schooled, enrolled as a full-time student at Deering on Jan. 25 believing that […]
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Lawyers spar over case accusing Paul LePage of blackmail
BOSTON — The lawyer for former Maine House Speaker Mark Eves told a panel of federal judges Tuesday that his lawsuit alleging that Gov. Paul LePage violated his constitutional rights should go forward because of the governor’s threats to Eves’ employer. Eves was fired in 2016 as president of the Goodwill-Hinckley School after LePage threatened to […]
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Phillips woman ordered to pay $30,000 in restitution
FARMINGTON — A Phillips woman who stole money from Grant’s Kennebago Camps in Stetson Township was ordered Wednesday to repay a total of $30,000 to the owner and an insurance company. Deborah Lynn Vitrano, 35, the former manager and bookkeeper for the business, pleaded guilty Monday to stealing more than $10,000 and forging owner John Blunt’s […]
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Phillips woman pleads guilty to stealing from Franklin County camp owners
FARMINGTON — A Phillips woman pleaded guilty Monday to stealing more than $10,000 from Grant’s Kennebago Camps in Stetson Township and forging the owner’s name on checks. Deborah Lynn Vitrano, 35, entered pleas to two felony counts of theft by unauthorized taking or transfer and forgery while standing next to her attorney, Curtis Rice, in […]
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Carthage man pleads guilty to burning truck, sentenced to five years
FARMINGTON — A Carthage man has been sentenced to serve 20 months of a five-year sentence for burning his father’s truck on Dec. 15, according to Franklin County court documents. Spencer C. Knox, 23, will serve four years of probation after his release from the Department of Corrections. Knox pleaded guilty Monday in Franklin County […]
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Psych evaluation scheduled for Jay man accused of killing girlfriend
FARMINGTON — A Jay man accused of killing his girlfriend last summer at her home in Jay is scheduled Tuesday to undergo a forensic evaluation for competency, criminal responsibility and other mental conditions, according to a court document. Dr. Robert Riley, a consultant neuro-psychologist for State Forensic Services is scheduled to conduct the examination. James […]
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Temple man sentenced for assaulting father
FARMINGTON — A Temple man was sentenced Monday to 18 months in prison for assaulting his father at his home on Cummings Hill Road in Temple. Brian R. Mackin, 27, pleaded guilty to a felony count of aggravated assault Monday in Franklin County Superior Court. Charges of aggravated criminal trespass, terrorizing and violating condition of release […]
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Jay woman pays nearly $5,000 in restitution
FARMINGTON — A Jay woman entered into a one-year delayed sentencing agreement Monday in connection to stealing nearly $5,000 from C.N. Brown in Farmington. Lisa Parent, 49, pleaded guilty to two counts of felony theft in December in Franklin County Superior Court. Sentencing was delayed to provide time for Parent to pay the nearly $5,000 […]