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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 […]

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Wilton man's bail set at $10,000 cash

FARMINGTON — A Franklin County justice Wednesday set bail at $10,000 cash for a Wilton man accused of sexually assaulting a woman in February.   Justice Robert Mullen appointed attorney Maurice Porter in Franklin County Superior Court to represent Steven Eddy Pare, 50. Mullen will allow Porter to review bail once he is familiar with the case.   […]

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Farmington man accused of harassing RSU 9 administrators, employees

FARMINGTON — A former Regional School Unit 9 employee was ordered Friday to stop harassing RSU 9 employees, the superintendent, the W.G. Mallett School principal and the school board. Farmington police served temporary protection from harassment orders on Daniel Patterson of Farmington, a former probationary second-grade teacher at Mallett School in Farmington. He was hired […]

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Bail denied for man arrested in Lewiston-Auburn marijuana raids

  A federal judge on Friday ordered a Lewiston man held without bail on charges that he ran a large-scale marijuana trafficking operation that was the focus of high-profile raids this week. U.S. Magistrate Judge John H. Rich III said that Richard “Stitch” Daniels’ extensive criminal history, which includes a previous felony drug-trafficking conviction and […]