AUGUSTA (AP) — The Maine Supreme Judicial Court has upheld a 60-year prison sentence for a former Lewiston karate school operator convicted of drugging and raping two boys. But Wade Hoover won’t begin serving the state sentence until he completes a 40-year federal sentence for producing and possessing child pornography. The supreme court ruling Tuesday […]
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Police: Durham man faces animal cruelty charge
DURHAM — A 55-year-old Durham man was indicted this week, accused of having sex with his dog and then killing the animal in November. Investigators said Thomas Wentworth had sex with the dog, a Labrador named Missy, and then killed it by tying a bag filled with ether around its head. The Androscoggin County Sheriff’s […]
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Sex abuse trial begins for ex-youth ministry group official
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A trial is underway for a former youth ministry program official in Canaan whose charged with unlawful sexual contact with a young girl. The Kennebec Journal reported (http://bit.ly/2mb2yvv ) the 12-year-old girl testified on Tuesday that Lucas Savage, who was co-director of Youth Haven Ministry, touched her inappropriately while she was […]
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UMF to dedicate renovated court to MacPhee
FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington Athletics will dedicate the recently renovated basketball court in Dearborn Gymnasium to legendary coach Len MacPhee on Sept. 16. The dedication will honor the longtime coach with the naming of Len MacPhee Court on the newly renovated gymnasium floor. The event will coincide with a campaign to […]
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Second Bean brother pleads guilty to federal firearms charge
PORTLAND — The second of two brothers facing federal firearms charges stemming from a November 2015 hunting incident in Paris pleaded guilty Wednesday before a U.S. District Court judge. Stephen Bean, 55, of West Paris and Paris, pleaded guilty to two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm, before Judge D. Brock Hornby. Bean […]
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IRS scams target Franklin County, court scammers hit Maine
Franklin County is being hit hard by scammers claiming to be from the IRS, the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office warned Wednesday. Residents have been inundated with phone calls from scammers posing as IRS employees, making statements that residents owe money and if they do not pay, they will be arrested, the Franklin County Sheriff’s office […]
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Kennebunk man’s trial on assault charges opens
SOUTH PARIS — The jury trial of a Kennebunk man accused of assaulting and threatening his then-girlfriend during a camping trip in Rangeley Plantation in 2014 opened Monday in Oxford County Superior Court. Daniel Kelley, 43, was indicted April 16, 2015, on one count each of aggravated assault, domestic violence assault resulting in bodily injury, […]
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Maine Supreme Court rules state can vaccinate child in state custody
AUGUSTA — Maine officials can have a child in their custody vaccinated over the objections of a parent, the state’s highest court ruled this week. In a 3-1 decision, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court upheld a lower court decision that ordered the state’s Department of Health and Human Services to vaccinate a child against the wishes […]
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Court rules against Gov. Paul LePage; 65 bills are law
PORTLAND — The Maine Supreme Judicial Court has found that a set of 65 bills that Republican Gov. Paul LePage was contesting have become law. The opinion came just six days after the court heard lawyers for LePage and the Legislature’s caucus leaders make their case, with one side arguing LePage had missed his veto […]
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Maine’s high court hears LePage case against Legislature’s adjournment
PORTLAND — A set of questions that — depending on how they are answered — could tip Maine government on its ear were heard by the state’s highest court Friday. The justices of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court seemed to be carefully considering both sides as they prepared to give an advisory opinion to Republican […]