The District of Maine collected over $3.3 million in criminal and civil action for the fiscal year of 2017, U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced in a news release. Of that amount, $2.75 million was collected in criminal actions and $577,000 was collected in civil actions, according to the release. The District of Maine collected […]
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For courts and police, case of missing Ayla Reynolds still simmers
Six years after the toddler disappeared from a Waterville home, the search for whoever’s responsible has intensified. WATERVILLE — Trista Reynolds is thinking a lot about her daughter, Ayla, on the sixth anniversary of the child’s mysterious disappearance. But she’s doing more than thinking. Now – for the first time since the early days […]
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Robert Burton who led police on long manhunt gets 55 years for murder
Burton was found guilty in a jury trial that ended Oct. 9 of murder in the shooting death of his former girlfriend in the Parkman home they had once shared. BANGOR, Maine (AP) — A man who slipped into his ex-girlfriend’s home and killed her before leading police on the longest manhunt in state history […]
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Maine’s high court weighing comments on limiting public access to digital records
Maine’s top judge has said she wants the state’s courts to be more open and accessible to the public — including allowing for online access to records the public would otherwise have to view at a courthouse. “The public deserves electronic access to its government,” Leigh Saufley, chief justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, […]
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Bates professor explains why eyewitness IDs not always reliable
LEWISTON — Eyewitness identifications of criminal defendants are often unreliable and can be influenced by many factors, Bates College Professor Amy Bradfield Douglass said Thursday. Douglass, who holds a doctorate in psychology and has appeared as an expert witness in state and federal courtrooms throughout New England, was speaking Thursday in Callahan Hall at Lewiston […]
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Minot man awarded $300,000 in malpractice claim against Jan Kippax
Dr. Jan Kippax attends a hearing before the Maine Board of Dental Examiners in Augusta in September. AUGUSTA — Jurors on Monday found that Dr. Jan Kippax and his oral surgery business in Lewiston were negligent in treating a patient in 2011, and awarded a Minot man $300,000 in damages. The verdict followed 2½ hours […]
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Windham man sentenced to 6 years after 9th and 10th drunken-driving convictions
Patrick Murphy confers with his attorney, David Bobrow, during Murphy’s sentencing hearing Friday at the Cumberland County Courthouse. Bobrow said after the hearing that Murphy “will use his opportunity while he’s incarcerated to engage in significant treatment and deal with his battles with alcoholism.” A Windham man was sentenced to six years in prison Friday […]
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Digital court records task force wants to restrict public access
As Maine undergoes a $15 million project to digitize its court records, open-access advocates are criticizing a task force recommendation that would limit some court files to lawyers and involved parties — forcing anyone else to physically travel to a local courthouse to view the same public records. “The public does not benefit from a […]
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Animal cruelty charge against Greene man to be dropped
Michael Herrmann LEWISTON — A felony charge against a Greene man accused of using martial arts to subdue and strangle a pair of cats in March will be dropped in 18 months if he complies with conditions of the dismissal. Michael Herrmann, 47, appeared in 8th District Court in Lewiston on Monday where he agreed […]
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ACLU, Planned Parenthood sue to expand abortion access in Maine
Leslie Sneddon, left, makes a point at an anti-abortion protest outside a Planned Parenthood clinic at 443 Congress St. in downtown Portland in 2014. PORTLAND (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union and Planned Parenthood filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday that challenges a Maine restriction common across most of the U.S. that abortions be performed […]