Beginning in November, Frayla Tarpinian, who has worked in the Kennebec and Somerset County District Attorney’s Office for more than a decade, is to oversee the first brick-and-mortar public defender office in Maine.
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Portland restaurateur sues ex-wife over payment for Boone’s Fish House
Harding Lee Smith, owner of ‘The Rooms’ restaurants, has sued Darcy Smith, owner of Boone’s, claiming she and her business owe him $150,000.
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Defendants in over 100 Maine cases had no legal representation late last week, state says
Maine’s public defense agency puts out an urgent call for help after the loss of another public defender.
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New state legal defense director wants to bring young attorneys in to do ‘important work’
Jim Billings took over the reins of the Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services last month, joining the agency that is severely struggling to find enough attorneys to represent poor Mainers.
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Pair indicted on kidnapping charges after woman allegedly held at gunpoint in Waterville
The two allegedly kidnapped a woman and ordered her to drive away from a Waterville hotel where they were interrupted while robbing another woman.
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Windham man pleads not guilty to charges from fatal Turner crash
Curtis Randy Fogg, 34, faces manslaughter and five other charges from a grand jury indictment.
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Study: Young adults are overrepresented in Maine’s criminal justice system
A report from the University of Southern Maine’s Catherine E. Cutler Institute calls for expanding diversion and treatment-based criminal justice programs.
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South Portland mail carrier charged in dark web drug trafficking case
New York prosecutors say Katie Montgomery offered FireBunnyUSA advice as it shipped illegal drugs through the postal service.
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Gov. Mills nominates York County judge for seat on state’s top court
Superior Court Justice Wayne R. Douglas of Old Orchard Beach previously served as former Gov. Angus King’s chief legal adviser before becoming a judge in 2002.
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Former Brunswick councilor pleads not guilty to child porn charges
An attorney representing Christopher Watkinson claimed Wednesday that the former Brunswick town councilor had accidentally accessed three explicit images in June 2021 and intended to turn them over to authorities.