LEWISTON — Patrick Gaffney-Kessell, 29, of Fayette has been sentenced to serve 6¼ years in federal prison for traveling out of state with the intent to have sex with a teenage girl. According to a news release from the U.S. Department of Justice, Gaffney-Kessell was also sentenced to five years of federal supervision following his […]
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Ex-Bulger partner admits to lying under oath
BOSTON (AP) — James “Whitey” Bulger’s former partner in crime returned to the witness stand Wednesday for a fifth day of testimony, with the defense harping on his role as an FBI informant while trying to discredit him as a liar. Stephen “The Rifleman” Flemmi claims he and Bulger were secret FBI informants for years […]
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Church marches to honor gay man killed in hate crime 29 years ago
BANGOR — On July 7, 29 years ago, three teenage boys beat 23-year-old Charlie Howard and tossed him to his death from a downtown Bangor bridge because he was gay. About 20 members of the Unitarian Universalist Society of Bangor marched on Sunday from their Park Street church to the place Howard died nearly three […]